Piano Accompaniment & Other Skills

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

By popular demand, the next 8-week PIANO COURSE is focussed on accompaniment. As with previous offerings, we will continue to build the important skills of sight reading, harmonization (formation and inversion of block and broken chords), and technique. This course in Zoom starts on 14th May 2024 at 4 PM EDT (9 PM BST, 10 PM CEST, 10 AM HST) and runs for 7 consecutive Tuesdays, a study break, and ends on the 8th Tuesday 9th July 2024. Tuition $260 includes all instructional materials, indexed video recordings of each class, and a weekly practice session on Fridays in Zoom.

Register via this Google Form. This rate also includes entry to two seasons of 3 Chord Thursday (Spring and Summer 2024).

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3 Chord Thursday Farewell

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Anne Ku

Thursday 20th June 2024 is World Refugee Day. Our theme is farewell. Can you think of songs to do with parting? Time to Say Goodbye. Hello, Goodbye. So Long, Farewell. Bye Bye Love. Don’t You Forget About Me. Somebody I Used to Know. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

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3 Chord Thursday Freedom

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Anne Ku

Thursday 6th June 2024 is the 80th anniversary of D-day. We celebrate freedom and what it means to be free. After this one-hour song session, you have the option of taking a one-hour workshop on “Ode to Joy,” which has its 200th birthday this year.

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3 Chord Thursday Multi-Lingual Songs

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 16th May 2024, we celebrate Multi-Cultural Day (21st May) in advance with songs in different languages. This one-hour song session is in Zoom only. Previously, we held sessions of songs in French, Spanish, Chinese Mandarin, and other languages.

Dress code: wear something of another culture.

Warm-up Lesson starts promptly at 3 PM EDT: the chords of Ave Maria Bach-Gounod

New PIANO COURSE in Zoom begins on Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 4 PM EDT.

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3 Chord Thursday 70s 80s Favorites

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Anne Ku

On Thursday 2nd May 2024, we welcome Adrienne to Boston with a two hour jam session. Check out the songs Anne and Adrienne have made into Ukulele Play Along Videos from this YouTube Playlist. We will select a few from these listed alphabetically by title [number of chords] below.

UPDATED SET LIST (down load the one page PDF with links to new song sheets)

plus REQUESTS: Best of My Love in D [7] by The Eagles – Boni-ester (MA)

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3 Chord Thursday ART

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Anne Ku

Thursday 18th April 2024 is World Art Day. Join us in Zoom to celebrate the power of imagery in music in 3 Chord Thursday. Bring your “Fun with Uke” Book if you have one (owners get free entry to this session). Check out the YouTube Playlist.

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Birthday Bash

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Anne Ku

A joyous celebration in Bermuda, Quincy, and Boston! Shorts (15 second) clips on YouTube of Bermuda and the Atlantic Ocean. Opt Art: optical illusion outfits

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Leap Year Special 2024

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Anne Ku

Do something unusual and extraordinary on Thursday 29th February 2024. Leap year occurs once every four years, even less frequently than a blue moon. Tune into my YouTube Channel to see livestream videos of the sunset on Maui and jam session.

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3 Chord Thursday 4th Anniversary

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Our 4th anniversary falls on Thursday 4/4/24 which has a nice ring to it and is easy to remember as we end at 4 PM EDT. We will focus on four chord songs with common chord progressions (here’s a list).

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Workshop: Happy Birthday

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Anne Ku

Can you play “Happy Birthday” without following a song sheet or score? It can be as easy and as few as three chords to accompany yourself singing. This one hour workshop will show you how to memorize and make it interesting and personal.

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