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4-Part Ukulele Class with Gene Nichols
Sun, Nov 24
|Eastport
November Sundays could be UKULELE days if you sign up for this fun series of classes!
Time & Location
Nov 24, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Eastport, 36 Washington St, Eastport, ME 04631, USA
About the event
By request of many interested students who participated in the Day of the Ukulele last month, Eastport Arts Center will offer a 4-part Ukulele Class with instructor Gene Nichols in November.
The sessions will be appropriate for beginning students, providing an overview of the instrument in its various sizes and tunings, and the role of each hand in playing. Individual notes and chords in first position will be introduced, along with fingering and strumming techniques. Melodies and songs will be taught, using string/fret notation and lyric lead sheets; standard musical notation will be provided as well.
Classes will be held Sundays, November 3, 10, 17 and 24, from 2-3:30 pm. Students age 12 and up are welcome to participate, and are asked to come ready to play with short fingernails (on at least one hand), and a pencil and eraser. Instruments are available for students to borrow by arrangement with…