Ken Middleton has put some lessons and nicely prepared TAB song print outs for us ukulele players. I like his improvisations while sitting in his backyard garden. Ken has spent a lot of time putting this together. I thought that he’d be from Tennessee, but alas he's is from Newcastle under Lyme in the UK.
Ken, if you ever read this, thank you for all the work that you have put in for all of us out in the world to try. Also, my wife and I are Anglophiles and love watching UK mysteries and miniseries, such as Hamish MacBeth. Are you located anywhere near Midsomer?
He has a load of tutorials for guitar, and it appears the ukulele section is growing too. Here’s Ken’s YouTube Playlist Videos and TABs:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B4167EE64D80BFEA
WILDWOOD FLOWER
TURKEY IN THE STRAW
FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON
(Jo Stafford Sings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedzNxOv9Wc&NR=1 )
You must also check out his Bluegrass Ukulele Licks parts 1 & 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egyy-lrICCw&feature=PlayList&p=B4167EE64D80BFEA&index=26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c2A5_mDIXk&feature=PlayList&p=B4167EE64D80BFEA&index=27
Other techniques... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2iAWborJY8&feature=PlayList&p=5F1858FF19279298&index=6&playnext=7&playnext_from=PL
Also check out Arkansas Traaveler, see the public files...
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a18e92d5e21704b1d5a101cf914073b4c36f42da6da76fa6
I wanted to create this blog as a place where I can store and retrieve information for future reference. I chose the name Humble Uker Ramblings because I have started out strumming my father's 1950's painted Harmony ukulele. I think that the greatest appeal of the ukulele as "the people's instrument" is it's humble simplicity. My contact email is HumbleUker@gmail.com. I have also been working on a blog for the Baritone Ukulele called Humble Baritonics.
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