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UKEtoberFest 2009 Workshops
Classes will be held at the U of O Law School
- A Word About Classes And Class Levels
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Most of the classes are complete in one session. Two workshops however (Aaron Keim, Victoria Vox) extend over two sessions.
Level numbers are assigned to workshops to help you get the most out of the ones you
choose.
LEVEL 1 beginners: This level of beginner just got a ukulele and has perhaps learned
one to three chords but stops inbetween chord changes to move the fingers to the next
location.
LEVEL 2 beginners: This player knows a handful of chords and can move from one
chord to another without pausing. May have trouble with, say, the Bb chord shape.
Needs chords written out over the words for each song and has developed a strum or
two or a finger pattern for picking.
LEVEL 3 intermediate: This player can hold a steady rhythm, and is competent with a
variety of basic chords (for example: A, Am, B7, C, C7, D, Dm, E, Em, G, and G7).
Understands simple chord progressions (such as I, IV, V chords), can sing and strum
at the same time, and learns chords to simple tunes fairly quickly.
LEVEL 4 advanced: This player can hear I, IV, and V chords, has mastered some
chord inversions, knows there is life above the fifth fret, is able to barre or 4fingered
closed chords. Plays lead and backup easily with others and keeps steady rhythm.
- Victoria Vox:
Songwriting
- Learn about songwriting from one of the best! Victoria is like a master chef of songwriting. Make a musical feast from the ingredients at hand.
- Canote Brothers:
Strum Fun For Everyone
- Expand your rhythmic horizons in this exploration of right hand technique including the freight rain rhythm, the roll and the syncopated strum, the triplet, the swing chop,the Bo Diddley beat and more. (levels 1-3)
- Canote Brothers:
Party Uke
- Fun 20's and 30's repertoire class. (levels 2-3)
- Moe Dixon:
Tricks and Licks.
- Finger picking Blues and Ragtime, Folk, Fun. A few fun ways to spice up your repertoire. Rolls, pull offs, slides, open tuning, endings. And how to integrate them into an ensemble. (all levels)
- Best Hula Ever!
- This hula class has a real live band. Sharon and Kat will get you started or improve your skills.
- Ralph Shaw:
Performance Tricks, George Formby
- Ralph is like a row house with a wild party inside. In the performance worksop he shows off the tricks of his trade. In the other workshop he plays and talks about the music of George Formby.
- Aaron Keim:
Fingerstyle Ukulele
- Let's break the strumming rut with some finger style techniques taken from guitar and banjo. It's a great way to create solo arrangements and accompany songs in a new way. (levels 3-4)
- Kailin Yong:
Melody and and Chord Melody
- Unlock the secrets of melodies, chords and scales to product simple chord melody and melody arrangements. It's not as hard as it seems.(levels 1-2-3)
- Scott McCormick:
Simple Songs For Uke
- The name sez it all...
- Scott McCormick:
Indy and Punk Uke Songs
- The Ramones, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, they all sound good on the uke! Join Scott for this workshop to expand your repertoire with some hipster uke. (levels 1-2) (Saturday)
- Al McWhorter:
Country Rockin' Uke
- Re-live the LA, laurel canyon, troubadour club era. Play Neil Young, Eagles, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, etc. with Al's country rock uke.
- Larry Wyatt:
Common Jazz Progressions for Uke
- Common Jazz Progressions will help bridge the gap between open position chords and closed position jazz chords. Learn the most common jazz and swing chord progressions.
- Larry Wyatt:
Swingin' Ukes
- In Swingin' Ukes, You'll learn now to get up the neck and jamming in no time. We'll take some standards, break them down and jam them up. You'll also learn arpeggios and other tricks that all jazz ukers must know.
- INSTA-UKE
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Learn ukulele in 30 minutes!
Our 'team of experts' will teach you basic chords and strums and some easy songs to play. The class is a mere $5 (free to U of O students) and we provide the ukuleles. You will get a chord chart and some music and we have some inexpensive ukuleles for those who want to really dive in.
Insta-Uke will be in Agate Hall at:
1:15 pm on Friday
9:45 pm on Saturday
2:30 pm on Saturday
Take the fast track!
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