Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard • Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 7PM EST (1900 -4UTC)

This is a FREE workshop to kick off the NEW year, 2025 and Curt's birthday LearningUkulele.com & Funky Frets LIVE.

Memorizing The Notes of the Ukulele Fingerboard Is Not As Hard As One Would Think.

Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard — It is astonishing that on any other instrument it would be silly and not accepted to not know the names of the notes and where they are on your own instrument. But - on the ukulele, guitar and most fretted instruments their players do not know the names intuitively - they can figure them out but that takes way too long. Granted it's not as easy as the piano where higher and lower notes move in one direction only, are color coded and even at different heights. Anyone after the first or second lesson can instantly name any key on the piano.

Finally, really knowing the Ukulele Finger is a liberating movement in ones musical development and opens the ukulele up for.

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Bass for Ukulele Players • Thursday, January 9 & 16 @ 7PM EST (1900 -5UTC)

Bass, the bottom, the low end. In music this is one essential musician, always in demand and in short supply. All musicians should be able to play a bit of bass.

This workshop get you started with being a bass player and the minimum requirement musically to start and fulfill the bass player role. It's a lot easier than you think and get you to should like a bass player and not a ukulele play playing the bass.

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January 20 & 27, 2022 @ 8PM EST (2000 -5UTC)

Gold Members: $19
Bronze Members: $39

Here area few more workshops that we have planned in 2022.

Exploring Songs

From simple to complex, it's all about the song — Learning Songs

• NEW — I'm a Believer — Learn the Intro, Organ Fills, and Instrumental Break (Wipe Out).
• Saint James Infirmary — Learn the Accompaniment, Melody, Improv, and Melody and Chord to this classic blues.
• Red River Valley — Learn how we can create a simple melody and chord arrangement to the classic folk song.
• I'll Remember April — With this song we'll really challenge yourself with a very sophisticated melody and chord arrangement. This is one of the songs I recorded on my 2026/17 How About More Uke? jazz ukulele. trio CD.
• Giant Steps — The John Coltrane classic. With this melody and chord arrangement we explore a bit of Quartal chords in the arrangement.

How-to Workshops

• Music Basics — Create a solid foundation for future development on your Ukulele journey.
• Chord Melody — Introduction to Crafting Solo Ukulele Melody and Chord Arrangements
• Intro, Endings, and Turnarounds — Turning a song into an arrangement to add to your repertoire.
• Playing by Ear — The Ultimate goal, Playing by Ear. Learn the Common Chord Progressions and How to Remembering Songs
• Building Left Hand Technique — If you hands can;t pull it off, what's the point of knowing so much.
• Building Right Hand Technique — If you hands can't pull it off, what's the point of knowing so much.
• The Principles of Music — A bit of music knowledge goes a long, long way.
• Essential Strums for Ukulele — A Guide to Ukulele Strums
• Introduction to Scales and Soloing on Ukulele — Take It! You won;t have to blow if off anymore after this workshop.
• Exploring the Blues for Ukulele — The heart of all American music.
• Reading Music on the Ukulele - Primer — You know you always wanted to be able to do this. This workshop will give a solid foundation for increasing your ability read music.
• Ukulele for Guitar Players — Learn just what musician and guitar knowledge you can transfer to the ukulele. Another one of the topics where Yo Already Know More Than Your Think.

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