$20
weeklyUkulele Adventures: Sing, Strum, Pick, and Play (Ages 13-18)
Completed by 1 learner
Ages 13-18
Live Group Class
Sandra Girouard
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(399 reviews)
Rising Star
Live video meetings
1x per week
4-8 learners per class
25 min
What's included
1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
In this class, learners will meet weekly to explore and expand skills in ukulele playing. A key component of this class will be discussion between learners about their experiences and preferences regarding playing the ukulele and music in relation to the ukulele. Each class meeting will feature three components: - The focus melody or technique - The focus concept, which can be theory, genre, or style - Discussion Often these three activities will be interwoven, but the class structure will provide guidance to move students through the experiences. In addition, weekly activities will rotate through focusing on strumming chords (rhythm), picking chords (also rhythm) melodic playing (lead). All activities can be adapted for students to address individuals' levels of playing. However, ALL students should be comfortable with playing C, G, D, A minor, and F chords, and should be familiar with the idea of changing from one chord to another during a song. Planned activities include the following: week of June 19: - Strum - Snow Shovel Blues - 12 bar blues week of June 26: - Pick/accompaniment - Jamabalaya - travis picking week of July 3: - Pick/melody - Theme from Spongebob - arpeggios week of July 10: - Strum - Ragtime progression - ukulele history week of July 17: - Pick/accompaniment - stairway to heaven - steady rhythmic foundation week of July 24: - Pick/melody - Smoke on the Water - countermelody week of July 31: - Strum - Pachelbel's Canon - chord progression week of August 7: - Pick/accompaniment - Happy - countermelody week of August 14: - Pick/melody - Never Gonna Give You Up - melodic form week of August 21: - Strum - V–IV–I turnaround - chord progression Weekly discussions will spring from class activities. In the event there is a meeting when learners need support to initiate conversation, age-appropriate discussion prompts will be presented. Examples include: - What are some of your favorite music genres or styles, and why do you enjoy them? - How does music impact your mood and emotions? Can you think of any specific songs or artists that have had a profound effect on you? - Tell us about the role of music in your daily life. Do you listen to music while studying, exercising, or doing other activities? How does it enhance or influence your experiences? - Let's talk about music as a form of self-expression. How do musicians convey their thoughts, emotions, or societal messages through their music? Do you do this? Important notes: - Students should have their cameras on during class. The instructor must be able to observe the hold of the instrument as well as hand and finger positions in order to provide helpful feedback and assistance in playing. Students who have completed Outschool's Child Learner Verification process (https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/4063624-learner-verification) will not be expected to turn on their cameras. However, parents should consider whether their learners will be able to obtain the most benefit from class. - All learners will be offered oppotunities to play (microphones on) for individual feedback from the instructor. Being able to hear the learner play while seeing the use of hands and fingers gives important information to the instructor and is invaluable for providing feedback. However, no learner will ever be *required* to play in front of their peers; the opportunity to play individually with the microphone on is optional. - All learners should be able to mute and unmute their microphones independently. Make music means generating sound. It is absolutly normal (and even desirable) that students want to try skills while first learning about them. However, the result of a class experimenting simultaneously can be chaotic. While learners are encouraged to have microphones on to ask questions and discuss, they should turn off their microphones (mute) temporarily to practice skills. - Students should turn on "original sound for musicians" in Zoom. This is a two-step process: 1. PRIOR to entering the class, configure Zoom to enable original sound. Here is a link to directions for desktops, laptops, mobile tablets, and mobile phones: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360046244692-Configuring-professional-audio-settings-for-Zoom-Meetings 2. AFTER entering the Zoom class meeting, turn ON original sound. Once the setting is *enabled*, this allows the original sound function to be turned on and off after entering a meeting. The toggle button is present in the upper left hand corner of a Zoom meeting on desktop or laptop. This link may be helpful for toggling original sound on when using a mobile device: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115003279466-Configuring-audio-for-music-and-singing
Learning Goals
Learners learn strumming and fingerpicking skills, ,elodic licks, and meet other learners with a common interest in playing the ukulele
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Important notes:
- Students should have their cameras on during class. The instructor must be able to observe the hold of the instrument as well as hand and finger positions in order to provide helpful feedback and assistance in playing. Students who have completed Outschool's Child Learner Verification process (https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/4063624-learner-verification) will not be expected to turn on their cameras. However, parents should consider whether their learners will be able to obtain the most benefit from class.
- All learners will be offered oppotunities to play (microphones on) for individual feedback from the instructor. Being able to hear the learner play while seeing the use of hands and fingers gives important information to the instructor and is invaluable for providing feedback. However, no learner will ever be *required* to play in front of their peers; the opportunity to play individually with the microphone on is optional.
- All learners should be able to mute and unmute their microphones independently. Make music means generating sound. It is absolutly normal (and even desirable) that students want to try skills while first learning about them. However, the result of a class experimenting simultaneously can be chaotic. While learners are encouraged to have microphones on to ask questions and discuss, they should turn off their microphones (mute) temporarily to practice skills.
- Students should turn on "original sound for musicians" in Zoom. This is a two-step process:
1. PRIOR to entering the class, configure Zoom to enable original sound. Here is a link to directions for desktops, laptops, mobile tablets, and mobile phones: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360046244692-Configuring-professional-audio-settings-for-Zoom-Meetings
2. AFTER entering the Zoom class meeting, turn ON original sound. Once the setting is *enabled*, this allows the original sound function to be turned on and off after entering a meeting. The toggle button is present in the upper left hand corner of a Zoom meeting on desktop or laptop. This link may be helpful for toggling original sound on when using a mobile device: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115003279466-Configuring-audio-for-music-and-singing
Supply List
- 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. On occasion, it's necessary to retune in class. Students should mute while tuning. - 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.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
- materials are teacher developed
- course will include links to youtube videos featuring original recordings of some songs as well as teacher demonstrations when appropriate
Meet the teacher
Sandra Girouard
Joined April, 2020
4.9
399reviews
Rising Star
Teacher expertise and credentials
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.
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