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More I and V chords up the neck

4/5/2017

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I have copies of the Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition For Sale. This is the book we are using for BUG "stretch". $30.00 cash or Checks made out to Wes Lewis.  

Practice the new I and V closed chord shapes (pgs 51 and 59) in various keys by playing (by ear) the following 2 chords songs.
Banana Boat Song (Day Oh)
Clementine
Down In the Valley
Iko Iko
Rocka My Soul
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Jambalaya 
Buffalo Gals
Some more tips:
*Don't Press too hard: Just practice making the shapes without pressing or strumming at all 
*Try changing the position of your thumb: move and point it a bit more toward the head of your uke.
*Go slow.............
*Don't change chords too soon: Stay on it until you are HAVE TO to change. 
*It's OK to make a mistake.
*It's OK if your barre chords don't sound very good at this point. 
*Think about what you can do now that you couldn't do a year ago!

Also practice Jeu Jeu with flatpicks and tremelo strum. Great work on that. We'll play it again next week. 

AND Nu's O Ka Palai (pg 61)- Listen to this song, pay attention the rhythm and work towards a full warm sound. Practice both Use I and II

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