Ukulele Club For Kids K-5Th Grade Beginner Level One

level one- a fun ukulele class for you and your child covering setup, chords, tabs, and lots of simple sing alongs!

What you'll learn

You will receive fun, age appropriate instruction for grades k-5th grade on beginning ukulele skills

You will learn how to hold and strum the ukulele with proper technique

You will learn 2 chords on the ukulele

You will learn several songs you can play with those chords

You will learn several different strum patterns to make the songs more interesting

You will learn the parts of the ukulele and a little history of the ukulele.

Requirements

You will need a ukulele with akila colored kids strings. I have provided a supplies list.

no musical experience is needed to take this class.

Description

This course is designed for kids grade k-5th grade to learn basic ukulele skills.  It was made with the idea that a non-musical parent or adult could learn alongside the child.  Music brings people together.  Kids 3rd-5th grade could probably do this course by themselves with minimal help from parents, but I recommend playing with your child- it's a fun bonding activity!Each lesson is about 2-4 minutes long with material to practice while singing fun songs. All the skills should be able to be mastered over the course of one to two months depending on how much you practice.  Practicing at least 2-3x a week will ensure the skill are not forgotten. This course covers a short history of the ukulele, how to tune the instrument, how to hold and strum the instrument properly, 2 chords, 4 songs using those two chords, and a little bit on how to read tabs (uke music). Each lesson is short and clear and you will leave knowing how to go about learning more as you continue playing with ukulele. You will have the basic skills to tune your uke,  read chord charts and basic tabs.I have been teaching music for over 10 years and leading a local ukulele club for young kids for the past 5 years. Through this, I have learned some accommodations to make things easier for littler fingers. There are options in this course depending on the age and fine motor skills of your child.I advise you put Akila kids strings on your ukulele before taking this course. (Your local music shop can do this for you, or it is not too difficult with a videos tutorial on youtube). These colored strings make learning so much easier. I recommend purchasing dolphin Makala ukes, or penguin ukuleles. I use these two brands in my ukulele club-they are relatively inexpensive, they sound good for their price point, play easily, and are very durable.  Some less expensive brands are more difficult to play and tune.The whole video course is close captioned.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction mostly for the adults!

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 For parents, what to buy

Lecture 3 a note for lefties

Lecture 4 how to tune

Section 2: the course for adult and child(ren)- part 1

Lecture 5 a short history of the ukulele

Lecture 6 the parts of the ukulele

Lecture 7 how to hold and strum the ukulele

Lecture 8 C7 chord

Lecture 9 1st song-Lime and the coconut

Lecture 10 how to read a chord chart

Lecture 11 F chord

Lecture 12 good practice habits

Lecture 13 chord practice

Lecture 14 skip to my Lou play along

Section 3: Songs

Lecture 15 skip to my Lou, teaching track

Lecture 16 yellow submarine teaching track

Lecture 17 yellow submarine play along

Lecture 18 give peace a chance and fancy strum

Lecture 19 peace and more fancy strum

Lecture 20 give peace a chance play along

Lecture 21 C chord and row your boat

Lecture 22 you are my sunshine teaching track

Lecture 23 you are my sunshine play along

Lecture 24 A minor chord

Lecture 25 get up stand up song

Lecture 26 Thunder by imagine dragons teaching track

Lecture 27 thunder play along

Section 4: notes and tabs

Lecture 28 notes vs chords and twinkle twinkle open strings

Lecture 29 intro to one line tabs, batman song!

Lecture 30 intro to full tabs

Lecture 31 twinkle twinkle play along

Lecture 32 conclusion

Lecture 33 bonus outtake

This is a fun class for a young child with an adult who want to make music together and learn how to play ukulele.,kids in 3rd grade and up would be able to take this class on their own once an adult helped them get started.,There are options provided with each new skill to make this accessible to the wide age range with different fine motor skills.