![]() Often, I get too many song titles and the process of narrowing them down depends on finding suitable song sheets. Rather than choosing a well-used songbook like that from London’s Ukulele Wednesday and simply having the participants choose at each jam session, I choose a theme and then find song titles to fit the theme beforehand. Since starting up a ukulele club in a part of Boston that’s not seen ukulele jam sessions before, I’ve been spending most of my free time searching for songs and song sheets for our weekly meet-ups. Is it any wonder that Joan Baez’s first instrument was the ukulele? The Beatles loved the ukulele. I read somewhere that the rockstars in the sixties toyed with the ukulele, as their first instrument in the fifties. His mother posted her video of us on her Facebook page to share with their relatives and friends in the Netherlands. It was a sight to watch, for he was experiencing what it’s like to be a singer with a musical instrument. Before long, we were singing Frere Jacques, with him strumming on the C-chord on my XS Soprano while I plucking the melody on my Tiny Tenor ukulele. Sitting around the fire at sunset, the boy frantically strummed the uke not in the manner I’d normally like but like a rock star. Just recently, I showed a six-year old Dutch boy how to play the one-finger chord of C while camping in a state park in Connecticut. ![]() ![]() Unlike learning other musical instruments, the ukulele is easy to play to accompany yourself singing, thus the growth of jam sessions. The explosive growth of ukulele sales is a testimony to the growing demand for these instruments, and as such, a thirst for knowledge (courses, workshops, tutorials, etc). ![]() Conceptual map of ukulele musical practice and repertoire ![]()
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