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New Flamenco piece for intermediate ukulele players.
Last week I posted a beginners piece from my new book 'Modern Pieces for Ukulele' called 'Homage to Carulli'. Here is a piece for...
Paul Mansell
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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New book 'Modern Pieces for Ukulele' out now.
I am extremely happy to announce that my new book 'Modern Pieces for Ukulele' is out now. The book features 20 original compositions for...
Paul Mansell
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Book review of Daniel Ward's 'Melodic Meditations' and 'Melodic Arpeggio's for Ukulele'.
Every so often as a ukulele player/teacher you find a resource that is really useful and seems to fit in with just what you needed to...
Paul Mansell
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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Review of Tarrega 16 Right Hand Arpeggio Studies for Ukulele by Jeffrey Weinberger
If you ask any classical guitarist who their favourite classical composer is, a vast amount will say 'Francisco Tarrega'. Tarrega was the...
Paul Mansell
Jan 3, 20212 min read
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Review of 'The New Classical Ukulele' CD by Donald Bousted.
Review of ‘The New Classical Ukulele’ CD by Donald Bousted. Reviewed by Paul Mansell I recently had the pleasure of hearing Donald...
Paul Mansell
Dec 31, 20204 min read
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Review of Roland Prakken's new book 'A Flea or Not A Flea ?'
I'm always excited when a new ukulele book is published – be it either a new music book or a book about the ukulele. I am especially...
Paul Mansell
Dec 27, 20203 min read
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10 ukulele books that make great Christmas presents
In my job as both a performer and a teacher I am lucky to use a lot of ukulele books and I thought it might be useful to look at ten...
Paul Mansell
Dec 5, 20205 min read
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Review of 'Scottish Folk Tunes' for Ukulele book by Sam Muir
I thought I would do a quick review of Sam Muir's book Scottish Folk Tunes for Ukulele. It is published by Schott and is part of a...
Paul Mansell
Oct 8, 20201 min read
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New book review - Lullabies for Atronauts by Choan Galvez
I'm always on the look out for new books fr the ukulele - especially if they feature original music. I was recently sent a copy of...
Paul Mansell
Sep 25, 20201 min read
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New online workshop - learn to play lead and rhythm ukulele at the same time.
In this video I am playing 'When I need You' by Leo Sayer. You will notice that I am playing the lead and rhythm at the same time. If...
Paul Mansell
Sep 11, 20201 min read
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New online ukulele workshop and video
Here is a new video I did today of a classical piece called 'Bianco Fiore', written by Ceasre Negri and taken from my debut book...
Paul Mansell
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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Free song for the #candomusic campaign
There is a great campaign at the moment which is all about helping students and teachers to learn musical instruments during the lockdown....
Paul Mansell
Aug 20, 20201 min read
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The Ukulele Sessions - a little behind the scenes info.
Well I can't believe it but I am already up to episode 14 of The Ukulele Sessions. The idea behind the ukulele sessions is to get the...
Paul Mansell
Jul 9, 20202 min read
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All my books are once again available for worldwide postage
I hope everyone is well. I just wanted to let you know that all of my books and CD's are now available again for worldwide postage - I...
Paul Mansell
Jun 3, 20201 min read
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Across The Universe by The Beatles on Ukulele
Here's a quick finger picking version of The Beatles 'Across The Universe'. It's a great song - I play it a little slower than the...
Paul Mansell
May 16, 20201 min read
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Episode 5 of The Ukulele Sessions is now up - featuring Mark Witney
This weeks episode features the talents of Mark Witney. Mark treats us to an exquisite performance of Bach's Gavotte and Rondeau, from...
Paul Mansell
May 15, 20201 min read
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Episode 4 of the ukulele sessions is here - featuring Laurence Diehl
I am excited to share episode 4 of The Ukulele Sessions, featuring the amazing talents of Laurence Diehl. In the episode Laurence treats...
Paul Mansell
May 8, 20201 min read
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Jowoom T2 Smart tuner review
A little while ago when I was doing a show in London, I had to tune up about 30 ukuleles in a very short space of time - I had about 5...
Paul Mansell
May 6, 20201 min read
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Free Live Ukulele show tonight (Sunday - 7.30 pm UK time)
7.30 pm uk time tonight I'm Zoom Performing with my Gaithersburg Ukefest Friends Heidi Swedberg &Daniel Ward Kirk Jones Arden Fujiwara, ...
Paul Mansell
May 3, 20201 min read
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Episode 3 of The Ukulele Sessions is out. Featuring 'Stardust' by the incredible Matthew Quilliam
I'm really excited that Episode 3 of The Ukulele Sessions is now out. You can view it below. It features the amazing talent of Matthew...
Paul Mansell
May 1, 20201 min read
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