Sorry for the long time between posts – traveled for work and then my oldest graduated from High School this week! YouTube Channel: KenMiddletonUkulele His Notes: One of my favourite Irish folk tunes. This improvisation was filmed during our family holiday to a cottage on Shell Island in Wales. That’s Harlech Castle on the rock [...]
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Wow! YouTube Channel: ukuleletim Their Notes: Swallowtail TAB here: http://ukulelesecrets.org. Larry O’Gaff TAB here: http://ukulelehunt.com/2009/06/28/john-king-larry-ogaff-tab/. This is an homage to John King and James Hill for my favorite ukulele performance..ever. Larry O’Gaff Swallowtail medley. I first saw the performance video just after John King left us, shortly after I began playing ukulele. It moved me [...]
Perfect for the location…. YouTube Channel: KenMiddletonUkulele His Notes: Went to the beach in North Wales last weekend. It was cold – very cold. I managed to play a few bars before my fingers seized up and got tangled in the strings. I am trying to play a lovely Irish (or English) folk song called [...]
Nice finger-picking on this Irish folk tune…. YouTube Channel: wwelti
You can learn this and 11 other Celtic tunes in Ken Middleton’s great new eBook, 12 Tunes for Celtic Ukulele…. YouTube Channel: KenMiddletonUkulele
According to Casarole45, this song is set during the Great Irish Famine and is about a guy sentenced to be transported to Botany Bay, Australia for stealing food for his starving family. YouTube Channel: casarole45
