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Ohana PKC70G
Tamás GállKati was kind enough to lend me a fantastic Ohana ukulele for a few days, a rather rare creature here in Hungary. That is not surprising: these are firmly high-end ukuleles and therefore not cheap. I was delighted to have the chance to try an Ohana with a pineapple-shaped concert-size body and a sol…
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Ohana O'Nino
Tamás GállA few months ago I had already had the pleasure of trying an Ohana — a beautiful pineapple-shaped ukulele . I had always known that Ohana does not do things by halves: they make genuinely premium-quality ukuleles. This time I got my hands on a truly unusual little instrument, the Ohana O'Nino, a min…
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Odds and Evens – How to play it
Tamás GállNot long ago I devoted a longer post to the theme song from the film Odds and Evens. This one will be shorter, because I explain everything in the video. So if you would like to learn how to play Brotherly Love in the way shown in the previous post, practise patiently and persistently; I will try to…
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Odds and Evens
Tamás GállIn an earlier post (All the Way, Boys!) I already wrote enthusiastically about how completely the films of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill captivated me as a child. Only recently did I realise that, alongside the obvious jokes, their films are full of subtle absurdities that viewers may or may not noti…
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Ó, Gyönyörű Szép — MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Tamás GállAs you could read in the previous post, I invited you, dear ukulele players, to take part in a shared Christmas ukulele performance. I asked anyone with the time and enthusiasm to play — and sing — the song beginning Ó, gyönyörű szép, then send me the recording so that I could make a video in which…
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Ó, Gyönyörű Szép — Let's Play Together!
Tamás GállI would like to invite you to make some Christmas ukulele music together. Unfortunately it can only happen in the virtual space, but I hope this shared "project" will still bring us a lot of joy. The final result would be a video in which everyone can be seen and heard: a ukulele choir playing, acco…
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Nemzeti dal — reloaded
Tamás GállYou could say this post is a case of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, since 15 March was already a few weeks ago — incidentally, the day my third child was born — and I am only now publishing a post about this song, which is literally a “National Song” . What happened was that onl…
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Nemzeti dal
Tamás GállFor 15 March, Hungary's national day commemorating the 1848 Revolution, we are going to learn the chords to Nemzeti dal (“National Song”). Petőfi wrote the poem on 13 March 1848, two days before the revolution began, originally for a public meeting planned by the young people of Pest for 19 March. N…
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Music Theory Basics — for the Patient!
Tamás GállI promise this is the longest and most boring tutorial video so far. The video below is about intervals and chords. I spent a long time thinking about the best way to introduce the subject, and it was not an easy task. There is a reason why children study all of this for weeks, months and even years…
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Music and Humour
Tamás GállWe are right in the middle of moving house (if I close my eyes, all I see are bags, boxes, a fridge, cupboards, chairs and other things waiting to be lifted and moved), so unfortunately I have barely been able to take out my ukulele in recent weeks and no new tutorial video could be made. For now I…
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Most múlik pontosan
Tamás GállQuimby's unusually atmospheric song "Most múlik pontosan" was released in 2005 on the band's album Kilégzés. Many theories have been proposed about the circumstances in which the song was written, but I do not want to go into those here. I think the lyrics should mean whatever each listener wants to…
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Money Heist
Tamás GállThe hugely successful series Money Heist — La casa de papel — swept me up as well. But that phase is over now , because only a few days ago we watched the final episode of season five at home. Some people praise or criticise the series season by season. Overall I enjoyed all five: it was exciting, f…
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