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
Date
Sat @ 09:30 AM
Level
Intermediate
Session Type
Workshop
Location
Ballroom B
Ear Training
Hearing

Skill Levels

  • Novice: A student who perhaps has never picked up a ukulele before.
  • Beginner: A student at this level is brand-new to the ukulele. He/she has perhaps learned one to three chords but stops in-between chord changes to move the fingers to the next location.
  • Advanced/Confident Beginner: A student at this level knows a handful of chords and can move from one chord to another without pausing. Student may have trouble with, say, the B-flat chord shape. Student has learned a strum or two and/or a finger pattern for picking.
  • Intermediate: 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.
  • Advanced: A student at this level can hear I, IV, and V chords, has mastered some chord inversions, knows there is life above the fifth fret, and has been there with barre or 4-fingered closed chords. Plays lead and backup easily with others and keeps steady rhythm.