Something short, sweet, and classic for Valentine's Day. Misty is a beautiful song that I've loved since I was very, very small, and I hope this stripped-down version is as fun for you to play as it is for me.
Here are the chords for you to play a short version of Misty on ukulele or guitar…
Read MoreA short, sweet, surprisingly-lovely-when-sung-acoustic-style song for this week. Though my vocals are nowhere near as pretty as the original – because how an anyone truly hold a candle to that beautiful soul? –it’s still a gorgeous version.
Come get you some simple, transposed ukulele chords for this lovely blues song…
Read MoreI did warn you that there’d be a bunch of Billy Joel on here. What can I say? I really like the guy’s music.
New York State of Mind is one of those songs that has just the right whistful feel for a solo acoustic version on ukulele or guitar. Come get you some chords.
Read MoreUnless you can read sheet music or tablature, you'll probably begin your musical journey playing songs from songsheets, or songbooks. They're created with good intentions, but kind of make me want to scream sometimes. Okay, okay. Most of the time. And this is where I sign myself up for loads of work with very little reward...
Read MoreUkulele is purported to be cheap and easy to start with, and in my experience that's true enough – but due to the weird orthodoxy around ukulele (and musical instruments in general) newcomers like myself have to figure a lot of stuff out ourselves, which someone could just have written down. Here's some of that useful stuff I figured out, written down.
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