Tips & Help 15 September 2014 Diminished chords explained by Mike Lynch In a video tutorial, Mike Lynch explains and simplifies diminished chords
Songs 11 September 2014 Shake My Sillies Out DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETShake My Sillies Out (WORD) Shake My Sillies Out (PDF) Our own BUG member, Bonnie Simpson, co-wrote the lyrics for this song! Isn't
Songs 11 September 2014 Wheels On The Bus, The DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETThe Wheels On The Bus (WORD) The Wheels On The Bus (PDF)
Songs 11 September 2014 Ten In The Bed DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETTen In The Bed (WORD) Ten In The Bed (PDF)
Songs 11 September 2014 Row Row Row Your Boat DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETRow Row Row Your Boat (WORD) Row Row Row Your Boat (PDF)
Songs 9 September 2014 Cat Came Back, The "The Cat Came Back" is a comic song written by Harry S. Miller in 1893. It has since entered the folk tradition and been recorded under variations of the title—"But the Cat Came Back", "And the Cat Came Back", etc.
Tips & Help 31 August 2014 Chord progressions and intros - Kimo Hussey In this video, Kimo Hussey demonstrates ukulele chord progressions for intros
Tips & Help 26 August 2014 Picks for the ukulele - video from Aaron Keim (The Quiet American) Hey folks! Here's a very informative video made by Aaron Keim about different types of picks that work for the ukulele.
Tips & Help 26 August 2014 Tricks for ukulele showboating - Peter Forrest Our very own BUG member, Peter Forrest, creates interesting ukulele music videos and instructional videos, one of which I've posted below.
Songs 11 August 2014 I Should Have Known Better "I Should Have Known Better" is a song by English rock band the Beatles composed by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and originally issued on A Hard Day's Night, their soundtrack for the film of the same name released on 10 July 1964.
Songs 11 August 2014 Across The Universe "Across the Universe" is a song recorded by the Beatles in 1969. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Songs 11 August 2014 Twist And Shout "Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). The song was originally titled "Shake It Up, Baby" and recorded by the Top Notes. It first became a chart hit as a cover single by The Isley Brothers.
Songs 11 August 2014 Don't Pass Me By "Don't Pass Me By" is a song by the Beatles from the double album The Beatles (also known as the "White Album"). It was the first solo composition by Ringo Starr.
Songs 11 August 2014 Strawberry Fields Forever "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with "Penny Lane".
Songs 27 July 2014 I'm Only Sleeping "I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. In the United States and Canada, it was one of the three tracks that Capitol Records cut from the album and instead included on Yesterday and Today, released two months before Revolver.
Songs 23 July 2014 Yesterday "Yesterday" was recorded by The Beatles in 1965. A melancholy song written by Paul McCartney, and he was the only one of the Beatles who sang it.
Songs 9 July 2014 Ballad of Jesse James, The "Jesse James" is a 19th century American folk song about the outlaw of the same name, first recorded by Bentley Ball in 1919.
Songs 9 July 2014 Down By The Riverside Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is a spiritual.
Songs 8 July 2014 Canoeing My Troubles Away A wonderful song by Shelley Posen - singer songwriter extraordinaire from Toronto. He's one of the fabulous local trio here in Ottawa known as Finest Kind, along with Ann Downey and Ian Robb. You can find this song on the CD, Canoesongs, Volume II.
Songs 6 July 2014 Risseldy Rosseldy Risseldy, Rosseldy, also known as Nickety Nackety or I Married My Wife in the Month of June, is a great American nonsense song with a real tongue-twister for the chorus.
Songs 4 July 2014 Tom Dooley "Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, allegedly by Tom Dula.
Songs 3 July 2014 Green Grass Grew All Around, The "And the Green Grass Grew All Around", also known as "The Green Grass Grew All Around" or "And the Green Grass Grows All Around", is an Appalachian folk song that was first noted in 1877 in (Miss M. H. Mason's book 'Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs' but is likely to be much older.
Songs 3 July 2014 Lili Marlene "Lilli Marlene" was a poem written in 1915 by Hans Leip and set to music in 1938 by Norbert Schultze. Marlene Dietrich's 1944 recording became a massive success.
