This is a repertoire class of the songs written and performed by the great Slim Gailliard. In addition to writing the massive hit Flat Foot Floogie With the Floy Floy, Slim wrote dozens of fun and relatively easy tunes that sound great played with Ukulele.  We will play Palm Springs Jump, Atomic Cocktail, Dunkin’ Bagel, and Potato Chips. I’m getting hungry!

Reference Tunes:

Workshop Details

Level
Advanced Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Session Type
Workshop
Play-Along
Genre Music
Songbook

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.