Ukulele Experts

Tui classes have learnt the parts of the ukulele and how to read a tab. They have chosen the way they like best to strum and have been practising simple strumming patterns that use ta, ti-ti, and za rhythms. They have learnt to play the chords C and F. They can play and sing Bow Wow Wow and Rain Rain Go Away on each chord. Then we played On Top of Old Spaghetti with half of the class playing the C parts and the other half playing the F parts. They were amazing at remembering when to come in, at keeping the strumming going evenly, and SINGING! We do some ukulele gymnastics to keep our fingers nimble for playing - racing through some combination of rest position, ukulele salute, Z chord, C chord, and F chord without getting tricked. Rest position is how we hold the ukulele when we are not playing...here is Room 12 relaxing in the rest position before playing the next song.