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Play the Ukulele: Chord Changing Skills: Part 2
Is your learner working on more advanced chords when playing the ukulele but running into roadblocks? Together, we learn better strategies for moving between these more advanced chord shapes.
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10-15
year olds
2-4
learners per class
$40
Charged upfront
$10 per class
Meets 1x per week
Over 4 weeks
25 minutes per class
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Description
Class Experience
(Parents: Please note that this is an intermediate level class and not suitable for beginners.) Congratulations! You've been playing the ukulele for a little while (maybe longer), and you are ready for more. Or you have been wanting to play a particular song, but you're stuck on a chord. You're in the right place! In this class, we'll learn strategies and ideas that will give you tools to learn songs that have chords you haven't conquered yet. In this class, we will work on these skills...
Students will learn - how hand position impacts finger placement in advanced chord shapes - how transitions should influence fingers used to play advanced chord shapes - strategies to get more leverage on the neck with less tension all within the context of four songs over the four class meetings
Sandra Girouard has been a teacher for over 30 years. She first became curious about the ukulele in 1997, after attending an Orff-Schulwerk conference and meeting music teachers from Hawaii. She came home, bought a soprano, concert, and baritone ukulele and never looked back. Ms. Sandra is a Level 3 JHUI certified teacher through the James Hill Ukulele Initiative (https://www.uketropolis.com/jhui). Ms. Sandra is a member of the Uke Heads project, and has provided recorded tracks (ukulele and vocals) that will be included in the self-titled album due out in 2024. Ms. Sandra holds both a Bachelor of Music degree and a Master of Arts in Education.
Students should practice for 10-15 minutes daily in order to get the best results from their class experience and prepare for each next class meeting.
- Students should have a soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele. A baritone ukulele is not suitable for this class. - Students should arrive with ukuleles IN TUNE. If your learner cannot tune his/her own ukulele, enrolled students will be eligible for a free tuning class. Message the instructor for more information. This offer is ONLY available to students who are enrolled and have attended a class meeting. - For an optimal experience, students should take class using a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet/iPad. While learners will be able to enter class using an iPhone, class materials will be screen shared and can be very difficult to see on small screens.
25 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
- Students should arrive with ukuleles IN TUNE. If your learner cannot tune his/her own ukulele, enrolled students will be eligible for a free tuning class. Message the instructor for more information. This offer is ONLY available to students who are enrolled and have attended a class meeting. - Students in this class should already know the names of the parts of the ukulele, including head, neck, body, frets, nut, and (of course 🙂) strings. - Students in this class should already have experience with the basic positions for the chords C, D, D7, G, G7, F, A minor, A, and A7. - Students should have a soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele. A baritone ukulele is not suitable for this class. - Students should expect to have their cameras ON during class. For the instructor to provide helpful feedback, she will need to both SEE and HEAR the students. - Students are encouraged to self-mute when they want to try playing an idea but the instructor or another student is having a turn to speak or play. Students are reminded that the instructor cannot turn their microphones back on, and should be prepared to do so if the instructor asks them a question. (There is never ANY pressure in my classes; I just can’t turn their microphones ON, and I think students forget that sometimes. - This class is not suited to adapt to student requests for specific songs. Students who wish to learn a specific song should have their parents inquire about One-on-One classes with the instructor.
Materials for the class come from the repertoire of world and folk music and are prepared by the instructor.
Teacher
About Me
Hello. My name is Sandra Girouard. I began teaching in 1989. I enjoy learning, and I absolutely love helping children learn. I have a Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Arts from the College of Education at the...
