Online Ukulele - Fall 2024
Starting Sunday, October 6, 2024, Eric West will be offering online workshops in playing a variety of music on the ukulele. This 8-week series will offer a range of tunes from around the world – traditional, folk, pop and classical. You’ll learn to play both melodies and accompaniments as well as chords, scales, arpeggio patterns and other techniques. All classes will be recorded and made available for viewing after each session, so if you miss a class you can view it later.
The classes will be divided into two groups:
Group A – Beginner/Intermediate Ukulele will include songs played mostly in the first position (i.e. using the first 4 frets of the ukulele). The accompaniments for this groups will use standard versions of the chords. We will also cover melody playing as well as scales, strums and arpeggios. Note: this is not a class for absolute beginners. Students should already know how to play common ukulele chords and be familiar with reading standard notation or tab.
Group B – Intermediate/Advanced Ukulele will involve tunes in the higher positions on the ukulele, more complex chords, and learning ‘chord solo’ versions of some of the songs. We’ll also be covering scales and modes using different positions as well as slurs, strums, arpeggios, ornamentation and fingerpicking patterns.
Date/Time:
Group A – 11:00AM-12:00 PM NT
Group B – 1:00-2:00 PM NT
The eight classes are scheduled to take place Sundays on October 6, (no class Oct 13), 20 & 27, November 3, (no class Nov 10), 17 & 24, and December 1 & 8.
Materials: PDFs of the sheet music and tabs for each of the songs will posted on the “Materials” webpage (see link below) along with videos and audio recordings of the tunes. The password and Zoom link will be sent to you upon registration.
Cost: $120 (standard fee), $100 (low-income/underemployed) and $140 (supporter) for eight workshops.
QUESTIONS?
For more information about the Online Ukulele Workshops, contact Eric West at vinlandmusic@nf.sympatico.ca or 709-670-3377.