Ukulele Underground University

Ukulele 101

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Objective:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to learn simple strumming patterns to accompany most songs and be able to play with others.

Focus on:
Strumming patterns
Chords
Chord patterns
Chord shapes
Rhythm
Playing with others
Simple picking patterns

When:

Saturdays 11am HST (2pm PST 5pm EST)

• Week 1
  1. Introduction to ukulele
     • Small bg on ukulele
     • the four strings (notes)
     • tuning
     • C, F, G chords and up down up down strum
• Week 2
  1. Ear training
     • Tuning by ear
     • Am and Dm
     • basic rhythm (quarter notes)
• Week 3
  1. Sunday morning
     • G7 chord
     • Sunday Morning (Dm, G7, C)
     • Playing on rhythm
     • DDUUDU
• Week 4
  1. Chunking
     • How to chunk
     • Applicating to strum patterns
     • 4 finger rolls
• Week 5
  1. Playing with others
     • mary had a little lamb picking
     • mary had a little lamb strum and chord pattern
     • play together
• Week 6
  1. More chords
     • A, D, Bb
     • Gm, Em, Bm
     • Getting the hang of bar chords
• Week 7
  1. Reading chords off websites
     • Lyrics and chords
     • Start off with easy strum pattern
     • Stand by me (C7)
• Week 8
  1. Listen to a song
     • Find the chord sheet from a website
     • Listen to the rhythm
     • Start off with UDUD to get rhythm on uke then find variation to match the song
• Week 9
  1. Reggae strums
     • Pinky mutes
     • reggae without chunk
     • with chunk
     • Get up stand up, Stir it up
• Week 10
  1. Singing and playing
     • Start with DDD strum
     • Play songs we’ve covered with DDD while singing
     • Change up strumming pattern