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Category Archives: Ukulele
2017/2 Teaching Ukulele TAB
I’ve a couple of ukulele classes to teach this year. One group, of year 5 and 6 children, have already done ukulele as a class instrument a couple of years ago, so I didn’t want to just follow my tried … Continue reading
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93/100 A Term of Ukulele
I bet you aren’t doing any planning for next term at the moment! Neither am I; as I am going to teach this next term. It worked like a charm for a 10-week year 2 / 3 ukulele programme that … Continue reading
57/100 Ukulele extras
By the way, you may be wondering about this year’s weird post-numbering system; I promised myself (and you) that I would attempt to get 100 posts up in 2016. Back to the topic; I have discovered that I will be … Continue reading
53/100 “So-mi” songs – Leo the Lion
I have updated the ukulele page with some more simple songs, using Am7 (open strings), C chord, and F chord, but, looking back, I haven’t published the notation for these songs before. So here are a few posts to get … Continue reading
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Tagged call and response, pulse and rhythm, singing game, so mi songs
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39/100 Ukulele – Miss Mary Mack
And again, yet another lesson based on Miss Mary Mack… How often have I used this song before? Every class I have ever taught, probably. This time round, with a year 4 ukulele class, I used it to teach the … Continue reading
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38/100 Tuning a whole class full of Ukuleles
How to get a class of ukuleles tuned in double quick time… These are the notes the ukuleles strings are tuned to, so I start every lesson with this song: You can add your own verses; He eats green … Continue reading
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7/100 Rain on the Green Grass – Ukulele
Lesson three with a very well-organised Year 3 class in a Wider Opportunities programme centred around this old favourite. I’m a bit irritated that Sibelius has decided to notate G (Rain on the roof tops) as finger 3 on the … Continue reading
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22nd September – Engine Engine Ukulele
I’m not scheduled to teach ukulele until next term, but a colleague is away and needs her classes covered. It’s a small class, primary-school-age students, and “I was just beginning to teach them to read tab” I’ve discovered how to … Continue reading