Exploring Ukulele Magic
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
For ages 16 to adult - INTERMEDIATE to ADVANCED skill level
Venue is BELLINGEN MEMORIAL HALL (mobility aid accessible)
Course runs for 5 FULL-DAYS - Monday to Friday 9am until 4pm
Some prior experience is required
This course has an extra materials cost of $60
Need an NDIS invoice? Call Nicole on 0419 379 146 during business hours BEFORE booking.
This course will be focused on taking participants through several musical genres/music types and showing them the skills and techniques required to play the music of these genres.
Genres/music type covered will be bluegrass, Celtic (Campanella playing), jazz, blues, ensemble and song arranging.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
For ages 16 to adult - INTERMEDIATE to ADVANCED skill level
Venue is BELLINGEN MEMORIAL HALL (mobility aid accessible)
Course runs for 5 FULL-DAYS - Monday to Friday 9am until 4pm
Some prior experience is required
This course has an extra materials cost of $60
Need an NDIS invoice? Call Nicole on 0419 379 146 during business hours BEFORE booking.
This course will be focused on taking participants through several musical genres/music types and showing them the skills and techniques required to play the music of these genres.
Genres/music type covered will be bluegrass, Celtic (Campanella playing), jazz, blues, ensemble and song arranging.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
For ages 16 to adult - INTERMEDIATE to ADVANCED skill level
Venue is BELLINGEN MEMORIAL HALL (mobility aid accessible)
Course runs for 5 FULL-DAYS - Monday to Friday 9am until 4pm
Some prior experience is required
This course has an extra materials cost of $60
Need an NDIS invoice? Call Nicole on 0419 379 146 during business hours BEFORE booking.
This course will be focused on taking participants through several musical genres/music types and showing them the skills and techniques required to play the music of these genres.
Genres/music type covered will be bluegrass, Celtic (Campanella playing), jazz, blues, ensemble and song arranging.
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YOUR COURSE TUTOR
Sally Carter
Sally performs as Sally’s Ukulele - bluegrass, Celtic, gypsy jazz, ragtime, classical, pop, jazz, old favourites, originals and folk........from fast toe-tapping tunes featuring daredevil acts of musical bravery to beautiful, soulful songs and melodies played from the heart.
Sally Carter performs on her two tenor KLŌS ukuleles at festivals, private concerts and workshops, weddings, parties and online. Sally’s shows take people on a journey through many genres, with plenty of banter and good fun thrown in!
Based in Victoria, Australia, Sally performs solo as Sally’s Ukulele, as well as in her duo, Green Fieldz. Sally regularly provides tuition for ukulele groups interested in ensemble playing, as well as teaching individually in person and online. Sally has also written five ukulele books for ensemble and solo playing. All books have tunes written in tablature, suitable for beginners through to more advanced.
Festivals Sally has performed at include: Sandford Bush Music Festival, Port Fairy Jazz Festival, Inverloch Jazz Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival, Tamar Valley Folk Festival, Melbourne Ukulele Festival, Newkulele Festival, Wirrina Cove Bluegrass and Acoustic Roots Festival, Yass Irish and Celtic Festival, Beechworth Celtic Festival and many more.
“Sally Carter ukulele workshops are a gentle but carefully curated romp through specific information pertaining to a very broad range of musical knowledge. Each session covers a different topic, which could be quite daunting if not presented by this skilful workshop host who is passionate about her craft and leaves no-one behind in her teaching. With her humour, warmth, and amazing talent, Sally leaves participants feeling supported in their newfound knowledge and eager for more!”
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The ability to read TAB reasonably confidently is required.
Within these topics, students will learn non-genre specific skills such as how to play 3-string chords up the fretboard, 2-string chord intros, plucking and strumming techniques
Also, when to use a plectrum and when to use your fingers to strum, how to make efficient chord changes, adding glam to a chord, how to transpose and using linking chords to change from one key to the next.
Expect to gain an understanding of the musical alphabet (touching lightly on some music theory), understanding timing in a tune and how to count in, when to play your high G ukulele and when to play your low G ukulele and how to create variation in your playing using different techniques.
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Please bring the following on your first day of class:
Display folder to put music sheets in
Music stand
Pen/pencil
High G ukulele and low G ukulele
Plectrum
This class has an extra materials cost of $60, which is payable directly to the tutor.
Once you book your ticket, the tutor will be in touch to arrange payment.
Cost includes:
Ukulele Ensemble 1 book
Printed music sheets
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The ability to read TAB reasonably confidently is required.
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NOTE: THIS IS A PLAN ONLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
DAY ONE
Ensemble Playing - how to play successfully as a ukulele ensemble with 4 parts - melody, 2 x harmony parts and chords.
The importance of understanding timing as written in the music score above the TAB line will be looked at as well as the relevance of time signatures.
Different plucking/strumming patterns for the chord part that will support the other parts.
Each session within the day will involve playing 1-2 ensemble tunes - getting progressively more challenging as the day proceeds. Within this plan there will always be a few levels of challenge, so no-one will be left behind!
High and low G ukuleles required.
DAY TWO
Bluegrass Ukulele - how to hold a plectrum, discussing different plectrum gauges.
How to flatpick as a strum, how to flatpick as picking out notes to play a melody or riff.
Some flatpicking exercises.
Looking at several bluegrass tunes, and variations of those tunes – participants can choose what level of difficulty they want to play at.
Learning some well-known bluegrass songs.
Low G ukulele required. Participants to bring a plectrum.
DAY THREE
Celtic - Campanella style of playing in Celtic music.
How to make your ukulele sound like a harp using this technique.
Exploring Campanella tunes with a harmony part and chords.
How to play harmonics and where to use them in music.
High G ukulele required.
DAY FOUR
Jazz Ukulele - understanding basic jazz chord shapes and how these shapes can be played over the fretboard. Learning some fun jazz chord progressions that fit easily under your fingers.
How to easily make a well-known song sound jazzy.
Learning blues riffs and the 12 bar blues. How to make any song sound bluesy. Add blues riffs to some songs – instant blues feel!
DAY FIVE
Chords up the fretboard - showing how chords can be played up the fretboard as 3-string chords, using 2-string chords for intros.
Looking at some glam chords to add some sparkle to your sound.
Using the skills you have learned over the week to get your groove on and play some well known songs in funky arrangements that will be heaps of fun! The arrangements will have easy to more difficult parts.
