GIDEON UKERS

GIDEON UKERS
Welcome to the Gideon Welles ukulele class for 2011! I look forward to working with you so that you can enjoy playing and singing for many years to come. Please start with the following songs. If you find it difficult to sing and strum at the same time, try to master the chords and strumming first.

For an extra lesson, come to the next mid-month meeting of the Glastonbury Ukulele Club on April 16th at Mountain Laurel, 1177 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury. Come from 9:45-11am for the beginners' lesson, and stay and singalong with the club from 11-1, if you like. (Yes, we will have refreshments!)

If you cannot tune the ukulele by yourself, or with the help of your family, please bring the instrument in to Mrs. Burr. She will help you.

JOKE OF THE WEEK:
How are a lawsuit and a ukulele player similar?
Ans: Everyone is relieved when the case is closed!

Please practice the following songs which we are currently working on:

He's Got the Whole World In His Hands (slow)    BAR-2 chord song in the key of C

McDonald's C (slow) * s   BAR

You Are My Sunshine C-slow * s   BAR

Clementine (slow)    BAR-2 chord song in the key of F

Down By the Riverside (slow) * s   BAR

Rock Around the Clock

POINTS TO REMEMBER!

Keep your left thumb low in back of the neck.

Strum over the fingerboard, not over the sound hole.

Cut fingernails of the left hand short.

Hold the ukulele so that the end hits your right inner biceps muscle and your forearm crosses the uke's lower right.

Practice your strumming away from the ukulele, for example, in the car, on your seat belt.

Practice chord changes when you can, for example, during a television program, or at least during the commercials.

Dr. Uke (AKA Dr. Rosokoff)
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