Sage Harrington
@sageharrington.bsky.social
singer, songwriter, ukulele player + teacher ✨
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ukuleleswingschool.com
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i was inspired to write a 2015 style blog post with my suggestions of 5 v. easy things you can do like right now to be playing more ukulele and having more funnnnn
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/2025/12/09/f...
#ukulele #ukulelelesson #strumalong #goldenerajazz #greatamericansongbook #music
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/2025/12/09/f...
#ukulele #ukulelelesson #strumalong #goldenerajazz #greatamericansongbook #music
five easy things you can do right now to get more uke into your life – Ukulele Swing School
www.ukuleleswingschool.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
i was inspired to write a 2015 style blog post with my suggestions of 5 v. easy things you can do like right now to be playing more ukulele and having more funnnnn
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/2025/12/09/f...
#ukulele #ukulelelesson #strumalong #goldenerajazz #greatamericansongbook #music
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/2025/12/09/f...
#ukulele #ukulelelesson #strumalong #goldenerajazz #greatamericansongbook #music
strum along with me??
grab your soprano and/or baritone ukulele and let's play "tonight you belong to me," written by Billy Rose and Lee David in 1926
if you end up strumming along, will you please tell me how it went? 💖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnu...
grab your soprano and/or baritone ukulele and let's play "tonight you belong to me," written by Billy Rose and Lee David in 1926
if you end up strumming along, will you please tell me how it went? 💖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnu...
tonight you belong to me ✨ sheet music strum along
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
strum along with me??
grab your soprano and/or baritone ukulele and let's play "tonight you belong to me," written by Billy Rose and Lee David in 1926
if you end up strumming along, will you please tell me how it went? 💖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnu...
grab your soprano and/or baritone ukulele and let's play "tonight you belong to me," written by Billy Rose and Lee David in 1926
if you end up strumming along, will you please tell me how it went? 💖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDnu...
i'm not sure how many hours i've logged toward understanding what Lyle Ritz was doing in his ukulele playing in that Bernadette Peters / Steve Martin scene in that one movie but I've gotten as close as I can to making an arrangement that normal people can also play ;)
youtube.com/shorts/pP0hZ...
youtube.com/shorts/pP0hZ...
tonight you belong to me, a brief history
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
i'm not sure how many hours i've logged toward understanding what Lyle Ritz was doing in his ukulele playing in that Bernadette Peters / Steve Martin scene in that one movie but I've gotten as close as I can to making an arrangement that normal people can also play ;)
youtube.com/shorts/pP0hZ...
youtube.com/shorts/pP0hZ...
tonight you belong to me, a tune from 1926 made perfect on the ukulele sometime after 1956 (according to my copious research--a podcast episode on the topic is coming soon)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw03...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw03...
tonight you belong to me, nice n jazzy for soprano uke
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
tonight you belong to me, a tune from 1926 made perfect on the ukulele sometime after 1956 (according to my copious research--a podcast episode on the topic is coming soon)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw03...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw03...
tomorrow! sunday, 6pm CET ✨ pop up workshop!
theme: a very fun uke arrangement for #tonightyoubelongtome
attn: we do fun tunes like this all the time in the Swing Ukulele Academy 💖
youtube.com/shorts/kFUb3...
#ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #goldenjazzera #swinguke #greatamericansongbook
theme: a very fun uke arrangement for #tonightyoubelongtome
attn: we do fun tunes like this all the time in the Swing Ukulele Academy 💖
youtube.com/shorts/kFUb3...
#ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #goldenjazzera #swinguke #greatamericansongbook
tonight you belong to me workshop live on the internet - do come
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
tomorrow! sunday, 6pm CET ✨ pop up workshop!
theme: a very fun uke arrangement for #tonightyoubelongtome
attn: we do fun tunes like this all the time in the Swing Ukulele Academy 💖
youtube.com/shorts/kFUb3...
#ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #goldenjazzera #swinguke #greatamericansongbook
theme: a very fun uke arrangement for #tonightyoubelongtome
attn: we do fun tunes like this all the time in the Swing Ukulele Academy 💖
youtube.com/shorts/kFUb3...
#ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #goldenjazzera #swinguke #greatamericansongbook
this is a short video in which i implore you to try "object writing" as a daily exercise to get your creativity floooooowing tomorrow: coffee pen paper, sounds dreamy, no?? youtube.com/shorts/umgzr... #songwriting #songwritingexercise #objectwriting
put down yer your phone and object write #songwritingtips
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this is a short video in which i implore you to try "object writing" as a daily exercise to get your creativity floooooowing tomorrow: coffee pen paper, sounds dreamy, no?? youtube.com/shorts/umgzr... #songwriting #songwritingexercise #objectwriting
made a little chord melody arrangement for "please don't talk about me when i'm gone" written sometime in the 1930s if i remember correctly
here you go www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovy...
p.s. you can learn this arrangement inside ukuleleswingschool.com it's super fun there if i do say so myself!
here you go www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovy...
p.s. you can learn this arrangement inside ukuleleswingschool.com it's super fun there if i do say so myself!
please don't talk about me when i'm gone - ukulele chord melody
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
made a little chord melody arrangement for "please don't talk about me when i'm gone" written sometime in the 1930s if i remember correctly
here you go www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovy...
p.s. you can learn this arrangement inside ukuleleswingschool.com it's super fun there if i do say so myself!
here you go www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovy...
p.s. you can learn this arrangement inside ukuleleswingschool.com it's super fun there if i do say so myself!
a little chord melody arrangement for soprano ukulele
( i teach this inside ukuleleswingschool.com )💖
youtu.be/B-UqOOQuFd4?...
( i teach this inside ukuleleswingschool.com )💖
youtu.be/B-UqOOQuFd4?...
Ukulele Swing School – ukulele lessons with Sage Harrington
ukuleleswingschool.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
a little chord melody arrangement for soprano ukulele
( i teach this inside ukuleleswingschool.com )💖
youtu.be/B-UqOOQuFd4?...
( i teach this inside ukuleleswingschool.com )💖
youtu.be/B-UqOOQuFd4?...
not to be dramtic or anything but
premature inner critiquing spells death
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
premature inner critiquing spells death
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
premature inner critiquing spells death #songwritingtips
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
not to be dramtic or anything but
premature inner critiquing spells death
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
premature inner critiquing spells death
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
part two! #songwritingtips to help you get started
commit to a couple words
a little slip of a melody
maybe come back and figure out what the chords are later
youtube.com/shorts/Nt84e...
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
commit to a couple words
a little slip of a melody
maybe come back and figure out what the chords are later
youtube.com/shorts/Nt84e...
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
micro songwriting workshop PART TWO
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
part two! #songwritingtips to help you get started
commit to a couple words
a little slip of a melody
maybe come back and figure out what the chords are later
youtube.com/shorts/Nt84e...
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
commit to a couple words
a little slip of a melody
maybe come back and figure out what the chords are later
youtube.com/shorts/Nt84e...
#songwriter #ukulele #jazz #swing #ukulelelesson #songwritingtips #songwritingworkshop #songwritinglessons
here is a micro-workshop on how good repetition is for your songwriting ;)
get yourself on the waitlist for my year-long group Songwriting Mentorship Program, so you can finally write your ukulele album <3 ukuleleswingschool.kit.com/493278894a
get yourself on the waitlist for my year-long group Songwriting Mentorship Program, so you can finally write your ukulele album <3 ukuleleswingschool.kit.com/493278894a
your micro songwriting workshop PART ONE
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
here is a micro-workshop on how good repetition is for your songwriting ;)
get yourself on the waitlist for my year-long group Songwriting Mentorship Program, so you can finally write your ukulele album <3 ukuleleswingschool.kit.com/493278894a
get yourself on the waitlist for my year-long group Songwriting Mentorship Program, so you can finally write your ukulele album <3 ukuleleswingschool.kit.com/493278894a
giving a livestream concert tomorrow and you're invited <3
Tuesday 14 October, 8pm CET (that's paris time)
jazz standards, original numbers, ukulele magic, goosebumps
streaming live on youtube here: www.youtube.com/live/OYoDqtB...
Tuesday 14 October, 8pm CET (that's paris time)
jazz standards, original numbers, ukulele magic, goosebumps
streaming live on youtube here: www.youtube.com/live/OYoDqtB...
ukulele magic (livestream concert!)
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
giving a livestream concert tomorrow and you're invited <3
Tuesday 14 October, 8pm CET (that's paris time)
jazz standards, original numbers, ukulele magic, goosebumps
streaming live on youtube here: www.youtube.com/live/OYoDqtB...
Tuesday 14 October, 8pm CET (that's paris time)
jazz standards, original numbers, ukulele magic, goosebumps
streaming live on youtube here: www.youtube.com/live/OYoDqtB...
there will come soft rains, a poem that poet sara teasdale wrote about a hundred years ago
my friend meredith wilder and i wrote the music to it and while it feels like that happened a hundred years ago it was really only ten or so
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNd0...
my friend meredith wilder and i wrote the music to it and while it feels like that happened a hundred years ago it was really only ten or so
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNd0...
there will come soft rains
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
there will come soft rains, a poem that poet sara teasdale wrote about a hundred years ago
my friend meredith wilder and i wrote the music to it and while it feels like that happened a hundred years ago it was really only ten or so
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNd0...
my friend meredith wilder and i wrote the music to it and while it feels like that happened a hundred years ago it was really only ten or so
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNd0...
last month, i taught songwriting at a ukulele camp ;)
here are the results of our hour or two together: a verse with some really evocative imagery and hauntingly beautiful music ...
a special kind of #ukulele #magic happens inside a #songwriting #workshop
youtube.com/shorts/hqG-K...
here are the results of our hour or two together: a verse with some really evocative imagery and hauntingly beautiful music ...
a special kind of #ukulele #magic happens inside a #songwriting #workshop
youtube.com/shorts/hqG-K...
a special kind of #ukulele #magic happens inside a #songwriting #workshop
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
last month, i taught songwriting at a ukulele camp ;)
here are the results of our hour or two together: a verse with some really evocative imagery and hauntingly beautiful music ...
a special kind of #ukulele #magic happens inside a #songwriting #workshop
youtube.com/shorts/hqG-K...
here are the results of our hour or two together: a verse with some really evocative imagery and hauntingly beautiful music ...
a special kind of #ukulele #magic happens inside a #songwriting #workshop
youtube.com/shorts/hqG-K...
bei mir bist du schön in my cavernously empty souding new apartment youtu.be/srPm4Eo8klM?...
bei mir bist du schön in my new empty apartment
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
bei mir bist du schön in my cavernously empty souding new apartment youtu.be/srPm4Eo8klM?...
i have strong opinions about the first ukulele chord melody you should learn, i guess you could say ;)
#ukulele #jazz #lessons
www.youtube.com/shorts/S9e3b...
#ukulele #jazz #lessons
www.youtube.com/shorts/S9e3b...
i have strong opinions about the first chord melody arrangement you should learn 😝 lol
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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October 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
i have strong opinions about the first ukulele chord melody you should learn, i guess you could say ;)
#ukulele #jazz #lessons
www.youtube.com/shorts/S9e3b...
#ukulele #jazz #lessons
www.youtube.com/shorts/S9e3b...
in 24 hours we will get started with my favorite arrangement to teach to those who are new to ukulele chord melody.
after that, we'll sing a hot jazz tune, where i'll be sharing my favorite ways to feel the swing and strum ex-cell-ent-ly!
register here:
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/popup
after that, we'll sing a hot jazz tune, where i'll be sharing my favorite ways to feel the swing and strum ex-cell-ent-ly!
register here:
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/popup
October 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
in 24 hours we will get started with my favorite arrangement to teach to those who are new to ukulele chord melody.
after that, we'll sing a hot jazz tune, where i'll be sharing my favorite ways to feel the swing and strum ex-cell-ent-ly!
register here:
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/popup
after that, we'll sing a hot jazz tune, where i'll be sharing my favorite ways to feel the swing and strum ex-cell-ent-ly!
register here:
www.ukuleleswingschool.com/popup
an original song about where a meet-cute in a cozy little bookshop could lead, for instance ...
youtu.be/Ts8gwAoMOqc
youtu.be/Ts8gwAoMOqc
Rainy April Afternoon - Sage Harrington
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
an original song about where a meet-cute in a cozy little bookshop could lead, for instance ...
youtu.be/Ts8gwAoMOqc
youtu.be/Ts8gwAoMOqc
this is "when i get low i get high," a tune written by marion sunshine (oh what a name!) in 1936, performed on my 1950s plastic carnival ukulele (oh what a cutie)
youtube.com/shorts/MAx2V...
youtube.com/shorts/MAx2V...
"when i get low i get high" on the uke (a 1936 song by, yes, marion sunshine)
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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October 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this is "when i get low i get high," a tune written by marion sunshine (oh what a name!) in 1936, performed on my 1950s plastic carnival ukulele (oh what a cutie)
youtube.com/shorts/MAx2V...
youtube.com/shorts/MAx2V...
i'm a swing ukulele teacher, and this weekend i'm doing something i've never done before.
i'm offering some pop-up uke workshops this sunday, so that you can
- play your first ukulele chord melody arrangement
- swing, sing and strum with more confidence
register: ukuleleswingschool.com
i'm offering some pop-up uke workshops this sunday, so that you can
- play your first ukulele chord melody arrangement
- swing, sing and strum with more confidence
register: ukuleleswingschool.com
#ukulele #jazz #chordmelody #lessons
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
i'm a swing ukulele teacher, and this weekend i'm doing something i've never done before.
i'm offering some pop-up uke workshops this sunday, so that you can
- play your first ukulele chord melody arrangement
- swing, sing and strum with more confidence
register: ukuleleswingschool.com
i'm offering some pop-up uke workshops this sunday, so that you can
- play your first ukulele chord melody arrangement
- swing, sing and strum with more confidence
register: ukuleleswingschool.com
this is a tiny version of "freight train," written by an 11 year old elizabeth cotten in 1912, on a tiny plastic 1950s carnival ukulele
youtube.com/shorts/fzu16...
youtube.com/shorts/fzu16...
freight train (by elizabeth cotten) on a 1950s plastic carnival uke
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
this is a tiny version of "freight train," written by an 11 year old elizabeth cotten in 1912, on a tiny plastic 1950s carnival ukulele
youtube.com/shorts/fzu16...
youtube.com/shorts/fzu16...
hi, i'm sage, a singer and ukulele player. i'm in love with great american songbook adjacent tunes. ☀️ here's an example of what i do youtube.com/shorts/pfSfD...
i'm beginning to see the light ☀️ on a vintage martin soprano ukulele
YouTube video by Sage Harrington
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May 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
hi, i'm sage, a singer and ukulele player. i'm in love with great american songbook adjacent tunes. ☀️ here's an example of what i do youtube.com/shorts/pfSfD...