Stories and interviews
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You Played Ukulele, M'Lord?
Tamás GállWho has not heard of theYou Rang, M'Lord? television series, which is both wonderfully charming and very funny. (If by chance you have never seen it, catch up — you will not regret it!) There is a reason I am writing a few lines about it here: in episode 11, one of the scenes shared by Mr Twelvetree…
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We Went to a Tommy Emmanuel Concert
Tamás GállI am surely not the first or the last person to struggle for words while praising this genius to the skies . For anyone who does not know him, we are talking about one of the world's finest acoustic guitarists, who returned to Hungary after five years and dazzled everyone with his playing. At times…
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We Welcomed Autumn with a Ukulele Workshop
Tamás GállI started last Saturday's workshop with my usual "warning": I always tell everyone that I hardly take any breaks. And sure enough, we only managed one tiny break in the morning and another in the afternoon (plus a lunch break, of course ), since we covered and tried out so many things, and I think w…
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We Made Music Together for World Ukulele Day
Tamás GállOne week and one day ago, I asked you, dear ukulele players, to help celebrate World Ukulele Day together. I asked you to strum a total of 48 measures and, of course, record yourselves doing it. The past week was full of suspense as I kept watching my inbox... and not without reason. Slowly, your re…
Read moreVirtual participation in the 2023 Shanghai Ukulele Festival
Tamás GállAs last year David Chen contacted me again this year and invited the Hungaria ukulele community to take part virtually in the 2023 Shanghai Ukulele Festival. Of course anyone can attend in person as well, but most of us are more likely to send a greeting video. If you do not know David: he is one of…
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Virtual Meetups
Tamás GállIn these difficult times, I think all of us miss making music together. We are trying to ease that feeling a little with Facebook Live sessions , where we play one or two songs together. There is no visual or audio feedback from you, because I cannot see or hear anyone (apart from a few refreshing e…
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Ukulele workshop with David Chen
Tamás GállWe warmly invite everyone to join us at 5:30 p.m. on 25 July 2018 at Valyo Kikötő, near the Pest end of Rákóczi Bridge, where internationally recognised Taiwanese ukulele artist and teacher David Chen will hold a workshop. We will finish with a short concert and some group playing. The event is bein…
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Ukulele Wars
Tamás GállPublic service announcement: we would like to reassure everyone about the lack of seriousness in the previous post involving a violin and a ukulele. It becomes much easier to understand if you take a careful look at the date. We are staying a ukulele blog! :) A long time ago, on a ukulele far, far a…
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Tamás GállA few days ago Erika, a very kind ukulele student of mine, wrote to say that she was in Scotland and planned to attend a concert by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. After being quietly envious for a moment , I asked her to make sure she documented the event. A few days after the concert, Erik…
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Ukulele on Retró Rádió
Tamás GállI had the honour of accepting a wonderful invitation: this morning I was a guest on Retró Rádióbetween 8 and 9 a.m. I had an opportunity to introduce the instrument, and several songs were played on ukulele as well. But before jumping straight into the middle, a few words about how it happened. A fe…
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Ukulele on #bochkor
Tamás GállWhen I started the blog in 2010, my goal was to introduce the ukulele and ukulele playing to as many people as possible and through it show the joy that can be found in music and making music. I hope that over the years more and more Hungaria ukulele players have appeared who also see it as their mi…
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Ukulele Meetup II
Tamás GállAfter the June ukulele meetup, many of you wrote to ask when the next one would be. Some because you had not been able to attend, and several because you told us how much you had enjoyed yourselves and were already looking forward to the next one. Well, we now have the date of the next ukulele meetu…
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