Early Bird Registration for ukulele courses 1st Sept

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Anne Ku

Here is the e-mail sent to my Thematic Ukulele mailing list about the deadline and new offerings.

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Three Chord Thursday Break until Sept 3, 2020

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Anne Ku

After 20 consecutive weeks in Zoom, we are taking a short break from Three Chord Thursday. We will resume on 3rd September 2020. Meanwhile, don’t miss the free taster workshops on 2nd, 3rd, and 7th September. These are free sessions in Zoom to inform and give you a taste of upcoming ukulele courses starting in September with early bird discounts. Register in advance to get details.

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Three Chord Thursday: same one word title, different songs

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Anne Ku

Given that there are numerous songs with only a single word in their titles, let us narrow the list down and explore songs that have the same one word title but are completely different songs. Different lyrics. Different melodies. Different chords. These are not different covers of the same song but actually different songs, same title.

To fit them into our usual one hour in Zoom on Three Chord Thursday, we welcome performers to choose five one-word song titles so that we can hear the different songs on Thursday 3rd September 2020 – our 21st song session since we began this series.

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Three Chord Thursday: nonlexical vocables

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Anne Ku

Have you ever sung a song that used nonsensical words that didn’t add anything to the lyrics but provided fuel for sound? In this session of Three Chord Thursday on September 10, 2020, we share songs that make extensive use of such meaningless vocables. Part 2 is scheduled for November 12, 2020 – selected songs in green font.

As usual, please register in advance to get the Zoom meeting link and ID to join this session, unless you have already previously registered and received the link with ID and password. You’ll get an e-mail before the session of the line-up and any other important information. From August 2020, all sessions will be recorded, edited, and replayed on Brookline television. If you don’t want to appear, you can always switch OFF your video.

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Three Chord Thursday Challenge

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Anne Ku

Congratulations to Bruce for winning the contest for the best chord placements for the following medley of extracts of lyrics from popular songs on Thursday 30th July 2020. Here is his four-page song sheet. See below for guidelines of this contest.

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Spice it up with suspended chords: free taster ukulele workshop

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Anne Ku

When a single chord is displayed for a long stretch of time, you can switch to its suspended chords to spice it up. Register in advance to attend this free ukulele workshop after Three Chord Thursday song session. The only pre-requisite is that you can read chord diagrams, such as fingering and switching the chords displayed in this blog post.

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Pluck and Strum: authentic replication

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Anne Ku

Ever wanted to play the intro riff that makes a song so recognizable? To replicate a song authentically, in the way we know it from the artists that made it famous, often we need to use both plucking and strumming techniques to bring out the instrumental introduction, interludes, and outro. To accompany it, we may need to pluck AND strum. It’s not enough to use the same strum pattern for the entire song.

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Three Chord Thursday at Three: 50th birthday

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Anne Ku

Songs that were born in 1970 are 50 years old this year. Which ones require only three chords to accompany and have withstood the test of time? Our second session (continuation) is scheduled for October 15th, 2020 to follow the first and previous one on August 13, 2020.

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Three Chord Thursday at Three: Lesser Known Songs

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Anne Ku

Do you know a three chord song that is not widely known but fun to play and sing? A good example is “My Tomato” about New Jersey tomatoes in the location theme. Suggest a song for our July 23rd, 2020 session of three chord songs when we get introduced to such songs.

Register in advance to get the Zoom meeting link and ID (unless you’ve already registered previously and have entered this weekly Zoom session). Use this google form to request a song or songs you’d like to perform for a song session. Everyone else is muted but follows you via the song sheets.

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Three Chord Thursdays at Three: one word titled songs

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Anne Ku

Are songs with only one word in their titles easier to remember? In the August 6, 2020 session of three chord songs we explore such songs. No proper nouns please.

Register in advance to get the Zoom meeting link and ID. The one-hour video recording of this song session in Zoom will be aired on Brookline Interactive Group’s website later in August. If you don’t want to be seen, please hide your (profile) or disable your video.

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