Watch Marcy Marxer’s Facebook Live Ukulele Workshop Here

Our ukulele instructor walked through a chord-melody version of “Bye Bye Blues,” demonstrated other musical styles, and more during an hour-long takeover of our Facebook page.

In April, our Ukulele instructor Marcy Marxer took over the Peghead Nation Facebook page for an hour and answered a few questions from students in her Peghead Nation course and played tunes both solo and with Cathy Fink.

Early in the workshop, Marcy walked through a chord melody version of the classic song “Bye Bye Blues,” and she sent along her chord charts for that song so you can download them below.

Note that due to the vagaries of Facebook streaming, the audio and video of the first minute of the workshop are not quite lined up. But worry not, things get aligned right before Marcy starts playing!

Sign up for Marcy’s Ukulele course now and get your first month free. Use promo code MarcyM at checkout!

We have a virtual tip jar for Marcy, and you can contribute to that at any time to show the ukulele love!

MARCY’S TIP JAR

Marcy’s Chord Charts for “Bye Bye Blues”

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Take a listen to Marcy playing a beautiful fingerstyle ukulele arrangement of the jazz standard “Autumn Leaves” on Peghead Nation.  

ABOUT MARCY MARXER

Marcy Marxer is a multi-instrumentalist, studio musician, performer, songwriter, and producer with 30 years of experience and a shelf of impressive awards.

She has played acoustic music on Emmy Award-winning National Geographic specials, platinum-shipping Eva Cassidy CDs, and more than 50 recordings and instructional materials created with her partner, Cathy Fink. Marcy’s guitar playing spans a variety of styles—swing rhythm and lead, bluegrass, old-time, Celtic and folk fingerpicking, and some of the most tasteful backup you’ll ever hear. The C.F. Martin Co. has honored Marcy with her very own signature model guitar, the MC3H which she helped design. She also plays mandolin, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, Latin percussion, banjos, pennywhistle and flutes and, of course, the beloved ukulele.

The fun-loving Marcy is all about connecting music and people. In addition to teaching locally when not on tour, she has created a super-fun international online network for lovers of the mighty ukulele, Ukulele Social Club and has built a large following at top music camps such as Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp, Mars Hill, Woods Camp, and others.

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