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“Sunny” by Bobby Hebb – a song for the Sunday Summer Break

August 10, 2014January 13, 2015 LizzieLeave a comment

A lovely song to while away the summer – with some links to stuff that you might find useful for finding and learning other songs!

There are some beautiful ukulele versions of “Sunny” on the internet, both sung and instrumental. None of the versions here have been recorded as a tutorial, with the purpose of teaching someone how to play the song. I just liked these ones. There are many other versions that I liked too but I had to stop somewhere and 10, including Bobby Hebb’s original, seemed like a good place to draw the line.

My top pick for the easiest arrangement to play and sing is by NGUYEN DINH Quoc-Huy.

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Clever monkey! Manitoba Hal Newcastle Workshop – Mailchimp Newsletter!

May 16, 2014December 14, 2016 Lizzie2 Comments

Gmail can get very sniffy about sending out an email to a bunch of people at the same time. . . . “Are you a spammer?” . . . NO! . . . “Well we think you are! Petition us, you wretch, plea for mercy, or we will continue to block you . . . and maybe worse!”

Mailchimp, clever monkey, speaks no such evil!

So now I can send an email update “newsletter” to the folks who have booked on the Manitoba Hal Blues Uke Workshop in Newcastle on 4 June:

The 1st email update has already gone out to everyone who has reserved tickets for the workshop and the Newsletter is on the web is here: http://eepurl.com/UWZSj

UPDATE 30 MAY: ALL TICKETS NOW SOLD for Manitoba Hal’s Newcastle Blues Uke Workshop and Performance, Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 June 2014!

Ukes4Fun Songbook 9! Another ten songs for ten singers!

January 17, 2014February 13, 2014 LizzieLeave a comment

Songbook 9

You can download Songbook 9 by selecting the image above or by going to main “Songsheets” page (there is lots of other info about the Songbooks on that page, so have a look if you haven’t visited it before).

As with Songbook 8, I am trying to share out the uke-lurve by including as many different singers as possible in each song book. Apologies to those who have not yet been included in Songbooks 8 or 9 – your time will come as soon as you have sent or approved the song files.

1. Ain’t That a Shame – Megs
2. At The Hop – Jazzy
3. Blackpool Belle, The – Denis
4. Heart and Soul – Lizzie
5. Hello Mary Lou (F) – Brian
6. He’s Got You – Keith
7. King of the Road – Charlie
8. Stupid Cupid – Terri
9. Sweet Honey in the Rock – Andy
10. Teenager In Love – Karl

Many thanks to Andy, Brian, Denis and Jazzy for providing copies of some of these arrangements – it makes my job much easier!

If you spot any typo’s or errors, eg. in terms of deviating from the way we play these songs, they will be of my doing – and please do let me know so that I can correct them.

Songsheets Alphabetical Index

This is the updated alphabetical index of Songbooks 1 – 9 (pdf download)

This next bit is almost the same as in the post about Songbook 8:

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Free and easy online tools to make song sheets with automatic chord grids | Jim Carey website | @ukegeeks | ukulizer |

January 12, 2014September 7, 2023 Lizzie15 Comments

All the Ukes4Fun Songbooks are in “Landscape” format. If you prefer “Portrait” format, here are a couple of free, easy online tools to make song sheets for printing in portrait format:

both tools produce chord grids automatically
neither of them require you to start with “ChordPro” formatted text
but to make Ukes4Fun song sheets, please use these “ChordPro” files: Ukes4Fun Songsheet txt files,

Update: January 2017

Jim Carey’s Ukulele Songs Site

Check out Jim Carey’s website. He has nearly 4,000 songs (as of Sept 2023) with ukulele chords. You can download these as a complete songbook or as individual sheets.

Jim has incorporated the Ukegeeks Song-A-Matic Online Editor into the site (see below) and made many improvements to the original version.

This means that you can “tweak” any of these songs before printing, e.g. transpose the key, edit the lyrics, change the chords, move the chords and so on.

If you Register on Jim’s site then there are extra functions you can access when you Log In.

This should be your first one-stop-shop for ukulele song sheets!

http://ozbcoz.com/Songs/index.php

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Ukes4Fun Songbook 8! Ten songs for ten singers!

January 12, 2014February 13, 2014 LizzieLeave a comment

Songbook 8

You can download Songbook 8 by selecting the image above or by going to main “Songsheets” page.

This the first installment of a shortlist of over 30 current songs. There are more on the “back burner”, where I am waiting to see if they take-off and then have staying power.

I am trying to share out the uke-lurve by including as many different singers as possible in each song book. Apologies to those who have not been included in this Songbook – your time will come very soon!

1. All My Loving – Andy
2. East Virginia Blues – Keith
3. I Still Miss Someone – Mick
4. Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms – Charlie
5. Roseville Fair – Denis
6. Run For Home – Denise
7. Walking After Midnight – Terri
8. Watching Scotty Grow – Jazzy
9. Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Dot
10. You Won’t See Me – Andy

Many thanks to Andy and Denis for providing copies of most of these arrangements – it makes my job much easier!

If you spot any typo’s or errors, eg. in terms of deviating from the way we play these songs, they will be of my doing – and please do let me know so that I can correct them.

Correction 1: Apologies to Megs, who I had listed as leading “All My Loving”! So that means that Andy has got in twice, it is really 10 songs for nine singers – and we both owe Megs a beer?

Songsheets Alphabetical Index

This is the updated alphabetical index of Songbooks 1 – 8 (pdf download)

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2013 in review – Ukes4Fun Blog Report from WordPress.com

January 3, 2014January 17, 2014 LizzieLeave a comment

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 32,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 12 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Methodists riot at Misspent Uke gig!

September 6, 2013January 17, 2014 Liz PantonLeave a comment

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Shocking secret surveillance photo’s of riot at Misspent Uke gig for Methodist Church roof fund, 19th May 2012, Co Durham!

Ukulele Love – a cautionary tale – by Ralph Hamilton

September 6, 2013January 17, 2014 LizzieLeave a comment

Cheap at the price! Download the mp3 for $1 (Canadian) here: http://musicnote.bandcamp.com/

How to transpose songs – tools and safety equipment

August 15, 2013January 17, 2014 Lizzie2 Comments

Transposing songs is not difficult but it can be dangerous.

Tools:

1) Tune vice – you can make a simple ukulele tune vice at home using a coconut shell (both halves), a bottle of whisky and a thermometer.

2) Key wrench

3) Chord hammer

4) Groove thang

Protective clothing:

1) Safety glasses (sharps can easily fly off and put someone’s eye out!)

2) Rigger boots (who hasn’t dropped a flat?)

Method:

Clamp song in tune vice
Rive at it with the key wrench and smack it hard with the chord hammer until your arms ache.
Nobody knows how the groove thang works. Just leave it to tease the tune for a while and see what happens.
If you don’t know what the thermometer is for, why are you reading this?

If you have time, you can get better results by first boiling the tune and soaking overnight (use any whisky left over from making the tune vice).

When finished and if inclined, polish with Grade A sandpaper. You can use French Polish on classical stuff with no ill effects.

* Ukulele Tabs *

This could end in tears. One slip of the ice pick and you will be digging them out the ceiling and carpet for decades.

The Future: automated methods and the white heat of technology!

heath_robinson_computer — Purloined from http://www.b3ta.com/board/3503080

“The Summer Wind” – something for the summer break?

July 16, 2013February 12, 2014 Lizzie2 Comments

Here is a lovely laid-back summer song to relax to:

“Summer Wind” on ukulele, double bass and harmonica, all played by Floyd Amason, multi-instrumentalist!

Play-along here on “Chordify – The Summer Wind“:

I wouldn’t swear to it, but I think these chords below work for this version – could do with some judicious simplifying!

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Songbook 9

Songsheets Alphabetical Index

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Jim Carey’s Ukulele Songs Site

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The Future: automated methods and the white heat of technology!

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