Fortnightly live ukulele lessons

LIVE LESSON: Fiddle Tunes - The Blackest Crow

7 days ago1 min read

LIVE LESSON: Fiddle Tunes - The Blackest Crow

For the first ukulele live lesson of the year I’m going to teach you a really hauntingly beautiful fiddle tune ballad The Blackest Crow....

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LIVE LESSON: Christmas Special! Away In A Manger

Matt Stead

Dec 51 min read

LIVE LESSON: Christmas Special! Away In A Manger

For this year’s Christmas special I’m going to teach you a beautiful yet simple fingerstyle chord melody version of Away In A Manger....

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LIVE LESSON: Live ukulele Q&A with Matt - Let’s talk ukes!

Matt Stead

Nov 221 min read

LIVE LESSON: Live ukulele Q&A with Matt - Let’s talk ukes!

We’re going to do something a little different for our next live lesson with a live Q&A and show and tell of my personal collection....

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LIVE LESSON: Moveable open chords - Green Day Good Riddance

Matt Stead

Nov 81 min read

LIVE LESSON: Moveable open chords - Green Day Good Riddance

In this lesson we’ll take a look at Green Day’s fabulous acoustic hit Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life). I’ll show you the basics and...

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LIVE LESSON: Isa Lei - Double stops and chord melody

Matt Stead

Oct 241 min read

LIVE LESSON: Isa Lei - Double stops and chord melody

In this lesson we’ll have a look at double stops, a really common way of adding two part harmony to pieces of music. We’ll learn a...

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LIVE LESSON: Penny Lane by The Beatles - Song analysis

Matt Stead

Oct 101 min read

LIVE LESSON: Penny Lane by The Beatles - Song analysis

In this lesson we’ll take a look at The Beatles fabulous Penny Lane. We’ll analyse what McCartney was doing with the clever key changes...

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LIVE LESSON: God Only Knows - key changes and lush chords!

Matt Stead

Sep 261 min read

LIVE LESSON: God Only Knows - key changes and lush chords!

In this lesson I’ll teach you the Beach Boys classic God Only Knows, which I believe to be the most beautiful and harmonically...

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LIVE LESSON: Ei Nei, Ernest Ka'aai - Fingerstyle chord melody

Matt Stead

Sep 131 min read

LIVE LESSON: Ei Nei, Ernest Ka'aai - Fingerstyle chord melody

In this lesson I teach you a simple but beautiful Hawaiian tune written by the fabulous Ernest Ka'aai; one of the most prolific and...

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LIVE LESSON: Hanalei Moon - Fingerstyle chord melody

Matt Stead

Aug 291 min read

LIVE LESSON: Hanalei Moon - Fingerstyle chord melody

In this lesson I teach you the beautiful Hanalei Moon. The song was written by Bob Nelson and made famous by Dennis Pavao. We’ll learn...

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Matt Stead

Aug 71 min read

I'm back!!

Thanks for all your patience with me whilst we had our summer break so I could be on official festival duty. A massive thank you to...

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LIVE LESSON: Showboating skills - Crazy G!

Matt Stead

Jul 121 min read

LIVE LESSON: Showboating skills - Crazy G!

By popular demand I’m bringing back my showboating workshop for the next live lesson. This one is heaps of fun. I’ll teach you loads of...

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LIVE LESSON: Clawhammer Ukulele - Wildwood Flower

Matt Stead

Jun 271 min read

LIVE LESSON: Clawhammer Ukulele - Wildwood Flower

For my next live lesson we’ll take another look at Clawhammer Ukulele. I’ll go over basic clawhammer techniques, show you how to take a...

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LIVE LESSON: Clawhammer Ukulele - If I Had A Bulldog

Matt Stead

May 161 min read

LIVE LESSON: Clawhammer Ukulele - If I Had A Bulldog

For my next live lesson I’ll teach you how to play Clawhammer Ukulele two ways; using the classic nail and thumb ‘bum-ditty’ and my own...

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Matt Stead

May 21 min read

LIVE LESSON: Take That - Back For Good

For my next live lesson I’ll teach you the Take That classic Back For Good. We’ll take a really good luck at what makes the chord...

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LIVE LESSON: How to learn ukulele arrangements and sound ace!

Matt Stead

Apr 31 min read

LIVE LESSON: How to learn ukulele arrangements and sound ace!

I’m hoping this will be one of the most useful live lessons we’ve had yet as we take an in depth look at how best to work out, learn and...

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Matt Stead

Mar 71 min read

LIVE LESSON: HOW CHORDS WORK

In this informative and empowering workshop I explain exactly what chords are and how they’re built. Ever wondered what makes a chord...

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LIVE LESSON: HOW TO WORK OUT SONGS BY EAR

Matt Stead

Feb 231 min read

LIVE LESSON: HOW TO WORK OUT SONGS BY EAR

This will be really eye and ears opening for everyone, but I thought my Kanikapila students will find this especially useful. We’ll cover...

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LIVE LESSON: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW - BROTHER IZ UKULELE VERSION - HITTING 2 & 4

Matt Stead

Feb 81 min read

LIVE LESSON: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW - BROTHER IZ UKULELE VERSION - HITTING 2 & 4

Our next Live Ukulele lesson will be Wednesday February 21st 3:30pm UK Time. In this fun workshop we’re going to learn the brilliant...

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LIVE LESSON: How to understand and play time signatures

Matt Stead

Jan 251 min read

LIVE LESSON: How to understand and play time signatures

Our next Live Ukulele lesson will be Wednesday February 7th 3:30pm UK Time. In this fun workshop for all levels we’ll take an in depth...

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LIVE LESSON: Learn Satin Doll - Duke Ellington

Matt Stead

Jan 111 min read

LIVE LESSON: Learn Satin Doll - Duke Ellington

Our next Live Ukulele lesson will be Wednesday January 24th 3:30pm UK Time. In this exciting new workshop we learn Duke Ellington’s...

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