Monday, January 28, 2019

Week 4, Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class: Chord Melodies

Chord Melodies

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Monday, January 21, 2019

Week 3 of Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class:Blues Part II

Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class:

Week 3, The Blues, Part II


Major Scales consist of the following degrees: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or Do Re Me Fa So La Ti Do, or in the key of A Major, A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G# A

The A Blues scale consist of the following degree: 1, b3, 4, #4, 5, b7 or A, C, D, D#, E, G
The difference between the "A Blues Scale" and the "A minor Pentatonic" is one note (there is no #4). 

So the A Minor Pentatonic is: 1, b3, 4, 5, b7 or A, C, D, E, G (5 notes therefore PENTA-Tonic)

The following Video is demonstrating playing over the blues using the A Minor Pentatonic.This video will help with what is described on Page 7 of the 12 Bar Blues handout.
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Monday, January 14, 2019

Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class - Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 of Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class

  • 12 Bar Blues for the Ukulele in the Key of 'A' (the first 9 pages)
      • Spicing Up the 12 bar Blues
      • This webpage it a great introduction to playing the blues on Ukulele, and spicing up the chords by adding the 6th and b7th  of each of the 3 chords. There is an excellent video, and the chord diagrams and charts do a great job of explaining. The video uses Hound Dog in the key of A, but the there are also diagrams and charts for the key of C. Use your circle of fifth to transpose the blues to any key. This may be challenging for many students in the class, but keep coming back to this tutorial and soon it will become more natural.
    • Blues for the Ukulele - Fred Sokolow (YouTube Video)
      • Please note:  I love this guy, great tutorial, living history, though a little advanced
    • How to Play the 12-Bar Blues (YouTube Video)
      • There are many Blues for the Ukulele tutorials. Here is an example.
    • Extra Credit: Blues Ukulele Workshop
      • Advance Blues Materials: If you haven't gotten enough of the Blues from the above 3 links, or if you have been playing the blues for years, perhaps on the guitar, this is an excellent source of songs, intros, turnarounds and ending.
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    Monday, January 7, 2019

    Welcome to Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class - Week 1

    Welcome to Stevo's Intermediate Ukulele Class - Week 1

    This week I would like to review (for some) and introduce (for others) the basics of Musical Notation. And to do that, I found the following online lessons:


    Here is a list of links to Ukulele Resources and articles that go into depth about the topics we discussed in week 1 of class:
    Online Resources for sheet music:


    Local Song Circles, Associations and Clubs:




    Sunday, January 13: Arden Fujiwara Workshop & Ukulele Song Circle
    Join SUPA as we start our 16th year of ukulele fun and fellowship! Happy New Year? We'll start off with a workshop with our own Arden Fujiwara with more details to follow!
    Then stay for the Ukulele Song Circle thereafter and enjoy the ukulele sounds of summer. All this fun for $15 (workshop; includes ukulele song circle) or $4 (after 2:15 p.m. for ukulele song circle, only). Doors open at 1:00 p.m.; Workshop from 1:15-2:15 p.m.; Ukulele Song Circle from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Phinney Neighborhood Center (lower brick building).
      • This is a great Ukulele Association, and there website is awesome. They keep a calendar (see inactive excerpt below) of events and meetings of other Puget Sound Song Circles and Clubs. 
      • If you see anything that interests you, be sure to go to SUPA's Calendar, click on that item and the details will be displayed.
      • For example, if you were to click on "Edmonds Ukulele Song Circle" from SUPA's website calendar, you would see:
      • Wednesday, January 30
        1:00pm
         Edmonds Ukulele Song Circle
        WhenWed, January 30, 1pm – 3pm
        WhereEdmonds Senior Center (220 Railroad Ave, Edmonds WA 98020, 425-774-5555) (map)
        DescriptionThis weekly ukulele song circle is held at the Edmonds Senior Center. Come join the fun! http://edmondssc.org//
    Here is an excerpt (please note: All non-SUPA events are reported to SUPA by those groups and may change, so verify with that group if the event is current or canceled. This will give you an sampling of all the Ukulele groups the Puget Sound has to offer.
    Friday, January 11
    2:00pm
     South Seattle Ukulele Club
    Sunday, January 13
    1:00pm
     SUPA Ukulele Song Circle
    Monday, January 14
    1:00pm
     The Ukes - West Seattle Senior Center
    6:00pm
     Monday Ukulele Ohana (MUO) - Kanikapila/Song Circle
    Tuesday, January 15
    6:30pm
     East Side Ukulele Players Association (ESUPA)
    Wednesday, January 16
    1:00pm
     Edmonds Ukulele Song Circle
    6:00pm
     STRUM at Kona Kitchen
    Thursday, January 17
    1:00pm
     Musical Jammin' and Singing
    Sunday, January 20
    1:30pm
     West Seattle WikiWiki - Jam and learn with Pat Klopitch
    2:30pm
     Third Sunday Ukulele Jam with Sunga Rose
    Monday, January 21
    1:00pm
     The Ukes - West Seattle Senior Center
    6:00pm
     Monday Ukulele Ohana (MUO) - Kanikapila/Song Circle
    7:00pm
     Ukolympians
    Tuesday, January 22
    6:30pm
     WASSUP (WA Association of South Sound Ukulele Players)
    6:30pm
     Bremerton Ukulele Music Society (BUMS)
    6:30pm
     East Side Ukulele Players Association (ESUPA)
    Wednesday, January 23
    1:00pm
     Edmonds Ukulele Song Circle
    6:00pm
     STRUM at Kona Kitchen
    Friday, January 25
    2:00pm
     South Seattle Ukulele Club
    Monday, January 28
    1:00pm
     The Ukes - West Seattle Senior Center
    6:00pm
     Monday Ukulele Ohana (MUO) - Kanikapila/Song Circle
    Wednesday, January 30
    1:00pm
     Edmonds Ukulele Song Circle
    6:00pm
     STRUM at Kona Kitchen
    Sunday, February 3
    1:30pm
     West Seattle WikiWiki - Pick & Play Jam with Pat Klopitch



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