We launch the fifth year of 3 Chord Thursday with the theme of ukulele plus to anticipate World Ukulele Day and open our world to other instrumentalists. Which instruments go well with the ukulele? We’ve celebrated World Ukulele Day in past years but never addressed this question. Join us in Zoom to find out. See you on Thursday 30th January 2025!
Most ukulele players are armed with a kazoo. So we are familiar with playing the ukulele and humming the kazoo at the same time. As the human voice is an instrument, we are already multi-instrumentalists when we accompany ourselves singing.
Let’s explore the possibilities in 2025.
Earlier in 2023, we hosted the theme of multi-instrumentalists. Our Zoom session included the nose flute, harmonica, piano, guitar, xylophone, and the shaker.
Examples of Ukulele +
For inspiration, I’ve selected the following playalong videos so we can follow and play along to. I have ordered them from easy to challenging. Let’s start with the easiest to warm up this session in Zoom.
Piano and ukulele
Autoharp and ukulele
Harmonica and ukulele
Play along in the key of G. Chords: G – D7 – G – C – G – D7 – G
Banjo and ukulele
Piano, vocals, and ukulele
Guitar and ukulele
Piano, organ, and ukulele
Guitar orchestra and ukulele
Logistics
Unlike previous years, we will not meet regularly each month in 2025. Instead we will meet on only once a month on pre-selected 1st, 3rd, or 5th Thursdays. This means we will only meet twelve times this year.
Please see the schedule for updates.
To join us in Zoom, register via the Google Form so that we can e-mail you the Zoom link. Be sure to do this at least an hour before we start. It’s FREE to join BUT ONLY if you have the Zoom link!! Paid subscribers get the benefits of receiving song sheets and other useful information in advance.
Thursday 30th January 2025
- Doors open at 2:45 PM EST for sound and visual checks
- 3 PM EST Warm-up lesson (recording starts)
- 3:10 PM EST Group photo pose with sunglasses and ukuleles
- 3:15 PM EST The Line-Up
- 4:00 PM EST End
Equivalent times:
- 20:00 GMT
- 14:00 Atlantic Time
- 15:00 East Coast USA
- Noon Pacific Standard Time
- 10:00 AM HST
If you’d like to lead a song, be sure you have song sheets so we can share it (large fonts etc). Just indicate in the Registration Google Form.
Don’t forget your sunglasses! See you in Zoom!