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• 1st Session:
  • Getting to know the ukulele
  • Tuning a ukulele (when with others, this type is better).
  • Homework: an hour with Bernadette
  • Songs you might like to have a go at with others:
    • Pay Me My Money Down - Bruce Springsteen sings it here.

Is everyone's ukulele in tune?  Three tuning methods

Notes: C major scale

C chord (C-E-G)

Strum: 3/4, 4/4 time signatures, Marty Robbins sings: Cool Water El Paso Songsheet: Cool Water El Paso

F chord

• 2nd Session:
  • C, Am, F, G7 chords
  • Homework: Songs with Lisa
  • Island strum: D-du-udu
  • Xmas song: Felix Navidad key:C

• Other Xmas songs:
  • Edelweiss key:(change to) C
  • Rockin' around the Christmas Tree key G:
  • Mele Kalikimaka key:C
  • Deck the Halls key:C

• 3rd Session: Playing with 1st Ukulele Strummers.

Here's a small exercise (it's the c-scale) to get the picking digits going:

Why not give it a try before the next meeting?

Songs of the sea:

La Mer (Charles Trenet) - Chords by John Caudrey - chord tutorial

• Mugambisuke plays similar chords and sings here

Eriskay Love Lilt (from Jim's Songbook in KeyC)

Island in the Sun (from Jim's Songbook in KeyC)