Choan Gálvez
Composer and ukulele performer

Blog

Musings, ramblings, rants, etc.

  • Ukulele ragtime (7/Mar/2023)
    Some notes on ragtime, ukulele, and my upcoming Eight Rags a Week sheet music book.
  • Arthropoda, seven originals for ukulele by Tony Mizen (16/Feb/2023)
    A nice—though occasionally scary—set of originals for re-entrant ukulele published by The Ukulele Bookshop.
  • Dance of the Zeroes (5/Feb/2023)
    Learn to play Choan Gálvez's Dance of the Zeroes with this tutorial by Mustafa Kamaliddin.
  • What did Choan do in 2022? (30/Dec/2022)
    In 2022 I've published three new ukulele books with original tablatures, got back to work on web development, and... read on!
  • November After Dark (14/Nov/2022)
    A romantic nocturne for low G ukulele.
  • Bothered (10/Nov/2022)
    A non-happy tune for low G ukulele.
  • Oxymoron Blues (31/Oct/2022)
    An original blues by Choan Gálvez for ukulele in plectrum tuning.
  • A Narrow Escape (16/Oct/2022)
    A new original for ukulele in fifths.
  • La rosa distreta (8/Oct/2022)
    A lilting little waltz, easy to read, difficult to master.
  • Fall (2/Oct/2022)
    A new minimalist score for ukulele where a repeating triad serves as background to a syncopated melody that moves in close steps.