Songs from the Anniversary Ukulele Jeopardy Game in Zoom

How does one create and facilitate a jeopardy game online? More specifically, a ukulele jeopardy game in which everyone gets to sing and play as one does in a group song session? Online in Zoom, one microphone is unmuted for the purpose of being heard clearly by everyone else who is muted. How can we make it fun, fair, and fit (within time constraints)? At our Three Chord Thursday first anniversary, our contestants comprised of five teams of five members each (though one had six), randomly assigned into breakout rooms to choose team names and spokespersons. On Thursday 8th April 2021 at 3 pm EDT, we recall some songs from our anniversary jeopardy game of the previous week.

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TAB & PLUCK

Do you already play the ukulele but don’t know how to fingerpick or read from tablature? Alternatively, you want to be able to read the tabs a little faster and know which fingers to properly create the sound you want?

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FREE Taster Workshop: music theory and other upcoming courses in Zoom

Get a taste of how I teach in a 45 minute free workshop in Zoom. If you have an instrument, bring it. Otherwise, it’s not required. Let’s celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a three chord Irish song.

Tuesday 16th March 2021 from 6:00 pm EDT to 6:45 pm EDT

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Little Donkey

Xiao Mao Lu (Little Donkey) is one of many Chinese children’s songs that I grew up singing long before I learned a single word of English. It’s a cute little tune that’s easy to sing and play. I wonder if it has been translated into other languages. This catchy little tune is one in a collection of popular Chinese songs I am arranging and transcribing for the ukulele. I will share and show this song at Three Chord Thursday Year of the Ox on 18th February 2021.

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Three Chord Thursday Dance!

We celebrate songs that make you wanna get up and dance. Boogie Nights! Dancing Queen! Dance the Night Away! Sway! Which 10 songs top the list? It just so happens that Thursday 29th April 2021 is International Dance Day. Join us for this Three Chord Thursday at 3 pm EDT. Bring your dancing shoes, hook up your ukulele straps so you can stand up and DANCE!

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Three Chord Thursday Earth Day

April 22nd is Earth Day, each year, every year, any year, anywhere in the world. It just so happens that our Three Chord Thursday session on April 22, 2021 at 3 pm EDT falls on a Earth Day. For this day, show yourself on screen with a plant or anything that’s ALIVE besides your lovely self. Of course, you can also wear something to do with this special day: flowers, plants, earth ….

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3 Chord Thursday Songs free of copyright

On a date to be scheduled, let’s share and appreciate songs that are free of copyright. No royalties collected or paid. Join us for 3 Chord Thursday.

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Three Chord Thursday Cobra Kai & Karate Kid

If you haven’t watched the Netflix Series Cobra Kai and then revisited Karate Kid movies, you’re missing out on the great songs featured. We invite you to share the ten best songs from these films. The date for this Three Chord Thursday session is postponed until cruel summer is in full swing.

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Three Chord Thursday Anniversary Ukulele Jeopardy Game

We celebrate our first year in Zoom. Join us for a ukulele jeopardy game at our Three Chord Thursday session on April 1st, 2021 at 3 pm ET. It’s no joke but we will sing silly and fun songs as well as form teams to play a jeopardy game in which your team responds by demonstrating (playing or singing or both). While we’re waiting for the team to respond, someone in the team will play the jeopardy jingle, whether plucked, strummed & hummed, with kazoo, or any other instrument for the jingle keeps time. We had our first jeopardy game on the 24th December 2020.

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Three Chord Thursday RIP 2020, 2021

Rest in Peace (RIP) those artists and composers who died in 2020-2021. We devote our Three Chord Thursday session on March 25th, 2021 at 3 pm ET to music of those who left. Let’s wear a sombre color – BLACK (or GREY)- for this session.

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