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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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Report on Course II in February 2024
Tamás GállLast Saturday, one day after World Ukulele Day, we held a Course II on 3 February 2024 with a really good atmosphere. The course was almost fully booked; thank you again for your continuing interest in the courses. After introducing ourselves, we practised rhythm, then learned a great many chords an…
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Report on the January 2024 course
Tamás GállUnlike usual, I can only report on last Sunday's ukulele course a few days late. You will soon see why. We broke several records. First, this was the course with the highest number of loa ukuleles: I lent a total of six instruments to participants. The second record was that this was the best-docume…
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A part alatt
Tamás GállToday the Hungaria Ukulele Blog is 13 years old. On several previous anniversaries I wrote a retrospective about the past year, and for the tenth anniversary I even devoted a very long post to it , but this time I will spare everyone . Instead, I would like to show you a ukulele accompaniment for a…
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Ukulele courses in winter 2024
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! First of all, I would like to say that everything is OK with me—not that anyone was worried . I started a new job on 1 November, so I have had to devote all my energy and time to that, which is why there have been no new posts recently. Hopefully I will have time to ma…
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Trying a sopranino ukulele
Tamás GállI had the chance to try one of the most unusual ukuleles in the history of the Hungaria Ukulele Blog. A few years ago master instrument maker Levente Késmárky contacted me and brought me two beautiful baritone ukuleles to try. You can read the blog post about them by clicking here . Levente and I ha…
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Baton Rouge rECOtimber
Tamás GállEnvironmental protection is becoming increasingly important in instrument manufacturing, just as it is in every area of our lives. Baton Rouge has created a new ukulele series called “rECOtimber” based on the following philosophy: the manufacturer wants to leave as small an ecological footprint as p…
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Report on Course III in autumn 2023
Tamás GállWe held the autumn Course III on a notable date: World Music Day. I set off excitedly and could hardly wait to meet my ukulele students, make music together, and also immerse ourselves a little in some questions of music theory . As on the previous Course III, nine of us began playing in a friendly,…
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Report on Course II in autumn 2023
Tamás GállYesterday I woke to a cool morning and light drizzle, so I got a little wet by the time I had unloaded everything at the venue for Ukulele Course II. Once again, thanks to those who arrived early and helped; without you I could not have set up the room so quickly. We unusually began the course by pl…
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Report on Course I in autumn 2023
Tamás GállI arrived at today's ukulele course in central Budapest loaded with an outrageous amount of gear and found a perfect parking space—as if this were karmically programmed for me, because 99% of the time I am incredibly lucky when looking for parking . I brought almost all my ukuleles (I definitely lef…
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Kai KCI-100M
Tamás GállIn this blog post I would like to introduce a concert-size ukulele from the Kai brand. A characteristic feature of Kai instruments is an extra soundhole on the side of the ukulele, facing upward toward the player's face while playing. I still cannot decide whether it is mainly a design feature or wh…
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Áll egy ifjú nyírfa a réten...
Tamás GállIn this blog post and the accompanying video I would like to show you a ukulele accompaniment for the Russian folk song beginning “Áll egy ifjú nyírfa a réten...” (“There Stands a Young Birch Tree in the Meadow...”). Before going any further, a brief aside: of course I too hope that the war raging i…
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