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FRIDAY 1st August at 18.00
Will Grove-White wksp 1: 7th Barre
Chords, Chord Z and Muting
Meet the king of chords - chord Z! and learn how
to use it to make your strumming sound super fancy.
We’ll also learn about muting the strings as
well as about inversions of 7th chords - my favourite shortcut to
ukulele heaven.
Best for players who know the basic first
position chords and can strum a bit already.
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1 Down in the Valley F C7
2 Iko Iko G D7
3 Funky Chords
4 Keyboard and Fret notes
5 7th positions up the neck
6 OohBeeDoo
7 Hot Tamales |
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SATURDAY 2nd August at 13.00
Josh Jewsbury
workshop:
Bass workshop
Take the guesswork out of creating
bass runs, fills and patterns. Josh will show you how to effectively
build bass runs with easily acquired skills, all without the need for in
depth knowledge of music theory. Suitable for all levels of player
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1 Bass workshop A minor scale
2 Bass workshop Bass exercise
3 Bass workshop C major scale |
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SATURDAY 2nd August at 14.15
Phil Doleman workshop 1:
Fingerpicking Train Songs
We'll learn "Midnight Special", "Freight
Train", and
"Waiting For A Train"
and transform them with fingerpicking patterns, ready for you to take
them to the stage.
Beginner/ intermediate
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01 Phil D Fingerpicking Train Songs
02 Phil D Fingerpicking Train Songs
03 Phil D Fingerpicking Train Songs |
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SATURDAY
2nd August at 15.30
A.D. Cooke
workshop 1:
Take your Singing to the next level
A vocal coaching workshop
AD Cooke is a Professional Singer/ Songwriter and Vocal Coach with
over 20 years experience.
This workshop is a vocal coaching session covering all the important
factors needed for good singing.
This includes tips on how to improve and strengthen your singing
voice, find your vocal range, and choose the right songs for
your voice.
This is always a popular workshop and is a real eye opener for
anyone who hasn’t had a singing lesson before.
Absolutely no solo singing required.
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1 Stand by me 1-1
2 Stand by me 2 |
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SATURDAY 2nd August at 18.00
Will Grove-White wksp 2: Arranging Songs
For A Massed Ukulele Ensemble
Let’s think like a ukulele orchestra!
We’ll take a couple of classic tunes and arrange
them for an ensemble of ukuleles.
Like any orchestra worth its salt, we’ll need
singers, soloists, rhythm players and some dance moves.
In other words, we'll make it up as we go along.
Suitable for all levels
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1 50s prog melange
2 Bring me Sunshine
3 La Vie en Rose
4 Pachelbel Melange
5 Simply the Best
6 TEENAGE KICKS
7 When the Saints Come Round the Mountain |
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SUNDAY
3rd August at
10.30
Percy Copley workshop 1:
Rhythm workout - get that right hand going!
Percy will get your right hand moving with easy exercises and a
straightforward way to pick up rhythms.
Starting with simple rhythmic patterns and work up to particular rhythms
and strums used in some favourite songs.
Make that right hand as strong as it should be! For all levels.
And tequila lovers.
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01 Ukulele strum rhythm-1
02 Ukulele strum rhythm-2
03 Ukulele strum rhythm-3
04 Ukulele rhythm workout |
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SUNDAY
3rd August at 13.00
Phil Doleman workshop 2: Jazzing It
Up
Simple ways to take familiar
chords and add more tonal ‘colour’.
We’ll take a simple uke songbook version of I Got Rhythm and develop it
into something that really sounds like jazz!
Intermediate/ Advanced
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01 Phil D Jazzing it up- Rhythm Changes
02 Phil D Jazzing it up- Rhythm Changes |
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SUNDAY 3rd August at 14.15
Percy Copley workshop
2: Basic Clawhammer
Get that right
hand claw picking out the clawhammer strum and tune.
Get a dance rhythm
in your hand and bring out your bum-titty.
Basic right hand
technique for accompaniment and playing tunes.
All levels, but
starting from a beginning level.
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1 Basic Clawhammer ukulele |
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