Ukulele Strikes a New Chord. By KIM MURPHY . Oct. 1, 2002 12 AM PT . ... It had a C chord you could play with one index finger and you tuned it by singing a ditty on open strings: ...

You may laugh off the ukulele as a toy or joke instrument, and admittedly, their starting price tag and the quality that usually comes with such a price tag doesn’t help much to get a differe… ...

Richard Dew coaching Chin Koerner on ukulele finger placements during a free class at 2 p.m. on the first and third ... What we do is teach a couple of chords, say ‘put your fingers here,’ and ...

A carpenter who chopped off four fingers in a work accident has fulfilled his vow to play the ukulele for the surgeons who reattached them.

The ukulele is often billed as a good beginner’s instrument, easy to pick up and pluck, less intimidating than a guitar, and a lot more transportable than a piano. And while that may be accurate ― ...

People who play a ukulele say the four-string instrument is easy to learn, lightweight to hold and not loud enough to annoy housemates or pets. But somehow it’s more fun when you can strum along ...

Mike Aherne, 71, of Taunton in Somerset visited Southmead Hospital, Bristol on 3 July with the Ukulele Orchestra of North Curry he's part of. It marked a remarkable comeback as a musician after ...

Twenty-nine amateur ukulele players – more than 100 can turn out – are blissfully gazing at an overhead projection of chords and music, strumming, singing and (yes) beaming.

STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — The ukulele really is a happy instrument, insists Al Saloha, who picked up the instrument because his name sounded kind of Hawaiian. He laughs at the recollection of ...

David Cameron was serenaded on Monday's general election campaign trail by a ukulele player singing "f**k off back to Eton". Now the musician, Robin Grey, has followed up the performance by ...

A carpenter who chopped off four fingers in a work accident has fulfilled his vow to play the ukulele for the surgeons who reattached them. Mike Aherne, 71, from Taunton, returned to Southmead ...

Mike Aherne fulfilled his vow to play to the team who reattached fingers he cut off in an accident. Somerset man plays ukulele to surgeons who saved his fingers - BBC News We've updated our ...