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Hey everyone, please help us welcome TimWilson as a new moderator for the UU Forum! Tim has a long career in online community engagement and management, with over 25 years of full time online forum experience, and he's volunteering to help with moderation here at UU. In the future, he may...

One member mentioned that replies to their comments or threads haven't been showing up in the Alerts tab (although Likes have been showing up). Has anyone else noticed / experienced this issue?

One of the best things about the ukulele is that it's so easy to start learning. And once you start learning to play music, to perform music, to create music, it opens up an entire world of both appreciation and life experiences that you would never otherwise have. Over the years, so many...

Aloha UUers, thank you for being a part of the Underground and for interacting as part of one of the largest online ukulele communities in the world. Over the past 15 years, the UU Forum has existed as a space where ukulele players and enthusiasts can come to freely discuss all things ukulele...

Hey everyone! We're in the process of scheduling Joe Souza to be a guest on the Ukulele Underground Podcast sometime this month (Sept. 2021). If you happen to have any ukulele building-specific questions you'd like to ask him, please post them here! The vast majority of UU Podcast listeners...

After four fun-filled days and sleepless nights of musical mayhem, the 2012 NAMM show is finally over. Thank goodness! Between wrestling with audio troubles and Aldrine completely losing his voice on Day 3, the UU crew was able to cover pretty much all of the ukulele goodness showcased at NAMM...

Official UU "Ambassadors of Ukulele" Give-Away Contest! (Win a KoAloha Tenor!) Hey UUers! Ukulele Underground hasn't put on an official give-away contest for awhile, so here we go again! This time we're giving away a brand new KoAloha KTM-00 Tenor Ukulele AND a full Year of UU+ membership...

With the UU video coverage of the 2011 NAMM Show completely edited, exported, and uploaded, I’ll finally find the chance to get some decent sleep at night. Yay! Most of this post is being written from my seat on an airplane, chasing the sunset back home to Hawaii after four crazy days of music...

Hey UUers! This month's episode of Uke Minutes is up! Uke Minutes 33 - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Overall a pretty simple lesson with a couple new chords, an easy strumming pattern, and a quick finger picking pattern so you can probably get it down fairly quickly with a bit of...

Hey UUers! This month's episode of Uke Lessons is here: Uke Lesson 32 - The Man Who Can't Be Moved This song was written and recorded by the Irish band, The Script. Aldrine's version features an ukulele take on the signature guitar picking pattern that carries throughout the song - try it...

Hey UUers! Last month (June 2010) we ran the Kanile'a "Spread the Aloha" Video Contest! There were tons of entries, each with a different take on spreading aloha with the ukulele. The judges had an extremely hard time choosing the winners and in the end these were the three that came out on...

Hey UUers! It's a new month and a new episode of Uke Lessons for you to devour and digest: Uke Lesson 31 - Rodeo Clowns Written by Jack Johnson and recorded by both Johnson and G. Love & Special Sauce, this song is a pretty interesting one. The intro is based on a lot of alternate chord...

Hey UUers! This month (July 2010) we are giving away 4 Eleuke ukuleles in the Eleuke "Uke Rock!" Video Contest! To enter, here is what you need to do: 1. Make a video of yourself playing a Rock (or rock-related*) song on your ukulele. Be sure to mention the Eleuke "Uke Rock!" Contest...

Hey UUers! This week's episode of Uke Minutes is here: Uke Minutes 92 - Diminished Run Exercise It's a nifty little run you can use to practice your picking or something you can use in solos over diminished chords. Go wild! Questions, comments, ideas, helpful hints, examples of songs that...

Hey UUers! This week's episode of Uke Minutes is online: Uke Minutes 91 - Added Octave Chord Inversions This one helps out a lot when you need to stay on a single chord, but you don't want it to get too monotonous - putting in these pinky-additions adds a little color and movement to your...

Hey UUers! Uke Minutes 90 is a-rollin': Uke Minutes 90 - 10 Finger Roll This technique is like a fuller, punchier 8 Finger Roll (which, in turn, is an extended 4 Finger Roll). Now that you've got all these rolls down, it's time to rock. Questions, comments, tips, thoughts on rolls & what...

Win a Kanile'a! Official Kanile'a/UU "Spread the Aloha" Ukulele Give-Away Contest! Hey UUers! This one took awhile to get together, but it is finally here! Up for grabs is a one-of-a-kind, Kanile'a Tenor "Ukulele Underground" Ukulele!! *gasp* Joe Souza over at Kanile'a was kind enough to...

Hey UUers! This week's episode of Uke Minutes is up! Uke Minutes 89 - One String, Two String Technically, the way Aldrine uses it when playing, it should be "Two String, One String," because he starts off with the middle two stings (instead of starting off with the G) :p. Other than that...

Hey UUers! This month's episode of Uke Lessons is now online! Uke Lesson 30 - Perfect Sometimes Haha, not gonna lie, the picking for this one is a little lengthy and might take you a little while to master (but you can totally do it - we belive in you!). The solo was created by Jake...

Here it is - a discussion for Uke Minutes 88! Uke Minutes 88 - Hammer-Pull Exercise This one should help with those quick hammer-pull combos on ukulele solos! Questions, comments, suggestions, other helpful hammer-pull positions, petitions to make the "hammer-pull" and Olympic event?? Post...