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If you're going to play the ukulele (and everyone should!), you must take lessons with Stuart Yoshida. He is an accomplished ukulele player who brings the 'Aloha spirit' to every lesson.

- Lisa W.

 

 


If you're going to play the ukulele (and everyone should!), you must take lessons with Stuart Yoshida. He is an accomplished ukulele player who brings the 'Aloha spirit' to every lesson.

- Lisa W.

 

 


Stuart will tailor your lesson to whatever you want to learn, and then take you further.

- Debbie T.


If you're going to play the ukulele (and everyone should!), you must take lessons with Stuart Yoshida. He is an accomplished ukulele player who brings the 'Aloha spirit' to every lesson.

- Lisa Wilson

 

 


If you're going to play the ukulele (and everyone should!), you must take lessons with Stuart Yoshida. He is an accomplished ukulele player who brings the 'Aloha spirit' to every lesson.

- Lisa Wilson

 

 


I tried two other instructors and knew after the first lesson that they were not what I was looking for. Stuart was my third try, and I knew right away he could teach me what I wanted to learn about the ukulele.

- Debbie T.


He makes each lesson fun, and you get the benefit of someone with a vast musical background.  I've learned songs by Bruddah Iz AND by AC/DC!

- Lisa W.


Stuart is a very capable instructor and he is up for anything, so you're sure to find joy in this happy instrument!

- Lisa W.

 

 


Stuart is a very capable instructor and he is up for anything, so you're sure to find joy in this happy instrument!

- Lisa W.

 

 


Andrew SO enjoyed his lesson.  He played for 3+ hours yesterday and another hour today.  Thank you for inspiring him!

- Sheila T.


Ukulele News

News related to playing Ukulele, Hawaiian music, Events, and more!
May 31
2009

Ukulele is Making a "Mighty" Comeback

Posted by Stuart Yoshida in ukulele , news , films , documentary

 

Check out this cool trailer for a documentary on how the "Mighty Uke" is making a comeback.  Thanks to Judi Strahota for sending me the link.

May 29
2009

Now You Can Uke in Boulder

Posted by Stuart Yoshida in ukulele , news , lessons

HB Woodsongs
 
It's official.  Now you can uke in Boulder. I'm giving lessons at HB Woodsongs in Boulder.  The kind folks at this seminal acoustic music instruments store have welcomed me to the Flatirons and I'm already feeling the good vibes.
 
Give me a call at 970.231.3235 if you want more information, or head on over to HB Woodsongs to take a look at their ukes and other things musical.
May 02
2009

Ukulele tuning - yeah, there's an app for that

Posted by Stuart Yoshida in ukulele , news , gadgets

Strobotuner

This isn't an Apple commercial, but if you don't own an iPhone you might want to skip this article.  There's something coming that I think is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we'll see in the future.


I got turned on to this iPhone app while recording our next Danno CD (okay, now THIS is a plug for our upcoming album, so stay tuned for more info).  Chris, our steel guitar player, told me about an app for less than $10 that did the job of a $200 Peterson tuner.  In fact, the app was written by the good folks at Peterson, so it will likely work just as well as one of their standalone hardware tuners.

I bought the app, and soon I was tuning my ukulele with a honest-to-goodness Peterson Strobotuner.  Nice!  For those in the know, the Peterson Strobotuners are the Porsches of tuners.  If you're serious about your music, you've probably run across a Peterson tuner.

So where am I going with this?  Well, I believe that the hardware platform for a lot of our musical needs might be already in the palm of our hands.  It's the smartphone.  And since we're already made the capital investment in the hardware, the software apps should end up costing pennies on the dollar compared to their "Big Brother" incarnations (i.e., a $200 Peterson Strobostomp box versus the $10 iPhone app), so you can see where this might be headed.

I don't know where this will all end up, but maybe someday I'll be playing a virtual ukulele on my cell phone.


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