Posts Tagged ‘Korea’

03 2010

Kaleidoscope of countries: Weekly Ukulele World Tour

I am still not quite ready to get into the Christmas mood so you’ll have to wait a bit more before you see a Christmas ukulele World Tour post (and it’s not Christmas everywhere in the world anyway).

If you can’t wait, you might want to check last year’s bunch of Christmas videos here and here.

In the meantime, here are some ukulele videos from the UK, the US, France, Brazil, Germany, Korea, Denmark and the Czech Republic.

Country : United-Kingdom / Language: English

A lovely animated song by Keston Cobblers Club : Giraffe Junkie

Friday, 3rd December 2010 by Armelle Europe
Category: Ukulele World Tour
Tags: Brazil, Czech, Czech-Republic, danish, Denmark, France, Germany, Korea, Korean, Portuguese, United-Kingdom, United-States, weekly ukulele world tour
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03 2010

Australian Kriol, Korea, Japan and Europe : Weekly Ukulele World Tour

If you have been trying to find a geographic logic into the order of the videos in my , I bet you have some doubts about my sense of geography.

Well, besides the fact that I revise my geography with this kind of , I am, just like Al in his Uke Tubes, trying to place my videos in an order that unfolds well. So rest assured that the order of the videos…

Friday, 3rd September 2010 by Armelle Europe
Category: Ukulele World Tour
Tags: Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Japanese, Korea, Korean, Kriol, Russian, United-Kingdom, weekly ukulele world tour, World Tour
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08 2010

Czech, Yiddish, Indonesian, Korean : Weekly Ukulele World Tour

Welcome to this week’s Ukulele World Tour featuring 5 countries and 5 languages.

1. Country: Poland / Language: English

Starting off with a ukulele cover of Summer Wine, a song written by Lee Hazlewood in the late sixties, performed by two Poles.

2. Country: Czech Republic / Language: Czech

Here is a Czech cover of a song taken from the film Báthory

Sunday, 8th August 2010 by Armelle Europe
Category: Ukulele World Tour
Tags: Czech, Indonesia, Indonesian, Korea, Korean, United-States, weekly ukulele world tour, Yiddish
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04 2009

Fingerstyle Ukulele world news and videos

Today I am inviting you to listen to fingerstyle uke from all around the globe and to find out the latest news/videos from the fingerstyle ukulele players that I have interviewed this year.

Firstly, let’s travel to the Andes with Herman Vandecauter skillfully exploring another musical style, with 3 beautiful arrangements of pieces from the Andes. The tunes are played on a Kiwaya-KTC2 that Herman has just acquired.

Read Herman‘s tips on ukulele fingerpicking here.

Subscribe to his YouTube channel here.

While we are in Latin America, here is a ukulele improvisation from Mexico, combining fingerpicking and strumming.

Friday, 4th December 2009 by Armelle Europe
Category: Ukulele World Tour
Tags: Andes, Belgium, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Ukulele, United-Kingdom, United-States
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17 2009

Fingerstyle uke from around the world

Today I’m inviting you to a world tour of fingerstyle ukulele players from 9 different countries. You’ll be able to hear different styles of music interpreted by players from different horizons, showing the versatility of the ukulele.

1. United-States

Tim, from the United States is playing a version of Larry O’Gaff. The parts where the video is in color are from John King‘s version, and those where the video is in black and white are adapted from James Hill‘s version.