Ukulele Workshop for Beginners: essentials for a jam session

Born in Brunei and raised in Taiwan and Okinawa, Anne embraced music at a young age, traversing various instruments until she discovered the ukulele on Maui. She co-founded the Monument Concert Series in Utrecht, Netherlands while pursuing her music degree in composition and piano teaching diploma.

Anne Ku

This one-hour workshop will get you started and prepared for your first jam session, which follows immediately afterwards. The thematic jam session warms up with easy songs before jumping into the Island Theme -- Iz's famous Somewhere Over the Rainbow + Wonderful World. 
If you don't have a ukulele, you can rent a high-end one (pictured here) for $10.
Workshop is $15 adult. $5 child (if accompanied). Pay cash only.
You will learn how to
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<LI>hold your ukulele</LI>
<LI>tune it </LI>
<LI>play basic strums for the majority of songs</LI>
<LI>finger basic chords </LI>
</OL>
Doors open at 6:45 pm. Please knock loudly on the inner front door. You can see the common room from the front of the building. Free parking on the streets or at nearby supermarket. Near Milton T-station (Red line to Ashmont &amp; Mattapan trolley).
Note: If you'd like to stay for the free jam session (8 to 10 pm) after the workshop, please download Island Theme Songbook (14-page PDF) from <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" TITLE="Anne Ku Ukulele Page" HREF="http://www.anneku.com/ukulele" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.anneku.com/ukulele</A>
About the venue: The Walter Baker Artist Lofts is the former administrative building of the oldest chocolate factory in the United States, in this beautiful area known as Historic Lower Mills with its surrounding Neponset River.

Walter Baker Artist Lofts

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