John Bradburne album – The Thought Expressed

John Bradburne album – The Thought Expressed

A soothing and inspiring collection of hymn and song settings of the poetry of John Bradburne composed by John’s Godson Phil Berthoud and sung by Mahrey Berthoud Buy CD Album Buy Digital Download 100% of the profits from the sale of this CD will go to Mutemwa...
Moving on with Ukulele – Flamenculele

Moving on with Ukulele – Flamenculele

The ukulele is a versatile little instrument.  Mostly associated with sunny sounding chords, it’s also good for playing melodies, and even combining the two, as in the tune I’m sharing here. It’s aimed at people who’ve played the ukulele before, and would like...
Getting Your Guitar into Open D Tuning

Getting Your Guitar into Open D Tuning

If you’re used to playing guitar in standard tuning and want to try something new, give open D tuning a try.  A new world will open up to you – playing all the open strings will result in a beautifully resonant and full-sounding D chord.  Just experimenting with...
How To Transpose (Change the Key of) a Tune Up

How To Transpose (Change the Key of) a Tune Up

Following on from my introductory post on transposing, let’s now take a look at a practical example. Take this short bit of music in G major that could be from a reel or hornpipe: Let’s say you’ve started playing at a session and everyone plays this tune, but in A...