GIDEON WELLES UKULELE
Welcome to the Gideon Welles ukulele class for 2019! I think you're all doing very well already, and I hope you can find the time to practice at home.
JOKE OF THE WEEK:
How can you keep your flute from being stolen?
Ans: Put it in a ukulele case.
If you cannot tune the ukulele by yourself, or with the help of your family, please bring the instrument in to Mrs. Grant. She will help you.
The following songs are the ones we're working on at the moment. I will choose from this list for the Evening of Excellence on May 9th. If you want to play along with a slow version, click on the word "slow". Don't click on the "BAR"-that's for baritone ukulele tuning, which is different.
- Down By the Riverside/McDonald's-slow s
- McDonald's C * s (slow)    BAR
- This Land Is Your Land *s BAR
- Over the Rainbow-Iz-C (original lyrics by E. Y. Harburg) s BAR
- Addams Family Theme s BAR
- Yellow Submarine *s BAR
- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing * s BAR
- Lean On Me-G *s BAR
- A Hard Day's Night s BAR 22, 107
- Long Tall Texan s BAR
- When the Saints Go Marching In * s BAR (A)
- I'm a Believer C-slow * s   BAR
DON'T FORGET: For those of you who are borrowing ukuleles, you need to purchase a ukulele. If your parents have questions, please have them call me.
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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