Ten years on from the launch of UKE Magazine, we present here the 10th anniversary issue. As ever, this is a beautifully designed and printed magazine (on quality paper), that has delighted thousands of ukulele players over the last decade. The content is always fresh and always useful, packed as it is with advice, guidance, tips and advice. There’s 60 pages of great stuff to help you improve your playing, know more about your instrument and give you inspiration to get better.

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This issue sees many of the cover stars from previous issues deliver the one piece of advice they think is most useful for aspiring players. There’s information on practising, performing and mastering the technical aspects of the uke. (As editor for the last ten years and a player for fifteen, I can tell you I’ve learned a lot from this feature alone!)

We also have songs to learn from Phil Doleman and Lindsay Higgs, with notes on how to play the pieces well. There’s a look at different accompaniments for your songs, with different picking patterns and the theory behind them, from simple arpeggios to Alberti bass, via oom-pah style. Martin van Humbeck, the Canadian luthier completes his series on building a uke as he fits and finishes the masterpiece he’s been creating. We look at creating removable, affordable scratch guards for your uke, and seek the advice of ukulele virtuoso Andy Eastwood on different ukulele matters. There’s also a feature from the George Formby Society including what to expect from their conventions and why their idol’s appeal continues to this day.

We continue our series of tips on helping your ukulele group to grow and improve. There’s a round-up of reader’s ukulele correspondence, a look at the ukulele photography in next year’s UKE Magazine calendar and we provide a uke-themed quiz as part of a competition to win an Ohana concert ukulele. In addition, there’s a roundup of all the latest ukulele news and reflections on how the ukulele world has changed over the past ten years.

There’s a rundown of the essential gear that 4stringboy uses to achieve his live sound. A look at Kala in the UK and how their new distribution company here will help promote innovation by listening to this market (and their famously forward thinking players). A guide to the frets of your ukulele and what to do if one or more is a little high and causing a buzz. And a look at luthier Pete Howlett’s new model aimed at student ukulele players.

There are also reviews of five new and exciting ukes, put to the test. Exercises from Elisabeth Pfeiffer using traditional Hawaiian strumming patterns. And a look at how to vary your ukulele’s tone by varying how you strum and where you make contact with the strings.

You are guaranteed to pick up some tips that will improve your playing and you’ll be entertained and informed along the way.

If you click additional info below, you’ll find a run-through of the content inside a typical copy of UKE Magazine.