Second track, "Lullaby for Tai", is dedicated to a dog. choan.bandcamp.com/track/lullab... #ukulele #music

"Vera's Sleep Jig" is a bouncy—and yet relaxed—tune dedicated to my nephew. choan.bandcamp.com/track/vera-s... It's also the opening track in my latest released album, a collection of twelve soothing tunes for solo #ukulele written and performed by Choan Gálvez (me!). Hope you'll like it.

My friend @choan.es has just released a new album of lullabies for ukelele, and to no one’s surprise it is *beautiful*. Go listen to it at choan.bandcamp.com/album/dream-... and give him your money if you can.

My new #ukulele album is out! Find Dream Big, Little Monster on #bandcamp: choan.bandcamp.com/album/dream-... This is a set of 12 original lullabies for solo ukulele, served along a sheet music book with the full tablatures.

"Vera's Sleep Jig", the opening of my upcoming album Dream Big, Little Monster. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKMe... Pre-orders: choan.bandcamp.com #music #ukulele

youtu.be/cZxp-FBb3oU Noa (Gran), an original lullaby for solo #ukulele from my upcoming album Dream Big, Little Monster.

Mathilda's Waltz No. 2, a piece for solo #ukulele from Songs Mathilda Taught Me: video.choan.es/en/videos/ma...

Willing to go one step further in #fingerpicking #ukulele? 50 Miniature Studies for Ukulele is the book! On sale at www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/50-miniatu...

Tuesday's Rag - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/tuesdays-rag/

Habanera del Tío Tieso - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/habanera-del-tio-tieso/

Waltz of the Turtles - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/waltz-of-the-turtles/

Waltz in Blue - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/waltz-in-blue/

Medina Albaida - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/medina-albaida/

Brevity for Lorraine - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/brevity-for-lorraine/

Brevity for Pam - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/brevity-for-pam/

Aurora vieja (de Sariñena) - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/aurora-vieja/

Péinase la niña - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/peinase-la-nina/

Study No. 1: Tenderness - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/tenderness/

Study No. 2: Angel Island - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/angel-island/

Nana para Greta - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/nana-para-greta/

Mathilda's Waltz No. 4 - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/mathildas-waltz-no-4/

Graciela's - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/gracielas-waltz/

Blues for Hardy - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/blues-for-hardy/

La zarza - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/la-zarza/

Felices fiestas (by chuck) - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/felices-fiestas-2025/

Brevity for Eloína - https://video.choan.es/en/videos/brevity-for-eloina/

Don't let anyone fool you. I actually invented books.

Your mum is not aware that I'm publishing my #ukulele videos on video.choan.es A #smolweb, privacy respecting static site. No cookies.

Did you know? All my digital releases are available from #bandcamp for just pay-what-you-want: choan.bandcamp.com Soothing #ukulele music FTW.

Seven, an original Irish jig played exclusively in seventh position (plus open strings): www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Abw... From _For Four Fingers, new campanella pieces for re-entrant ukulele_, published by The Ukulele Bookshop: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/for-four-f...

The first collection (as far as we know) of folk tunes from Aragón arranged for ukulele has just been released. Fancy a copy? -Digital: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/fiesta-may... -Print: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/fiesta-may... Kudos to Javi Gómez for the amazing cover! #ukulele #fiestaMayor

The first collection (as far as we know) of folk tunes from Aragón arranged for ukulele has just been released. Fancy a copy? -Digital: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/fiesta-may... -Print: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/fiesta-may... Kudos to Javi Gómez for the amazing cover! #ukulele #fiestaMayor

A concert piece for solo #ukulele in the style of 19th century guitar music. Sitting by the Fountain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPw2... Tablature available from www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/sitting-by...

A two-act play about two lovers. They dance, they kiss, they discuss, they agree. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pafs... Brevity for Lorraine is one of the twelve original pieces for baritone #ukulele included in my book Brevities. Get your copy from The Ukulele Bookshop at www.theukulelebookshop.com

Technically simple, just arpeggios with a time twist. Study No. 16: Paradise in Odd Times, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWK... From 50 Miniature Studies for #Ukulele. Grab the book at www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/50-miniatu...

_Brevities_ is a collection of brief tunes conceived for the #baritone #ukulele. "Brevity for Morgana" explores the full range of the instrument, contrasting a bell like melody played using harmonics with a counterpoint performed on the lowest register. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6M6...

Todd's waltz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADCB... This is the sixth piece in _Waltz in Progress_, a collection of waltzes for solo #ukulele that I wrote in 2020 and published as a sheet music book in 2021. Get the tabs: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/waltz-in-p...

I wrote half of the pieces for Anthology of Alternate Ukulele Tunings while watching my daughter making progress at the neighborhood's skate park. youtu.be/mLqK7aoVD7k Find the book at www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/anthology-... #ukulele #music

"ebb and flow // a birch leaf moves // with the current". –Reid Hepworth Fall, by Choan Gálvez: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmbX...

Study No. 15 is a smooth little waltz named "Waltz of the Turtles": www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-0g... Tabs in my book 50 Miniature Studies for #Ukulele (www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/50-miniature-studies-for-ukulele/).

Rationale behind the Eight Rags a Week collection is that "a ragtime a day keeps the doctor away". This is Friday's Rag, whose first section is loosely based on some obscure son by The Cure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yde4... #ukulele #ragtime #eightRagsAWeek

One of my goals while composing the 50 Miniature Studies for Ukulele was to get students to play in odd time signatures without even noticing it. Study 14, "Odyssey" uses (mainly) a 5/4 time signature. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVhZ... #ukulele

A melancholic song without words, campanella style. Up to sixth position, combine with open strings, enjoy a beautiful G minor landscape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE6H... #ukulele #music

Fabio Saba has just released a quite interesting new album of contemporary #ukulele #music on #bandcamp. My piece "Dream About a Boat" is included in the programme. Enjoy Ukulele Revolution at fabiosaba.bandcamp.com/album/ukulel... (no payment nor identification required).

An original Irish #jig for #ukulele, using all kind of campanella and slurring tricks. Meet "Kandarian Jig", the study No. 13 in _50 Miniature Studies for Ukulele_. video.anartist.org/w/1MTKuaL1sP...

Milonga is a musical genre from Argentina. Wahine is an alternate #ukulele tuning, where the C string is tuned down to B, and the A string is tuned down to G. And this is "Milonga Wahine": www.youtube.com/watch?v=taMC... #alternateTuning #milonga

I've pushed my two solo #ukulele albums to #mirlo You can listen to them on streaming (no identification required) and/or buy and download them for just "name your price". mirlo.space/choan-galvez... Soothing instrumental music, all written and performed by yours truly. #music #ukulele

Today my father would be ninety four. This is a tribute piece I wrote on the day he would had turned eighty six. Ochenta y seis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXob... Would you like to play this #ukulele piece? Get the score from The Ukulele Bookshop: www.theukulelebookshop.com/p/ochenta-y-...

My first experience of Arvo Pärt's Magnificat literally drove me to tears. Deeply touched I wanted to translate how I felt into music—that is, I didn't pursue to imitate Pärt's work, but to express how I felt listening to it. 🧵

A piece inspired by and named after my CPAP machine. As I suffer from obstructive sleep apnea disorder, I get a better rest using a machine that sends a steady flow of pressurized air into my nose to keep the airways open. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wcS... #ukulele #mayTheLowFourth