Hi, I’m Alice. I’m an online ukulele teacher from Hamilton, New Zealand.
Music making is sheer fun. It’s also exciting, empowering, connecting, celebratory and healing.
You know music is magic. You wish you could get some of this fun into your life.
But you think you can’t. You’ve tried learning instruments in the past but it was just too hard.
I’d love to help you become a musician.
Playing ukulele is the fastest, funnest way into music making that I’ve ever found.
Space music: moon songs for ukulele
My ukulele group, The Strumbles, is playing space-themed songs this week.
Fifty years ago, some guys went for a walk on the moon. A couple of my friends were born around that time, and they're having a combined birthday celebration.
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Music and wellbeing
This post is about how music is healing, in the widest sense of the word.
It's a subject that's close to my heart. It underpins the reasons why I teach ukulele and make music in the way I do.
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Ukulele practice tips 3 – forming habits
This post is about how to find time to practice the ukulele, in your already busy life.
In order to play ukulele regularly you’ll need to form a new habit. Some people find this very easy and others may have to work at it.
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Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi – the story of a song
This post is about Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi, one of New Zealand’s beloved waiata (or song). It's such a great song. It has beautiful, inspiring lyrics. And it's easy to play on ukulele.
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Singing with the ukulele
I'm a ukulele teacher, not a singing teacher. But singing is central to the way I teach and play ukulele.
For me, the whole purpose of playing the ukulele is to sing songs.
Singing is one of the great routes to joy.
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Ukulele practice tips 2 – how to practice a song
This blog post is about how to practice a song. Because playing songs is where the fun really kicks in.
When you learn a new song, don't just start at the beginning and bash it out without thinking.
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