Classes, Workshops and Ukestras!
Below is a list of established workshops offered via Ukulele Taranaki. Please get in touch to discuss options for specialised classes for your group or workplace, or ukulele performances and tailored concerts for your special event.
Ukulele Intro
You’ll learn how:
How to hold your ukulele
How to strum
5 chords
5 songs, with lyrics - to take home
Regular Intro Classes Book in now.
Beginners Class
An 8 week course on, where you’ll learn:
Different strumming styles
New songs each week
How to sing along as you play
Picking the C-scale and playing in parts.
Ukestras
There are four ukestras (aka ukulele orchestra) running in New Plymouth. Once people have completed a Beginners Class, a ukestra is a great next step. These happen on Monday and Wednesday nights 7pm at the Paritutu Bowling Club, and on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings 10am at The Fitz. Tony and Lois lead these sessions and teach a new song each week. An important part of each ukestra is break-time for coffees/drinks and chin wagging.
If you already play the ukulele, contact Tony to discuss whether you could check out/join a ukestra.
Team Building for businesses / organisations
A one-off intro to ukulele fun, with ukulele’s supplied. Expect lots of laughter and surprises as people see each other in a new more musical light!
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THE WORKSHOPS BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT TONY HAS OFFERED TO MUSIC FESTIVALS - E.G. GERALDINE AND OPOTIKI UKULELE FESTIVALS.....
Singing the Strings
Using the ukulele you can learn to sing simple harmonies, while others sing the melody. A wonderful way to discover first steps to harmony singing.
Improvising on the Ukulele
A workshop for intermediate players who can play the C scale. Participants are guided into exploring how to create improvisations, using suitable songs, in a combination of whole groups and small group settings.
Ukestration
An exciting workshop where ukulele players can experience playing in parts - learning riffs (picking) to play while others strum.
Fingerstyle Ukulele
An intro to bluegrass / folk styles, featuring “right-hand” finger-picking patterns, alternating thumb - melodies and more
Introducing an instrumental in a Ukestration Workshop - Gisborne July 2017