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Christmastime Is Here – Fingerstyle Chord Melody (Live Ukulele Lesson!)
Join me for a cosy festive fingerstyle chord melody workshop where we’ll learn Christmastime Is Here by Vince Guaraldi — the beautiful classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Matt Stead
6 days ago1 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson : How to Build Any Chord on the Ukulele (and Finally Understand What They Mean!)
Ever wondered what all those confusing chord names really mean? In this live ukulele lesson, I’ll show you how to build any chord from scratch — so you’ll finally understand what makes a major, minor, 7th or diminished chord sound the way it does.
Matt Stead
Nov 71 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson : The Circle of Fifths Explained – The Magic Tool Every Ukulele Player Should Know
Join me live as we dive into Trouble In Mind and explore the world of fingerpicking within the classic 8 bar blues format.
🎵 How to develop finger control for fingerpicking
🎸 A lovely tabbed arrangement of my original piece Jacobs Ladder
🔥 Tips for building speed and style in your playing
💡 Ways to make your finger picking more musical and expressive
Matt Stead
Oct 231 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson : The Circle of Fifths Explained – The Magic Tool Every Ukulele Player Should Know
Join me live as we dive into Trouble In Mind and explore the world of fingerpicking within the classic 8 bar blues format.
🎵 How to develop finger control for fingerpicking
🎸 A lovely tabbed arrangement of my original piece Jacobs Ladder
🔥 Tips for building speed and style in your playing
💡 Ways to make your finger picking more musical and expressive
Matt Stead
Oct 111 min read


Learn to fingerpick your ukulele - Exploring Fingerpicking & the 8 Bar Blues - Trouble In Mind
Join me live as we dive into Trouble In Mind and explore the world of fingerpicking within the classic 8 bar blues format.
🎵 How to develop finger control for fingerpicking
🎸 A lovely tabbed arrangement of my original piece Jacobs Ladder
🔥 Tips for building speed and style in your playing
💡 Ways to make your finger picking more musical and expressive
Matt Stead
Sep 261 min read


Learn to fingerpick your ukulele - Jacobs Ladder - live ukulele lesson with Matt Stead
You’ll learn:
🎵 How to develop finger control for fingerpicking
🎸 A lovely tabbed arrangement of my original piece Jacobs Ladder
🔥 Tips for building speed and style in your playing
💡 Ways to make your finger picking more musical and expressive
Matt Stead
Sep 121 min read


How to Strum Ukulele Like Jake Shimabukuro – Live Lesson with Matt Stead
🎬 In this live session, I’ll be answering your questions about overcoming stage fright, building confidence, and putting on a great ukulele performance — from the living room to the festival field.
Matt Stead
Aug 71 min read


Overcoming Nerves & Performing On Ukulele – Live Ukulele Q&A 🎤🎶
🎬 In this live session, I’ll be answering your questions about overcoming stage fright, building confidence, and putting on a great ukulele performance — from the living room to the festival field.
Matt Stead
Jul 241 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson - Jazzing Up the Blues
In this workshop we’ll try to answer a question as old as time itself (well as old as low G ukulele strings were a thing!)
Matt Stead
Jun 271 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson - High G or Low G?? Q & A
In this workshop we’ll try to answer a question as old as time itself (well as old as low G ukulele strings were a thing!)
Matt Stead
Jun 121 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson - Learn to play ukulele chord melody and fingerstyle - Can’t Help Falling In Love
Learn one of the most beautiful love songs ever written - Elvis’s Can’t Help Falling In Love - arranged for fingerstyle ukulele.
Matt Stead
May 291 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson - Don’t learn strum patterns! (Almost) Simple ways to sound fabulous without the stress
Obsessing about strum patterns at any part of your learning journey can be really frustrating and unnecessary. In fact they’re often...
Matt Stead
May 151 min read


Live Ukulele Lesson - Sound ace soloing with modes. How to master improvising in a simple way.
In this fun live lesson I’m going to teach you how learning just a few modal scales will allow you to solo all over the ukulele...
Matt Stead
May 11 min read


LIVE LESSON: Saint Anne's Reel - Fiddle tunes for ukulele
In this fun live lesson we’re going to work out a song by ear together live. You’ll learn all about chord personalities, all the...
Matt Stead
Apr 171 min read


LIVE LESSON: Work out a song by ear - LIVE!
In this fun live lesson we’re going to work out a song by ear together live. You’ll learn all about chord personalities, all the...
Matt Stead
Apr 41 min read


LIVE LESSON: Nashville numbers and how Matt’s Kanikapila works
In this epic, fun and informative lesson I’ll talk through a lot of the background theory needed to play by ear and take part in...
Matt Stead
Mar 211 min read


LIVE LESSON: Night and Day - Jazz chords and comping
It'll be a bit longer until my next Live Lesson as I'm away teaching on the cruise for the next couple of weeks. It'll be worth the wait...
Matt Stead
Feb 201 min read


LIVE LESSON: Nashville numbers and how Matt’s Kanikapila works
In this epic, fun and informative lesson I’ll talk through a lot of the background theory needed to play by ear and take part in...
Matt Stead
Feb 201 min read


LIVE LESSON: Live Q&A with Matt - Let’s Talk Learning
Do you sometimes lack motivation or wonder how much to practice uke? Have you hit a plateau and want to work our where to go next? As...
Matt Stead
Feb 71 min read


LIVE LESSON: 12th Street Rag - Mastering the split strum
For this lesson we’re going to concentrate on a specific and very fun technique; the split strum. Used by all kinds of artists from...
Matt Stead
Jan 241 min read
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