After that, a new group of students will get their turn at the club, which has a waiting list lined up through the Winter Break. The inaugural group of students, who have dubbed themselves as the “Coconut Crushers,” are halfway through the club’s six-week time frame. It is the Ukulele Club, and it just might be the most popular club going at the Frisco campus.Ī dozen third graders meet for 30 minutes each Wednesday after school in the music room to learn ukulele skills – tuning, C-F-G cords and basic songs – from Music Teacher Amy Springs and Physical Education Coach Melissa Greer. However, one not-so-common club can be found at Hicks Elementary.
Most elementary schools offer these after-school clubs – and they are all extremely popular for great reasons. Third graders taking pride in learning unique instrument Technology, Exploration & Career Center WEST.Technology, Exploration & Career Center EAST.Forestwood Middle School - STEM Academy.Flower Mound High School 9th Grade Campus.Creek Valley Middle School - STEM Academy.If you are interested, send me an email for further information. Evidence of COVID vaccination is required. The cost is $4 per session ($2 for members of Active Seniors). This is an in-person class that meets in the Active Seniors building near downtown Salinas. In addition to the books and their accompanying videos, we will be using supplemental materials (handouts and videos) from such ukulele experts as Fred Sokolow, Del Rey, Bob Brozman, Lil’ Rev, Kevin Rones, Calvin Chin, Glen Rose, and others. The course starts with the very basics for complete beginners but quickly progresses to more advanced skills and knowledge including reading standard sheet music staff notation and tablature, knowing the notes all over the fretboard, playing melodies, fingerstyle, some music theory (chords, keys, rhythms, modes, transposing, etc.), creating chord-melodies, and playing blues, jazz, and improvisation. We will meet every month on the first Monday of the month at Active Seniors building, 100 Harvest St, Salinas, CA.
The Salinas Ukulele Club will be starting a new course on Monday Jat noon to 2:00pm to teach beginner and intermediate-level ukulele players based on the books by Doug Falconer called “Ukulele Beginner to Brilliant” which are available on. Somehow, this collection of sounds will always result in beautiful music - which is part of the magic of the ‘ukulele”.
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In fact the applause is all the louder for brave beginners! According to Jumpin’ Jim Beloff, “when a room full of ‘ukulele players of all levels of experience join together to play a song, you can expect a combination of well-measured chords along with off-key hacks, perfectly tuned ukes along with poorly tuned instruments, and vintage Kamakas along with $20 eBay specials.
Want to perform?Įach week our open-mic time is your chance to shine, no matter what level you are. You can find our jam set lists and song packets at the top of the page. Jam Leaders post the songs we are going to play for the weekly jam. We play from the Santa Cruz Ukulele Club Songbooks, Beloff’s “Daily Ukulele”, and music in our own “ Music Library“. If you don’t know the chords…just sing louder! We’ll share our music with you or you can bring your own. Just visiting Monterey? We’d love to have you stop by. Map Come play with us! All levels are welcomed, from beginners to professionals. We meet most Sundays between 4:00 – 6:00 PM We are based in and around Monterey California. Welcome! We are a fun group of ukulele players that get together weekly for ukulele strumming-fun.
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