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Class #5 -  Be a Beginner Everyday

10/14/2015

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On of my most inspiring refridgerator magnets says " Be willing to be a beginner every morning". I admit that the grown up in me doesn't like that idea, but the child in me gets excited about what I might learn each day…. and I always follow the advice of my refridgerator magnets. Bravo to you for having enough courage to be a beginner!

Very nice work on All Night Long and Lavender's Blue to warm up.

Carnival of Venice is a fun song… with a few challenges (sniff).  It is a good exercise for beginning to learn how to control the notes (make them short or let them ring), observing rests, C scale runs, playing in 3/4 (waltz). 
We looked at a couple of ways to understand MAJOR SCALES: 1. Each note having a number that is it's scale degree and tells us what the interval is (the musical distance between notes).  Use the exercises on pages 20-21 to practice playing and hearing/singing intervals.
We also talked about major chords and that each major chord consists of 3 notes; the 1, 3 and 5 of the scale. There are many ways and many places to make a chords on a ukulele. 

Next week we will begin to work on Wiegenlied (Brahms Lullaby) and arpeggiated chords. Just to clarify.... You do not need to read and play individually all the notes in the Uke II part. You just make the chord shapes that are given (C, F, and G) and the notes are "built into" the chords. You only need to change chords. This is a wonderful technique to learn because you can take a simple tune and make it sound really beautiful and sweet by simply playing the chords in an arpeggio style. Slow version of this song is on your resource page. 
Next Week we will also play Oh, Susanna, Up on the Housetop (pgs 22-23 and both are on your CD) and Morning Has Broken (handout, on resource page) 

Now would be a good time to think about the things you can do on/with the ukulele that you couldn't do 5 weeks ago……...
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