A student can hold a steady rhythm and is competent with a variety of basic chords. Understands simple chord progressions, can sing and strum at the same time, and learns chords to simple tunes fairly quickly.

10 Classing Swing Endings

Song endings are absolutely critical to a great presentation of a song. In this workshop, we'll learn ten of them.  We’ll also learn a trick to turn any ending into a great turnaround.

These endings are great for both blues and jazz, as well as vintage country and western swing.

Skills and Concepts:

  • Classic Swing Endings 
  • Converting an Ending to a Turnaround
  • Ending set-up phrases
  • The Nashville Number System

Ear Training - Play What You Hear!

When listening to music, have you ever found yourself making up a melody with your voice? It's pretty easy with your voice, but when you try to do the same thing with your ukulele, the results are probably far from commensurate. If you have ever longed to create melodies on the ukulele as freely as you would with your voice, then this class is for you!

Areas of Focus:

  • Playing what you hear
  • The ear to fingerboard connection
  • Limitation Exercises