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LearningUkulele.com & Learning Ukulele with Curt is the product of Curt Sheller, Curt Sheller Publications, Funky Frets Music Store, and a few trusted advisers. Curt Sheller, your Ukulele Kumu, has been playing ukulele over 20 (since 2003) years and has over 30+ years of teaching experience, written over 50 books, almost 40 for ukulele.
30 August 2026
This is where Curt, – will hopefully keep you UPDATED on the pages that have been changed, added, or been edited. For Lessons , Songs , and Books be sure to visit their respective home pages.
2026 News & Updates
November
- November 6-7, 2026 • UPDATED LearningUkulele.com & Learning Ukulele with Curt if off to the 2026 VA Ukapalooza • We'll be there with Funky Frets Music Store.
October
- The NEW & UPDATED 2027 Ukulele Festivals. And one new one that has been around for awhile that I just caught. Mayberry Ukefest , Mount Airy , NC USA — Oct 23, 2026.
- The NEW & UPDATED LearningUkulele.com & Learning Ukulele with Curt 2027 site, v3 is LIVE. The conversion went a lot better than planned. Look for more in the coming months.
- UPDATED Several annual Ukulele Festivals Updated with 2027 Dates
- Lessons being tweaked and updated. A NEW LearningUkulele.com & Learning Ukulele with Curt site is coming along and v3 is coming soon.
- [2026-10-06] - The 11th Annual Funky Frets Uke was a resounding success in the new venue and everyone had a blast. 2027 is slated for October 1 to 3 (Details TBA - Spring 2027)
September
- UPDATED — Open Position Chords and Their Movable Forms LessonSERIES - This is the next level after learning the open-position chords.
- NEW — First day of Fall in the Northern Hemisphere and First day of Spring in the Southern Hemisphere
- UPDATED — Harmonic Analysis for Scale and Chord Selection LessonSERIES
- NEW — Added TopSites
- UPDATED — Setting Up Your Ukulele: Action, Intonation
- NEW UPDATED — Ukulele Festivals section updated • Added Canada, Europe, Australia, and International ukulele festivals.
- NEW UPDATED — Ukulele Study Plans, Evaluating Your Ukulele Music Knowledge...
- NEW UPDATED — A Guide to Ukulele Strums
August
- Publishers CRUD added.
- Play-alongs and related assets wired up and ongoing updates.
- Implementing related assets, books, lessons.
- Converted, implemented, and updated the Ukulele Clubs sections.
- Converted and implemented, and updated the
Jazz
sections - Converted and implemented, and updated the
Blues
sections.
July
- Moving along with more conversion to ruby for the site. Target release date end of 2026 or early 2027.
June
- Added a few instruments to the Glossary of Music Terms page.
May
- DEVELOPMENT Cleaning up migrations and seed files.
- NEW UPDATED Converted and update the Glossary of Music Terms from the Laravel v13 site.
- Converted and update the Premium Site Access Plans: Pricing Page from the Laravel v13 site.
April
- Ruby on Rails (v8) site not started until end of May 2026. Back to Ruby after first attempt 2012.
March
- NEW Information on Pythagorean tuning, Meantone temperament, and Equal temperament in the Glossary of Music Terms . NOTE: We use Equal temperament tuning.
February
- Ruby on Rails (v8) site not started until end of May 2026. Back to Ruby after first attempt 2012.
January
- Ruby on Rails (v8) site not started until end of May 2026. Back to Ruby after first attempt 2012.