Stories and interviews
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Interview with Charlotte Pelgen
Tamás GállFor the English version please click here. / Open the English version. In my previous post, The Hungaria Ukulele Blog Is 10 Years Old , I wrote a few words about how I use Instagram and Twitter less often, but that my Instagram account has nevertheless led to several ukulele friendships. That is whe…
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A Shared Ukulele Performance — Let's Play Together!
Tamás GállEncouraged by the success of our shared Christmas ukulele project at the end of last year, I am inviting all of you to another big group strum — unfortunately once again only in virtual form. Just like the "Ó, Gyönyörű Szép" project, I am asking you to send me videos of yourselves playing. I will co…
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We Made Music Together for World Ukulele Day
Tamás GállOne week and one day ago, I asked you, dear ukulele players, to help celebrate World Ukulele Day together. I asked you to strum a total of 48 measures and, of course, record yourselves doing it. The past week was full of suspense as I kept watching my inbox... and not without reason. Slowly, your re…
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ukulele.hu has been redesigned
Tamás GállAbout a year or a year and a half ago, I began to feel that it was time to rebuild ukulele.hu on new foundations. The previous website had served Hungaria ukulele players since 2015, and so much had happened over the following six years that its structure was beginning to struggle under the growing…
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Interview with Abe Lagrimas Jr.
Tamás GállOpen the English version. / For the English version please click here. I first saw Abe in a YouTube video ten years ago, and I could hardly believe my eyes — or, more importantly, my ears — that such sensational jazz could come out of a ukulele. I remember thinking, “This guy is amazing.” Until a fe…
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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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Summer Ukulele Course I — report
Tamás GállDuring the long months of lockdown I received a great many messages from people saying they wanted to attend the next ukulele course. As soon as restrictions began to be lifted, I immediately started organising new courses, and to my great delight enough beginner ukulele players signed up relatively…
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Summer Ukulele Course II — report
Tamás GállI held Ukulele Course II on 20 June. It was intended for players who were no longer complete beginners and already had the basic ukulele skills. The goal of Course II was to expand those foundations and, with some insight into music theory, help the chords start to “make sense”. On 20 June 2021 — ju…
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The “Eszperente” Ukulele
Tamás GállI felt like writing down a little piece and sharing it with you. Keep this in mind: with this musical contraption you can pluck pleasant sounds and surprise people with something made with love. (The Hungarian original is written in “eszperente”, a word game in which only the vowel e is used.) You c…
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Late-summer ukulele courses
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Some of you could not attend the courses at the beginning of the summer, and several people also emailed to say they would like to come to the next one. I am delighted to announce two more ukulele courses at the very end of summer and the beginning of autumn: Ukulele C…
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Ukulele Meetup 2021
Tamás GállDear Ukulele Players! I am delighted to announce the first ukulele meetup of the year . Exactly one year ago today we held the 2020 ukulele meetup at Fonó. I warmly recommend the report I wrote about it . I very much hope the pandemic will not interfere and that as many of us as possible can get tog…
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Late-summer Ukulele Course I — report
Tamás GállAfter the June courses I received a steady stream of emails and Facebook messages asking about new course dates, so I did not waste any time: I organised Course I and Course II for 29 August and 5 September respectively courses. Yesterday, 29 August 2021, greeted us with a cooler-than-usual but stil…
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