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Ukulele courses in May 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Over the past few weeks I have posted less frequently on the blog. There is a simple and wonderful reason for that: my third child was born last week, so I have not had time to make videos or write blog posts. I will be “back” soon . In the meantime, I would like to dr…
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Ukulele courses in March 2026
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! To my great delight, interest in the ukulele courses remains as strong as ever. Today I also reached an agreement with our existing venue, so here are the dates: Ukulele Course I – 21 March 2026 (Saturday), 9:00–16:00 Ukulele Course II – 28 March 2026 (Saturday), 9:00–…
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Ukulele courses in June 2021
Tamás GállUPDATE: both courses have reached the minimum number of participants, so both will definitely go ahead! Dear (Future) Ukulele Players! Since last August's course I have received a great many emails asking when the next course would be held. Because of the restrictions, naturally we could neither org…
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Ukulele courses in February 2025
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! I have fallen quite far behind in recent months. Although I try to practise as much as possible and work on new songs, I owe you both blog posts and videos. I will do my best to return with new material soon . After discussions with the venue, we have now managed to fi…
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Ukulele courses in February 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Over the past few months a great many of you have asked about ukulele courses. I am happy to let you know that we will be holding two courses in the near future: Ukulele Course I — Sunday, 6 February 2022, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Ukulele Course II — Sunday, 13 February 202…
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Ukulele courses in August 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! I was delighted that after the May course, people eager to learn the ukulele kept sending me emails and asking about new courses. The new dates are now set, and I warmly welcome your applications! Ukulele Course I – 21 August 2022 (Sunday), 9:00–16:00 APPLY Ukulele Cou…
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Ukulele Christmas
Tamás GállI received a kind request from Ben, who devotes his life to playing the ukulele and travelling . He has just made a Christmas ukulele album and asked me to write my opinion of it. I was happy to oblige. He sent me the album as a Christmas present, I listened to it, and I can say nothing but good thi…
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Ukulele Blues
Tamás GállI have not disappeared; I simply have an enormous number of other things to do, so I have very little free time left for the ukulele and the blog. I found a fantastic video and decided I simply had to share it with you. The video features an insanely good improvisation on what looks like a tenor uku…
Read moreUkulele Blog in the Goldenblog Top 10!
Tamás GállI will admit that I never expected the blog to do this well in its very first year! We finished somewhere in the middle of the public vote (thank you for your votes!), but I received an enormous honour because the Goldenblog jury liked Ukulele Blog so much that they selected it for the top 10 in the…
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Three Years of Outtakes
Tamás GállAs the end of the year approaches, besides football my other favourite kind of sports programme starts appearing on television: the compilation of funny sporting moments collected throughout the year, shown on Eurosport under the title WATTS. The Ukulele Blog will be three years old in a few days, a…
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Thoughts of a Ukulele Player
Tamás Gáll“So I bought the ukulele. I wonder whether it will sound good. I hope the strings are all right too. Hopefully they will settle quickly and tuning will not be a problem. Will the factory setup work, or will something need filing after a few weeks?” ...a few months pass... “An electro-acoustic one wo…
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The Youngest Padawan
Tamás GállDear Ukulele Players! A new love entered my life a few days ago, which is why I have not been able to make fresh posts or videos. My little daughter was born. She has no idea yet how much fun playing the ukulele is, but I hope she will find out soon! I did not put her hand there - it happened comple…
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