God only Knows - have a look at this.

Moon River Lyrics with chords (So Far)

    C      Am     F             C
Moon river, wider than a mile
      F           C            Dm        E7
I'm crossing you in style some day
   Am    C7             F          Bb9
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
  Am           C7          Em A7    Dm G7
Wherever you're going, I'm going your way

        C         Am      F    C
Two drifters, off to see the world
       F           C            Dm      E7
There's such a lot of world to see
       Am           Am7        Am6             F7             C            F
We're after the same rainbow's end, waiting, round the bend
                                   C       Dm   G7     C
My Huckleberry Friend, Moon River, and me

Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're going, I'm going your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after that same rainbow's end, waiting, round the bend
My Huckleberry Friend, Moon River, and me

Moon River Strumming

Moon River

Apologies for the delay but here we go

Moon River  (Mancini)

Intro
C          Am          Bb9          G         x2  (play phrase twice)



C          Am          F          C
F          C           Dm          E7
Am          C7
F             Bb9
Am         B7
Em   A7   Dm   G7

C          Am          F          C
F          C          Dm          E7



more to follow once I've worked it out.

Next song suggestions

Brown eyed girl

Heart and Soul/Beyond the Sea/Blue Moon    Arrangement

 Ukulele intro   x4 

Ukulele & Marimba 

2 verses of Heart and Soul with marimba improv.

Ukulele and Singing

Beyond the sea     2verses

BlueMoon            2verses

Both                     2verses

Outro

Fade out all  2-4

Libertango Arrangement

Intro

Drumming Pattern 1           x4

Drumming Pattern 2           x4    Ali to continue throughout.

Blind Strumming                x4      Chris twiddles

Chord Pattern

1.Clean

2 Clean with Chris

3 Clean with Chris and BMR

4 Clean with Chris and BMR

5 Clean

6 Single Strums  with Chris twiddles

7 Single Chord

Heart and Soul (Blue Moon intro) twiddly bit

Samba Ukelele

Nice duet on Youtube here.

Beyond the Sea - for Blue Moon "Mash Up"

Beyond The Sea (Basic)

(as part of Heart and Soul/Blue Moon Medley)

|            C            Am            |            F            G7           

|            C            Am            |            F            G7

|            C            E7            |            Am            G7

|            C            Am            |            F            A7

|            Dm            G7            |            Am            Am

|            F            F            |            G7            G7

Blue Moon

Here is a simple ish little tune that you can whistle along to -

Blue Moon

Libertango 2

Here is the strumming pattern. I always think

Co ffee Tea Co ffee Tea Co ffee (the bold bits being the accents)

Friday Lunch - Bar chords

Here are a few - can you think of others?

La Bamba

Here you are.

I scare myself

Here is a copy of the music.
Here is the strumming pattern.

Don't Fear the Reaper

Here is the basic strumming pattern
Am  v ^ v           (D  U  D)
G  ^   ^v^          (U    U D U)
F  v^v                 (D  U  D)
G  ^   ^v^           (U    U D U)

and here is a link to me playing it.

The full chords and lyrics are here.

Are Friends Acoustic?

Are friends acoustic?
Strumming patterns and links to follow.

Libertango

Libertango chords

What strings should I use?

The strings that normally come with your ukulele will probably be a load of old rubbish. Why are they rubbish? There are two main reasons - they sound dull and do not "ring" when plucked or strummed and, probably more of an issue at this point, they stretch and go out of tune all the time.
The strings you should be looking for are either Aquila strings made of nylgut  or flurocarbon strings (good quality fishing line) the best being made by Worth. Worth strings are twice the price of Aquilas but are twice the length allowing you to get two sets per packet.
Make sure you buy for the correct size of ukulele.

Welcome to Blogelele

This blog will contain all the information we discuss on Fridays - chords, strumming patterns, information about strings, tuning etc. I will also post links to videos and sites that might provoke you into picking up your ukulele more often.