Spice it up with suspended chords: free taster ukulele workshop

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Anne Ku

When a single chord is displayed for a long stretch of time, you can switch to its suspended chords to spice it up. Register in advance to attend this free ukulele workshop after Three Chord Thursday song session. The only pre-requisite is that you can read chord diagrams, such as fingering and switching the chords displayed in this blog post.

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Pluck and Strum: authentic replication

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Anne Ku

Ever wanted to play the intro riff that makes a song so recognizable? To replicate a song authentically, in the way we know it from the artists that made it famous, often we need to use both plucking and strumming techniques to bring out the instrumental introduction, interludes, and outro. To accompany it, we may need to pluck AND strum. It’s not enough to use the same strum pattern for the entire song.

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Three Chord Thursday at Three: 50th birthday

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Anne Ku

Songs that were born in 1970 are 50 years old this year. Which ones require only three chords to accompany and have withstood the test of time? Our second session (continuation) is scheduled for October 15th, 2020 to follow the first and previous one on August 13, 2020.

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Three Chord Thursday at Three: Lesser Known Songs

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Anne Ku

Do you know a three chord song that is not widely known but fun to play and sing? A good example is “My Tomato” about New Jersey tomatoes in the location theme. Suggest a song for our July 23rd, 2020 session of three chord songs when we get introduced to such songs.

Register in advance to get the Zoom meeting link and ID (unless you’ve already registered previously and have entered this weekly Zoom session). Use this google form to request a song or songs you’d like to perform for a song session. Everyone else is muted but follows you via the song sheets.

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Three Chord Thursdays at Three: one word titled songs

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Anne Ku

Are songs with only one word in their titles easier to remember? In the August 6, 2020 session of three chord songs we explore such songs. No proper nouns please.

Register in advance to get the Zoom meeting link and ID. The one-hour video recording of this song session in Zoom will be aired on Brookline Interactive Group’s website later in August. If you don’t want to be seen, please hide your (profile) or disable your video.

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Three Chord Thursdays: dawn to dusk, sunrise to sunset

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

During the lockdown, time seems to pass somewhat differently than life as we once knew it. Let’s share three chord songs about time in a bubble, from morning to night on Thursday July 16, 2020 at 3 pm EDT (8 pm BST = 9 am HST). Register in advance to get the Zoom meeting link and ID. There is now a password required for the meeting.

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Three Chord Thursday: locations

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Anne Ku

Each Thursday, since the lockdown, we gather for one-hour in Zoom to sing and play songs that require only three chords to accompany, in the so-called Three Chord Thursday at Three. For Thursday July 2nd and September 24th, 2020, the theme is location. We will travel the world virtually with songs about location because we can’t easily go anywhere. During this time of corona, travel has been severely impacted. What do you miss? Where would you like to go?

Register in advance to get the Zoom meeting ID and link by e-mail, unless you have registered between 7/30/2020 and 9/4/2020. Enter Zoom at anytime but we start promptly at 3 pm EDT (8:00 pm BST or 7:00 am HST) with a warm-up followed by our famous sunglass ritual and an anonymous poll. We aim to fit as many songs in one hour. Free for anyone anywhere in the world to join.

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Songs in the Time of Corona: even dated Fridays

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Anne Ku

Since the launch of this new series on Friday March 27, 2020, we met every Friday afternoon to share songs that reflect our time, our lives and feelings under lockdown for two months, ending in mid-June. After a long lapse, we will have a special session at Three Chord Thursday in October 2020.

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Don’t Miss Out! Early bird gets the worm: registration open for new classes

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Anne Ku

Below is what I sent out to my mailing list on Sunday 24th May 2020.

Dear Ukulele Enthusiast

How are you? Are your fingers sore from playing the ukulele? Are you suffering from UAS?

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Low G Ukes Unite! a.k.a. Fingerstyle Ukulele

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Anne Ku

Most beginners learn to play ukulele that’s tuned such that the G string is pitched higher than the next string – C. This so-called re-entrant tuning is what makes the sound of the ukulele so special.

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