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Report from Ukulele Meetup III

Tamás Gáll

This was a special ukulele meetup, because I had the honor of being invited to lead a workshop as part of Eldorado's 25th birthday celebrations. And at the end, the fate of a beautiful ukulele literally depended on my hand movements, because I was the one who had to rummage among the little slips of…

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Songs and arrangements

When the Saints Go Marching In

Tamás Gáll

I would like to teach you another popular song that practically everyone knows. The origins of When the Saints Go Marching In are lost in the distant mists of time and will probably remain an eternal mystery, which is why official sources also describe it simply as "traditional". The earliest known…

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Learn to play ukulele

Chords 09: F minor

Tamás Gáll

F minor is a classic example of a chord that looks difficult but really is not . At least when we first look at a hand fretting F minor, it may seem as though the ukulele player's hand has cramped up. In reality we are simply seeing a slightly rotated wrist and fingers carefully placed at the follow…

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Learn to play ukulele

Eight Tips for Beginners

Tamás Gáll

Based on the experience of many, many years, I have collected a few thoughts that I would like to share with you in a slightly unusual video. It is unusual because this time you will hear only a few random chords — in other words, we are not learning a song — and I will be talking even more than usu…

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Stories and interviews

Report from Ukulele Meetup II

Tamás Gáll

You may already be used to me writing a few words about each meetup or workshop afterwards, and this time will be no different . Yesterday afternoon, Zsolt and I arrived at Pódium Hall, the venue for the meetup, about three quarters of an hour before the official start. Together with the Eldorádó te…

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Stories and interviews

Ukulele Meetup II

Tamás Gáll

After 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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Learn to play ukulele

Chords 08: A major

Tamás Gáll

After the difficulties of E major, we get a little relaxation and learn A major. If we had arranged these chords strictly by difficulty, A major really should have come before E major, but never mind – this is the order we ended up with :). Anyone who can already fret F major and A minor will have a…

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Learn to play ukulele

Chords 07: E major

Tamás Gáll

This may be the first chord that makes beginner ukulele players genuinely wince. However we twist our fingers, E major is simply not very comfortable to fret. There is no need to be frightened of it, of course; it simply requires a little more patient practice than something like C major. In the vid…

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Learn to play ukulele

Chords 06: D major

Tamás Gáll

We have completed the first four chords and hopefully can now strum C major, A minor, F major and G major with confidence. The series continues with D major, taking us into the category of slightly more difficult chords. The challenge with G major was forcing the fingers into a somewhat unusual hand…

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Stories and interviews

Ukulele on Retró Rádió

Tamás Gáll

I 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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