Fretboard Techniques for Picking

This workshop will teach you my foundational fretboard techniques acquired from my classical guitar + ukulele university studies for your left-hand (or right-hand) with picking on the ukulele.

Building a strong foundation with this skill set will not only allow you to tackle more difficult songs down the road, but will complete, in my opinion, the "trifecta" of good technique; look, feel, and sound great! After this workshop, you will learn five (5) of my personal techniques to improve your fretboard hand efficiency while learning the popular tune, You Are My Sunshine.

Saturday, 4/22

03:00 pm

Location

Ballroom A

Instructor

Mika Kane

Level

Beginner

Fingerpicking

Basics

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.

Fretboard Techniques for Picking

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