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Ukulele for Ages 9-18 (4 Week Introduction Class)

Completed by 4 learners
Ages 9-14
Live Group Class
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
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(221 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week, 4 weeks
4-8 learners per class
30 min

What’s included

4 live meetings
2 in-class hours

Class Experience

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 us
feel.
Playing, “The Hokey Pokey” using the F and C7 chords. 
If time permits, we learn to make the A minor chord and learn to play The Beatles' song, “Eleanor
Rigby.”

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.

Other Details

External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
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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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor’s Degree from University of North Carolina School of the Arts
John Mathis
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.

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