Getting Started in your Classroom
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Welcome and Course Outline (6:42)
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Goals for Students - What Could They Learn? (5:43)
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Ukulele Sizes, Brands, and Buying Suggestions (13:21)
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Resources & Accessories - Everything You Need To Get Started (12:52)
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Ukulele Play Alongs - How, Why, and Where to Find Them (6:19)
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PDF - Buying Suggestions for Uke & Extras
Setting Up Your Ukulele Classroom
Day 1 - Where to Start Teaching
Off We Go - Playing and Exploring
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Learning the C Chord, Hawaiian F, & Play Along Prep (17:27)
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Play Along: Best Day of My Life (C & Hawaiian F)
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More Play Along Options for C and Strategies for Playing (3:16)
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Hawaiian F to F Major (7:40)
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Play Along: Don't Worry Be Happy (Transition from Hawaiian F to F Major)
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Transition Chords - A minor (9:56)
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Play Along: Thunder (Add Am)
The Great Debate - G or G7
Strumming - Examples, Tricks, Picks, and More
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Strumming 101 (18:21)
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Buying or Making Pics - A how-to guide. (9:32)
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How to Make Felt Picks - Blog Post
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Teaching New Strumming Patterns (6:23)
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Strumming Patterns Based On Song Lyrics (4:13)
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Play Along: Baby Shark
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Strumming Patterns: Song Specific (7:28)
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Play Along: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Different Strumming Patterns Based on Song Form (3:45)
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Play Along: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Now What? Life after C - F - G
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Building Out Chords - A7 - D7 (3:18)
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Play Along: I Feel Good (A7 and Hawaiian D7)
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Practice - Putting Chords Together In New Ways (3:33)
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Try Out and Explore - What Else Could We Play (2:48)
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Uke Play Along Modified Dm: Don't Worry Be Happy
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Find Motivating Songs! (3:10)
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Play Along: You'll Be Back from Hamilton
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Ukulele Learning Centers - A how-to guide and Download (2:58)
Adaptations and Challenges
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Teaching for Fluency - Slow to Fast Chord Shifting (3:41)
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Play Along: Run Run Rudolph
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Push Them - Use the Zone of Proximal Development (3:35)
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Play Along: I'm On Top of the World
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Teaching Kids to Simplify and Adapt on their own (3:49)
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Play Along: Sweet Caroline
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App Focus: The Amazing Slow-Downer (2:16)
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Amazing Slow Downer - iPhone View (2:31)
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Slow Down the Song YouTube - A How-To Guide (4:01)
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Play Along: Butter by BTS
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Where Does the Chord Go? (2:56)
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Dance Break - When Chord Progressions are Too Crazy (3:01)
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Play Along: Can't Stop the Feeling with Dance Break/Bridge
Thanks and Follow Up!
