Ukulele Underground - Learn Ukulele Online with Aldrine Guerrero

Uke Minutes 19 - Pull-Offs and Hammer-Pull Combos!

2008-07-06T01:10:32Z

What’s going on Ukulele Underground!? Hope everyone is enjoying the awesome summertime weather - soaking in the sun and spending that extra time jammin’ with friends. In this episode of UKE MINUTES, we’ve got some super-cool picking techniques for you to try out while you’re chillin’ in the summer heat. Here, Aldrine breaks down for you the “Pull-Off” and the “Hammer-Pull Combination.”

“Pull-offs” are basically the reverse of “Hammer-ons” (For a review of the hammer on technique, check out UKE MINUTES 10 - Hammer Ons). To do a pull-off, put the pointer finger of your left hand on a fret. While holding that fret, put another finger (middle or ring) on a higher fret. Pluck the string, then pull off the second finger to reveal the note your pointer finger is holding. Rinse and repeat.

The “Hammer-Pull Combo” is a technique that combines both the hammer-on and pull off techniques together. Hold a fret with your pointer finger, hammer on to another note with your middle (or ring or pinky) finger, then pull-off again to reveal the pointer finger note.

When reading tabs, hammer-ons are denoted with the letter ‘h’ and pull-offs are denoted with the letter ‘p’.

Alright, have fun with these, and as always, let us know what you think! www.UkuleleUnderground.com/forum !

Love,
-UU Staff

Uke Lesson 7 - Bring Me Your Cup!

2008-07-02T03:48:18Z

Hey Undergroundlings! UB40 and Pure Heart will have nothing on you after this easy-to-learn (though it might take a little practice) episode of UKE LESSONS! Check out “Bring Me Your Cup”, let us know if you like it, and show us what you got on the Forums!

Also, don’t forget to check out the tracks on Aldrine’s NEW CD (see post below) and if you like it, pick it up so you can jam along to it or bump it hard from the sound system of your automobile. Thanks much - we heart you more than air!

-UU Staff

Aldrine’s Debut CD - Suite 409 - Available Now!

2008-07-01T01:20:41Z

Aldrine’s debut CD - Suite 409 is finally available for purchase. For samples of the 12 track album and the order form, click here. If you enjoy Aldrine’s videos on Ukulele Underground, please support him and purchase his album. Thanks!

Uke Got Mail 2 - Palm Muting?

2008-06-29T06:40:09Z

In this episode of Uke Got Mail, Aldrine answers a question from Berylbite about palm muting.

Internet Open Mic

2008-06-26T03:04:44Z

Open mic done~

Thanks to everyone who showed up and also to all the participants

Uke Minutes 18 - Chord Families

2008-06-22T02:48:45Z

Alright UUers! We have a very special Uke Minutes for you this week, bringing you the quick-and-dirty rundown of CHORD FAMILIES!

Ever wonder why certain chords sound good together? Want to write a song in a certain key, and wondering what chords to use? Well this episode of Uke Minutes was made especially for you!

Step 1: Pick a key. Any musical key you want to play in.
Step 2: Find the major scale. Click HERE to review major scales and how to find them.
Step 3: Number the notes in your major scale 1 through 8

Now, numbers 1, 4, 5, and 8 will be major chords. Numbers 2,3, and 6 will be minor chords. And 7 will be a diminished. That’s it! You’ve got your chord family!

All of these chords will sound good together, so if you are writing a song, go ahead and choose which ones you want and arrange them in a specific order. Once you’ve done that you’ve got a new chord progression to your very own song!

This also applies to figuring out the chords to an existing song. If you can figure out what key the artist is playing in, more than likely, many of the other chords in the song will be taken directly from the chord family for that key.

Have fun with this one guys! Also, Don’t forget to SIGN UP for Next week’s OPEN MIC (Wednesday, June 25 2008 - 3:30 pm HST / 6:30 pm PST). It will be broadcast right here on this page for the world to see! See you there!

XOXOXO
- UU Staff

Ukulele Day on Youtube + Misc Updates

2008-06-17T18:47:57Z

Check out youtube.com today and you might see some familiar faces featured on the front page. Today all the featured videos were ukulele artists. A couple of our UU family were featured so please give them a big congratulations!

Misc. Updates

T-Shirts and Hoodies are on their way to us. Sorry for the delay everyone but looks like we’ll be able to get them to you soon!

Ukulele Internet Open Mic next week Wednesday, June 25 2008 - 3:30 p.m. HST (6:30 pm PST) Sign up here if you would like to participate or you could just tune in on the front page to sit back and enjoy the performances.

California Tour Don’t forget we will be in California next month. Here is our current confirmed list of appearances with more to be added in the near future.

Uke Got Mail 1 - Old Video Lessons? Harana?

2008-06-15T00:21:04Z

No Uke Minute this week, instead we chose to debut our new show: ‘Uke Got Mail’. In this show Aldrine will answer questions submitted by you, our loyal viewers and forum members. To get your question answered on this new show, email askaldrine(at)gmail.com.

UU Honolulu Meetup - THIS SATURDAY!

2008-06-13T05:13:43Z

For those of you who are on Oahu - Come jam with us!! We’re gonna be hanging out at Kapiolani Park on:

*SATURDAY, June 14th*
Around 5:30 pm
Kapiolani Park

If you can, please post in the thread. And if you don’t post in the thread, come on down anyway! We’ll be the ones chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool, right around the tennis courts, so come by and say hi.

Can’t wait to see you there!
-UU Staff

Member Video of the Week - Ukesista - Europa Intro

2008-06-12T18:39:20Z

I know, I know, MVOW, super late. My bad. On this belated Member Video of the Week, we are featuring Ukesista with her arrangement for Carlos Santana’s Europa Intro. Aldrine and I play this song all the time and it was refreshing to hear a different arrangement.

T-Shirt update : For everyone who ordered a t-shirt or hoodie, they are still being printed right now. It’s taking a little while to print because the order was so huge. We will let everyone know as soon as they come in.

UU Tour: Don’t forget, we’re heading to California next month! July 18-23. We need your help finding places to play if you live in the Bay Area, San Diego, or Orange County or L.A. Please check the thread for more details.