Ukulele Instruction

Learn to play this uniquely Hawaiian instrument on the garden island of Kauai with a ukulele teacher with years of teaching experience.

Learn tunings and techniques specific to ukulele.
Understand rhythms—the basic building blocks of music.
Get a solid foundation in music and learn tablature.
Students receive printed tablature with rhythms and a cassette of the music. Click to download a PDF example of the tablature.

The songs below are available for beginning or intermediate students to learn:

Aloha Oe
Hawaii Aloha
Hawaii Ponoi
Song of the Islands
E Ku‘u Morning Dew
Hi‘i Lawe
Opihi Moemoe
Pua Lilia
White Sandy Beach
Kaanapali Sunset
Waikoloa
Poipu Kauai
Sophisticated Hula
Pua Mana
Yellow Bird
Blues in A
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Greensleeves
Yesterday
Love & Honesty
Stairway to Heaven/Classical Gas
Tico Tico
Malaguena
Andantino
Romanza
Estudio
Soleares (flamenco)

Silent Night
First Noel

Note: If you are visiting Kauai and want to take a lesson (or lessons), I have ukuleles available in the studio for your lesson. However, I do not have ukuleles to take out of the studio. So if you want to practice after your lesson, you may want to consider bringing an ukulele with you.

Ukulele samples

Slack key samples

Ukulele Instruction