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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 20, 20251 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 7, 20251 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 24, 20251 min read


LIVE LESSON: Fiddle Tunes - Red Haired Boy
Everyone seemed to really enjoy learning the fiddle tune at the last Live Lesson so I thought we should do another! This time we’ll be...
Matt Stead
Jan 9, 20251 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....
Matt Stead
Dec 19, 20241 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....
Matt Stead
Dec 5, 20241 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....
Matt Stead
Nov 22, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Nov 8, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Oct 24, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Oct 10, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Sep 26, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Sep 13, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Aug 29, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Aug 7, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Jul 12, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Jun 27, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
May 16, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
May 2, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Apr 3, 20241 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...
Matt Stead
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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