Category: Learning Uke
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Learning the ukulele diary 6: am I close?
I thought this week I should review how many chords I’ve learned, which I’m still a bit slow with chord changes on, and what I still have to go. As you may remember, we’ve asked students to learn the major, minor, and seventh chords of A, B flat, C, D, E, F, and G. So,…
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Learning the Uke diary 5: jamming with my band
If a picture says a thousand words, I expect this video says a million. Enjoy!
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Music Zettel Ep. 2 – Skills every music teacher needs
What are the musical skills that every classroom music teacher needs? I’ve been lucky enough to rewrite our first year #MusicEd courses this year, and I’ve focused first on the ability to teach a melody through imitation & chunking (musical definition coming up!); and in addition, this semester, on the ability to accompany songs on…
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Learning Ukulele Diary 4 – my favourite songs with C, G, F, and Am
As mentioned in my second diary, the only difficult thing about playing the above 4 chords is the change to and from G major, which has 3 fingers down, and in positions that aren’t necessarily similar to those in the C and F major shapes. And the best way I’ve found to practice the changes to…
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Learning ukulele diary 3: video tutorials amateur, semi-pro, and published paid courses
So you’re in the dress-ups room with your daughter sitting on the throne and what comes into your mind? Yes, of course, record another Uke learning video! This is a bit rough and messy, but hopefully funny if not very educational 🙂
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Learning ukulele diary 1: unboxing :)
As mentioned in my last blog post, I’ve decided to DO THE PROJECT MYSELF, FIRST! and learn a new chord-playing instrument which is what I’m asking my students to do in Key Approaches in Music Education this coming semester at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. I was in Limerick in June for the MAYDAY Colloquium (easily the most…
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