By Joe Mendel
 
 
I have been asked to write interview with ukulele builders by the editor of http://ukesessions.com/, Joe Carr. My first assignment is to introduce myself, so here goes.
I have been building and repairing fretted instruments since the mid eighties, my first instruments were mountain dulcimers from kits, soon I progressed to mandolins & guitars, and then I began repairing my own instruments, then repairing instruments for friends. I have been interviewing mandolin builders since the October 2003 issue of http://archive.mandolinsessions.com/index.html
In 1994-95 I attended guitar repair program at South Plains …

This beautiful melody is arranged here so that the melody falls on the last string of the strum. It can be played at any speed from slow to medium and makes an excellent solo piece or a duet with guitar chords for accompaniment. Players of all levels can enjoy this classic arrangement. Some may recognize it as the Christmas melody “What Child Is This?”
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by Marcy Marxer
What do these three things have in common?
Roy Smeck
Right Hand Rhythms
Trash Cans
What size ukulele should I play?
These questions and more are answered in the article below.
Hello Friends, Ukulele Players, Distinguished Colleagues!
    I’m very happy to join the writing staff of Mel Bay’s www.ukulelesessions.com. 
I found my first ukulele in a garbage can on my way to High school in Swartz Creek, MI in 1972.  This was no ordinary trash day.  It was officially “Clean Up Fix Up Week”.  Anybody could throw out anything and the trash collectors would take …

 from Beth Mead
There is a diagram of each chord appearing the first time it is played. It is followed by a number of slashes. Each slash represents one beat, or one downward strum of the chord.
This song can include a very popular device often found in songs of this era and later. It is called a turnaround, and may be played as an embellishment at the end of the third line. You can play eight beats of C in this spot OR  each of these four chords for two beats …

by William Bay
A wonderfully easy, entertaining way to learn the uke! Based on C tuning, this text presents strum-along/sing-alongs in the keys of C, G, D, F, and B flat. The DVD will teach you in a step-by-step manner, and provide hours of fun and enjoyment! You will learn 58 great, all-time favorite uke songs including Peg O’ My Heart and Fascination. CD included.

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by MaryLou Stout Dempler
I have played guitar since I was seven years old. I couldn’t learn to play my guitar fast enough. I had to take three guitar lessons a week. For my birthday, ten years ago my husband gave me a $2000.00 handmade concert ukulele. I fell in love all over again with music, my new uke and my husband. You can read the complete story, including how I became a Mel Bay author at my website www.allmarylou.com.
After teaching my first soprano ukulele class at Bellarmine University, I formed the Louisville Ukulele Association Unlimited club (L.U.A.U.) and …