(I) UKULELE - Complete Beginner (Thursday Group)

€160

Ukulele - Complete Beginner (Thursday Group)

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This course starts Thursday, Jan 12th, 2023. 18:00 - 19:00

Start from the very beginning with Bruder Jakob and work your way up to playing Hallelujah and more than 30 other COMPLETE songs in just 8 weeks!

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Welcome

Contents

Preview

What You Will Need

Preview

How To Hold Your Ukulele

Week 1

Welcome!

For your first ukulele lesson, we will aim to tune the strings, hold the ukulele comfortably and learn 6 whole songs! We will talk a little bit about rhythm and have some fun! Here goes.

1.1 | Tuning The Ukulele

1.2 | Your 1st Chord

1.2 | Your 1st Chord - Demonstration

1.2 | Tab | Bruder Jakob

1.2 | Video | Bruder Jakob

1.3 | Your 2nd Chord

1.3 | Video | Coconut

1.3 | Tab | Coconut - Harry Nilsson

1.4 | Video | Tomorrow Never Knows

1.4 | Tab | Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles

1.5 | Your 3rd Chord

1.5 | Video | Paperback Writer

1.5 | Tab | Paperback Writer - The Beatles

1.6 | Video | C'est La Vie

1.6 | Tab | C'est La Vie - Chuck Berry

1.7 | Video | Molly's Lips

1.7 | Tab | Molly's Lips - Nirvana

Week 2

Welcome!

For your second ukulele lesson we will aim to learn 2 new chords, 7 of the easiest strumming patterns and another 3 whole songs! We will talk a little bit about strumming patterns and have some fun! Here goes.

2.1 | Your 4th Chord

2.1 | 7 Basic Strumming Patterns (1)

2.1 | 7 Basic Strumming Patterns (2)

2.2 | Tab | I'll Take You There

2.2 | Video | I'll Take You There

2.3 | Your 5th Chord

2.3 | Tab | Lady In Black

2.3 | Video | Lady In Black

2.4 | Tab | Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

2.4 | Video | Dreams

2.2 | PDF | I'll Take You There

2.3 | PDF | Lady In Black

2.4 | PDF | Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

Week 3

Welcome!

For your third ukulele lesson we will learn 1 new chord, use a capo, talk about the 'offbeat' and have some fun with the metronome! Here goes.

3.1 | Your 6th Chord

3.2 | Tab | Songbird - Oasis

3.2 | Video | Songbird (2 Chords)

3.2 | Tab | Songbird (3 Chords)

3.2 | Video | Songbird (3 Chords)

3.3 | Tab | Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone

3.3 | Video | Everyday People

3.4 | Tab | Closer - Ne Yo

3.4 | Video | Closer (Demonstration)

3.5 | Tab | Riptide - Vance Joy

3.5 | Video | Riptide

3.5 | Solo | Riptide

3.2 | PDF | Songbird

3.3 | PDF | Everyday People

3.4 | PDF | Closer

3.5 | PDF | Riptide

Week 4

Welcome!

For your forth ukulele lesson we will learn about sixteenth notes, accented strums, 1 new chord and work on muted strums. Here it goes.

4.1 | Divide The Bar + New Chords

4.1 | Video | Divide The Bar

4.2 | Tab | Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon

4.2 | Video | Give Peace A Chance

4.3 | Your 7th Chord (A Major)

4.3 | Tab | Use Me Up - Bill Withers

4.3 | Video | Use Me Up

4.4 | Tab | Jane Says - Janes Addiction

4.4 | Video | Jane Says

4.5 | Tab | Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israël Kamakawiwo'ole (Verse)

4.5 | Video | Somewhere Over The Rainbow

4.1 | PDF | Divide The Bar

4.2 | PDF | Give Peace A Chance

4.3 | PDF | Use Me Up

4.4 | PDF | Jane Says

4.5 | PDF | Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Week 5

Welcome!

For your fifth ukulele lesson we will learn about staccato strumming, the chromatic scale and how it is used 3 well known songs. Here we go!

5.1 | The Chromatic Scale

5.1 | Tab | James Bond Theme

5.1 | Video | James Bond Theme

5.2 | Tab | Shave & A Haircut

5.2 | Video | Shave & A Haircut

5.3 | Tab | Uptown Funk (Chords)

5.3 | Tab | Uptown Funk (Chromatic Notes)

5.3 | Video | Uptown Funk

5.4 | Tab | Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

5.4 | Video | Eleanor Rigby

5.2 | PDF | Shave & A Haircut

5.3 | PDF | Uptown Funk (Chords)

5.3 | PDF | Uptown Funk (Chromatic Notes)

5.4 | PDF | Eleanor Rigby

Week 6

For your sixth ukulele lesson we will learn about the major scale, how to start improvising and the basics of writing your OWN song. Here we go!

6.1 | The Major Scale

6.1 | The Major Scale (on each string)

6.1 | The C Major Scale

6.2 | The C Major Scale Box (Improvisation)

6.2 | Video | Ukulele Backing Track (C Major)

6.3 | Tab | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

6.3 | Video | TTLS (Backing track in C)

6.4 | Create A Song (C)

6.1 | PDF | The C Major Scale

6.1 | PDF | The Major Scale (on each string)

6.2 | PDF | The C Major Scale (Box)

6.3 | PDF | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

6.4 | PDF | Create A Song (C)

Week 7

Welcome!

For your seventh ukulele lesson we will add a few more chords to your repertoire, play more songs with muted strums & percussion and talk about the 6/8 time signature. Here we go!

7.1 | Your 8th Chord

7.2 | Tab | Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

7.2 | Video | Blurred Lines

7.3 | Tab | Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks

7.3 | Video | Dance The Night Away

7.4 | Tab | I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

7.4 | Video | I'd Rather Go Blind

7.5 | Tab | Tennesse Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

7.5 | Video | Tenessee Whiskey

7.2 | PDF | Blurred Lines

7.3 | PDF | Dance The Night Away

7.4 | PDF | I'd Rather Go Blind

7.5 | PDF | Tennesse Whiskey

Week 8

For your eighth ukulele lesson and the last one for this course we will play some arpeggios and look at some fingerpicking patterns. Here we go!

8.2 | Tab | Fallin' - Alicia Keys

8.1 | What is P.I.M.A?

8.2 | Video | Fallin'

8.3 | Tab | Imagine (Fingerpicking)

8.3 | Songsheet | Imagine (with lyrics)

8.3 | Video | Imagine

8.4 | Tab | Coconut - Harry Nilsson

8.4 | Video | Coconut

8.5 | Your 9th Chord

8.5 | Tab | Hallelujah (Arpeggios)

8.5 | Songsheet | Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright

8.5 | Video | Hallelujah

8.2 | PDF | Fallin'

8.3 | PDF | Imagine

8.3 | PDF | Imagine (Fingerpicking)

8.4 | PDF | Coconut

8.5 | PDF | Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright