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By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music Extra, extra, read all about it!  Exciting new ukuleles are arriving in our stores right now.  These special models from Lanikai are made from solid Zebrawood or Monkeypod.   Each one has a slightly different color and grain, so they’re all unique!  They feature a classic slotted headstock, gold tuning machines, [...]

By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music I saw this brand-new ukulele package come into one of our stores and I had to try it out.  The Ibanez IUKS5 is a soprano (or standard) ukulele with some great features, and it now comes with a gigbag and clip-on tuner for easy portability.  Read on for a hands-on [...]

By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music You’ve been practicing and playing for some time now.  It’s only logical that you want to commit your ukulele-playing to a recording!  Here are some tips and products to help you get a great recorded sound from your ukulele. First, there are several ways to record any instrument, not just [...]

By: Scott Fisher George’s Music Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to start playing guitar… or ukulele…or bass. Whichever instrument you’ve decided on, playing music can be a life-changing experience. All of us here at George’s Music are musicians just like you. And each one of us has our own unique story about how music has [...]

By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music Yes, you can!  There are some key differences between a baritone ukulele and all of the other sizes (tenor, soprano, and concert), but with a little work you can easily transition from one to another. The baritone ukulele is the largest of the uke family.  The scale length is typically [...]

By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music Guitarists, have any of your friends or bandmates turned up with a ukulele yet?  Want to amaze them by being a competent player the first time you pick one up?  I can show you how!  Disclaimer: this method is sort of a “cheat” – it’s no substitute for learning to [...]

By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music Where did this amazing little instrument come from?  Read on for a brief background on the roots, development, and progress of one of the most popular instruments of the 21st century! Portuguese immigrants to Hawai’i brought two small stringed instruments with them in the late 1800s: the cavaquinho and the [...]

The ukulele is a very nice instrument to use as you sing your songs. It is also fun to use just to strum chords. Today you will learn some common chords and patterns in the key of C. We will use an easy ukulele tab notation so you will not have to know sheet music. [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music E     B                C#m              A   Hey-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay      E               B                         C#m              A Your lipstick stains   on the front lobe of my left side brains                       E                         B               C#m  A B I knew I wouldn’t for-get you and so I went and let you blow my mind      E              B                           [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music Verse: C                       Em                            F                    C Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly F               C They fly over the rainbow, G                               Am                 F why oh why can’t I… Chorus: C Someday [...]