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Craig Plays Ko'olau Ukuleles. On "Tenderly," Craig uses his M300 SP with Brazilian Rosewood and Spruce Top,  Koa binding and Ebony fretboard

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Tenderly

Black Orpheus

Craig's Waltz

  
  
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Honeysuckle Rose by Fats Waller. This is one of Howard Heitmeyer's more challenging arrangements and I hope you enjoy it. Sorry, no TABs for this piece. If you enjoy and wish to support my music, please purchase my CD, "Tenderly." Thanks!
Mona Lisa This is one of Howard Heitmeyer's beautiful chord melody arrangements and I hope you enjoy it. I'm playing the piece on Ko'olau custom pineapple tenor ukulele with low G tuning and Savarrez strings.
Craig's Waltz by Howard Heitmeyer
I received this song from Howard as a complete surprise. Unbeknownst to him, my mother had just passed and Cali & I returned home to find this piece in our mail... this song means so much to me. Two versions can be found on my CD, "Tenderly." Once played by me with a bass and once as a solo guitar piece by Howard... what a joy and honor to have him play on my CD! For those of you who wish to learn this song, here's the arrangement.
Ko’olau Custom Tenor Pineapple Ukulele Review
Michelle Legrand's "A Man and a Woman"
Try to Remember Howard Heitmeyer's arrangement for ukulele with low G tuning. I'd always thought this was a folk song, but it's from the musical "The Fantasticks." It's a simple yet pretty song and arrangement. I hope you enjoy it.
The Oracle This is an original classical piece that Howard Heitmeyer kindly wrote for me. With Howard's permission, I named it "The Oracle" because it makes me think of ancient Greek sirens dancing and playing the lyre to honor their gods. Standard notation and TAB here.
Here, There and Everywhere an often requested song from my CD, "Tenderly." I don't have this one written out but I found a basic lead sheet in an old Beatles book and then used the Treasury of Ukulele Chords to find the melody line.
Black Orpheus by Luis Bonfá, based on Manhã de Carnaval. Also available on my CD, "Tenderly." I got lucky... this was one of my first arrangements for the ukulele and I could hear how much Howard Heitmeyer influenced my style.

Here's That Rainy Day.  A great jazz standard arranged by Howard Heitmeyer. For a cleaner version, one can purchase the song from my CD, "Tenderly." Standard notation and TAB available here.

Summer's End. Here's an original classical piece by Howard Heitmeyer, with low G tuning. Notation and TAB available here, fez available here. Have fun!

Over The Rainbow. Here's my
arrangement of this classic song.
I borrowed (wink, wink) a couple of ideas from the great ukulele player, Bryan Tolentino. I hope you enjoy it.

This is Howard Heitmeyer's arrangement of "Till There Was You."

"Never My Love" by The Association.

"Study" by Aguado. Here's a famous classical guitar study arranged for ukulele with low G tuning. Standard notation and TAB are available here.

The Shadow of Your Smile - Tenor Uke. CD available via iTunes, Amazon, CD
Baby, Flea Market Music or right here.

Tenderly. Here's an arrangement of Tenderly by Howard Heitmeyer for the ukulele. Standard notation available here.

Yesterday. Here's my arrangement of Lennon & McCartney's, "Yesterday."
 

What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? My first-ever video. It's a ukulele arrangement of Michel Legrand's song.