Our first session of the year fell on Thursday 4th January 2024 which is Pop Music Chart Day. Seriously! It’s the first time we held the song session of 3 Chord Thursday WITHOUT a webpage or an advance notice of a line-up. This one-hour gathering was a hybrid session, with five people participating in-person and twelve in Zoom. Use Betty Lou Music website to find the songs listed on the charts. You can tranpose the song sheets, too!
The Line-up
Warm-up lesson: tips on tuning your ukulele AND cycle through 7th chords counterclockwise on the Circle of Fifths
Group photo pose with sunglasses and ukuleles
- Battle of New Orleans in C [3]- Paul (GA) – #1 Billboard Hit in 1959 (1-page PDF) (play along video)
- Yellow in G [5] – Boni-esther (MA) (1-page PDF) Coldplay landed at number 4 on the official singles chart in 2000. It was the most streamed throwback song on Global Spotify in 2023
- UKULELE MAN (= Piano Man) in C [6] – Bruce (IT) – Billy Joel’s first major hit and signature song peaked at number 25 in US Billboard Charts in April 1974 – song sheet
There are many three chord songs but 3 Chord Thursday is not limited to 3 chords!! We always start with a warm up at 3 pm EST followed by two poses for a group photo with our sunglasses and ukuleles. Then we announce our line-up. If there’s no request beforehand, we take impromptu requests and line them up. We aim to end an hour later at 4 pm EST.
After this session, there’s a one-hour workshop on Auld Lang Syne, free participation for owners of “Fun with Uke” Book – both in Zoom and in-person. Those who join in-person are invited to share an early dinner at a nearby restaurant in Historic Lower Mills, famous for the oldest successful chocolate factory in America.
Next session: Thursday 18th January 2023 National Thesaurus Day
What time do we meet?
- 21:00 CET (Venice, Italy)
- 20:00 GMT (UK)
- 3:00 PM EST (East Coast USA)
- Noon PST (West Coast USA)
- 10:00 AM HST (Hawaii)
Don’t forget your sunglasses!
- Register in Zoom for the Zoom link.
- Request a song to perform in advance to get in the line-up.
- Sign up for the FREE Ukulele Enthusiast e-Blast.