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Report on Course II in November 2022
Tamás GállOn Saturday I held a Course II with a really good atmosphere. I also brought a few surprise instruments (you can see one of them in the video). During the morning we worked on rhythm techniques and learned a few new chords; in the afternoon we explored further chords, including barre shapes. From ti…
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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 III in December 2022
Tamás GállA few days before the course, a kind ukulele player called Balázs phoned and offered to help with carrying the ukuleles and other equipment needed for the course. So on the morning of the course we met, jumped into the car and headed for Irányi Street. Within a minute or two Ricsi arrived—he even fo…
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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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Report on the second autumn course (2026)
Tamás GállLast Saturday, we had a fantastic Level II course with an incredibly enthusiastic and lovely group of ukulele players. Once again, we kept both hands busy: sometimes working on rhythm, sometimes experimenting with chord shapes, but perhaps the biggest hit was playing together . Our wonderful photogr…
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Report on the spring 2026 course
Tamás GállLast Saturday a very enthusiastic group came together, and I too was excited to begin the first ukulele course of the year. Several of you asked to borrow a ukulele for the course, and naturally I was happy to bring instruments again. Once more the minutes and hours flew past and the day ended incre…
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Report on the ukulele course of 21 August 2022
Tamás GállTo be honest, I did not expect so many of us at the course because many people are still on holiday at this time of year, enjoying the final days of summer. To my great delight, however, the room was almost full, and at 9:00 on 21 August 2022 we began the 12th ukulele course with 15 enthusiastic pla…
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Report on the ukulele course of 28 August 2022
Tamás GállLast Sunday I held Course II. I was delighted that there was so much interest that the course was fully booked, so a few minutes after 9:00, 18 enthusiastic ukulele players started making music together. As usual, we worked on rhythm techniques during the morning and learned a few new chords, then i…
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Rock your baby with a ukulele!
Tamás GállThe choice of title is deliberate, because this blog post is connected with Ringató – with the trademark owner's permission ;). Parents of young children certainly know Ringató. It is probably not an exaggeration to call it one of the best-known and most popular early-childhood music and education p…
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Send us your requests!
Tamás GállDear Readers! We are constantly polishing and developing ukulele.hu behind the scenes. Alongside technical improvements, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the site better and how to provide even more help with choosing and learning the ukulele. Recently we improved the mobile version…
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Size Doesn't Matter!
Tamás GállI think I may have to reconsider the idea that a soprano ukulele is not necessarily suitable for a man's hands. I found this unbelievably good video: With some chords the number of left-hand fingertips per square centimetre reaches its absolute maximum. It takes incredible dexterity to make your han…
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Size Doesn't Matter II
Tamás GállLast year I already posted a similar article with two videos. Now here is another unmissable recording featuring a mini ukulele about the size of a matchbox and the enormous, roughly concert-to-tenor-sized ukulele accompanying it :). A barre covering all four strings can be held with roughly one to…
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