Beginner Ukulele for Kids (Ages 6 to 12) Part #1

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Bell's Global Academy (Founded by Suzanne Bell)

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Class meets weekly for 30 minutes. Students learn some history of the ukulele, ukulele parts, how to use fingers to form and strum, chords, read chord charts, and learning how to play simple songs

Class Experience

Beginner Level

Week 1 - 
Topics Covered:
History of the ukulele
Ukulele sizes
Instrument parts
How to hold the ukulele
Ukulele hand positioning


Week 2
Skills Taught:
Reading chord frames
Strum markings
Reading music measures
C chord and strumming.


Week 3 
Skills Taught:
How to make the F chord
Changing between the C and F chord
Learn to play the Beatles, “Yellow Submarine.”


Week 4 
Skills Taught
Making the C7 chord
Hearing the difference between a major and a minor chord and the way they make...

Steve Housewright has been teaching guitar and ukulele for 25 years. He has taught
privately, in music stores, in afterschool programs, in schools, libraries, and online. He has
been the director of the music education nonprofits, Strings Attached and the Sir Charles
Blues Lab, and supported by many major music education foundations over the past two
decades. He is also a Teaching Artist Fellow with the Jubilation Foundation and Tides
Foundation.

30 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

The class uses the “Ukulele for Kids: Method and Songbook” by Chad Johnson. Continuing
students are required to own their own copy of the book (with audio access) for practice at
home.  (Students must own their own copy for copyright laws)

 Published by Hal Leonard Publishing. Digital and hard copies are available.

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Bell's Global Academy (Founded by Suzanne Bell)

Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(196)

Bell’s Global Academy is a place for every child to have a safe space to learn and explore their interests. We specialize in ESL classes, Special Education, and Sign Language courses, Foreign languages, and Music classes.  with a host of one-time...