Ukulele Crash Course for Complete Beginners in Historic Lower Mills
Details
• What you will learn how to
-hold your ukulele (correct posture & position)
-tune it (with clip-on tuner)
-strum
-finger the most basic chords
-play your first song(s)
-receive a handout to guide your practice till the next workshop
$20 cash on arrival, after RSVP (please message me).
Additional $10 if you'd like to reserve an instrument.
Doors open at 5:00 pm. Please arrive early to start promptly.
This is the fifth crash course, and one of the ten attendees of the first one has already performed in front of an audience with our group, just three weeks later! See blogpost about the crash course:
http://www.anneku.com/2018/05/05/ukulele-crash-course-complete-beginners/
and
http://www.anneku.com/2018/06/25/absolute-complete-total-beginner-in-ukulele/
After you take this session, you are ready to join the "Workshop for Beginners" (see separate Meet-Up for RSVP).
Unique opportunity to play music in what was the oldest chocolate factory in America, in this beautiful area of Neponset River.
• What to bring
Ukulele + clip-on tuner, own refreshments & snacks (optional to share)
Provided: tables, chairs, free wifi.
• Important to know
Fill out the Google Form to get on the mailing list when dates/times change or new workshops get scheduled. Visit for future dates, songbooks (PDF), Google Form link at http://www.anneku.com/ukulele/
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
To avoid cancellation, please message Anne via the meet-up site with
- your e-mail address
- where you will be traveling from
- if you like to rent an instrument
- if you may be late.
The Walter Baker building has huge letters WALTER BAKER above the building (as in the photo shown here) and 1231 above the front entrance. There is no doorbell, so please knock on the inner front doors loudly and/or shine your smartphone into the window to the right where the workshop is held.
Instructor:
Dr Robert Bekkers has been teaching guitar and ukulele both privately and at various music schools. He is the conductor of the Boston Guitar Orchestra.