Ledward Kaapana & Bob Brozman - Blue Spanish Eyes

This is from Bob Brozman's Instructional video/DVD titled "Ukulele Tunes and Techniques". Cover Notes: Bob jumps right into this fascinating lesson with a potpourri of strums, rolls, triplets and syncopated fingerpicking patterns for the ukulele. You'll combine all these techniques on the traditional Hawaiian piece Hi'ilawe, and segue into a medley of other traditional songs, Tomi Tomi and Meleana'E. The Beach at Waikiki and My Own Iona will add to your repertoire of chord shapes, progressions and parallel harmony lines. The blues is not normally associated with the uke, however, the instrument can play funky chord progressions, turnarounds and down-and-dirty blues licks. Bob shows how chord inversions and extensions can create a full-blown blues instrumental. The lesson moves on to arrangements of early jazz standards Sweet Georgia Brown and I'll See You In My Dreams, with hot chord solos and fingerpicking melody. As a special feature, Bob introduces the Hawaiian ukulele master Ledward Kaapana, one of the world's greatest players, as his special guest. This video will give you an excellent overview of the ukulele's potential for a variety of musical styles.