Give a kid a ukulele and who knows; that kid may turn out to be the next Jimi Hendrix. I guess you could call the ukulele a gateway instrument as many legendary musicians began their musical journey on the humble uke — including Jimi Hendrix
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You never know what will happen when you give a five-year-old an accordion. For Vancouver, British Columbia–native Peter Luongo, it set him on a musical journey that would eventually take him around the world preaching the gospel of ukulele education.
In these days of countless instructional YouTube videos, the idea of having to buy or borrow a cassette or videotape to learn a particular guitar style might seem quaint. But back in the day, for a young player like Johnny Hiland, who lived in the remote reaches of Maine with limited access to …
James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” was a hit when it was released in 1970 and remains a favorite fingerpicking tune for guitarists. The song was issued on his second album, Sweet Baby James, and as a single. “Fire and Rain” touches on a series of occurrences during a promising but painful time in …
“Blue notes” are the hallmark of blues melody. They originated as vocal inflections, a slight sharpening of the minor 3rd, perfect 4th, and minor 7th scale degrees that blurred the traditional boundary between major and minor tonality. For guitar players who use scales as their main reference …
By Stephanie Powell A $5 donation could land you with America’s Got Talent alum Grace VanderWaal‘s autographed Fender ukulele. The singer-ukulele player offered up her instrument to the Rockland County Day School Scholarship Fund as a way to raise money for music education. Multiple entries are allowed and VanderWaal, who is currently on a US …
GoChords is pleased to announce some developments that we think you all will be pretty happy about — namely, we’ve decided to lower our subscription prices.
Guitarist Keith Mack has played with artists like Patty Smyth and Scandal, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, and recently released a new record titled “The Moment”. Keith shares his thoughts about the writing process, as well as live performance photos and tracks from the record.
We are very excited to announce a brand-new GoChords feature — The GoChords Song Widget. This widget will allow you to place your song sheets on pages outside of GoChords, such as your personal blog. It works very much like YouTube’s embed code — just copy the widget code that appears at the bottom of your…
You are my cup of tea, I take you every day you are my cup of tea I take you every way In the morning, in the morning when the sun begins to rise, in the morning in the morning you open up my eyes You are my cup of tea, I take you every…
Seinfeld’s Susan is how I always thought I’d think of Heidi Swedberg. That is until I realized that it was she in “Kindergarten Cop” and (GoChords’ team fav) “Galaxy Quest” to name just a few of her numerous acting gigs. Then I found out something even more thrilling — she plays ukulele, has a terrific CD, and…
See for yourself. Musicians from all over the world are writing, posting, and sharing their songs! We’d like to share some interesting stats with you that give a bird’s-eye view of just how far and fast the GoChords network has grown. GoChords Users By Country* (sorted most active first) United States United Kingdom Germany France…