Happy Birthday Ukulele Chords
Learn To Uke is 11 Today. If you’re here for the strum along & chords, here are the chords:
Learn To Uke has been my ‘baby’ and on this special day because it is 11, I am reflecting with gratitude. I am immensely grateful to every single wonderful person who has come along to Learn To Uke with me or us over the past 11 years. I (Lorraine) started it as a side gig whilst I was working full-time in my old life. I may have retrained as a teacher to do this, but I never imagined I’d be doing it full-time for 5 years, let alone 11. There have been ups and downs personally and professionally, as I’m sure you’d imagine, but I want to say thank you to each and every student. I’m grateful for every second of it.
Here are some of the highlights in words, pictures, and video. If I missed our time here, this article is not fully expansive so please don’t think I’ve forgotten it, or that I’m not grateful. Please, drop me a line to remind me of your fondest Learn To Uke memories.
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I’m so proud of the guys in the Ukulele Choir and have enjoyed some gigs that have made me so proud, honoured and grateful. Seeing people play and enjoy themselves is the biggest thrill and I’m really grateful
https://youtu.be/KrCub7tdocIhttps://youtu.be/t1_vt8G8hxUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCUP6G9RF_E&list=PLn_BnRst_3Mzz-9pIuG_zPBfwMRf9bi_H&index=20&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgpD-OWkPKc&list=PLn_BnRst_3Mzz-9pIuG_zPBfwMRf9bi_H&index=9&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzZ80VM1Olk&list=PLn_BnRst_3Mzz-9pIuG_zPBfwMRf9bi_H&index=16&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n-g1o2HTE0&list=PLn_BnRst_3Mzz-9pIuG_zPBfwMRf9bi_H&index=15&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNzfNJi_CQ&list=PLn_BnRst_3Mzz-9pIuG_zPBfwMRf9bi_H&index=10&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVWCplybqkc&list=PLn_BnRst_3MyfzKcfllJVKBK1nwAjqEXQ&index=3&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4lCHQdoYB8&list=PLn_BnRst_3MyfzKcfllJVKBK1nwAjqEXQ&index=4&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXm0BDZKAQc&list=PLn_BnRst_3MyfzKcfllJVKBK1nwAjqEXQ&index=5&ab_channel=LearnToUkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVBZeDtiAEc&list=PLn_BnRst_3MyfzKcfllJVKBK1nwAjqEXQ&index=7&ab_channel=LearnToUke
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Learn To Uke’s first adult class took place on 11 November 2009, in an upstairs room in a pub in Soho. My old life included lots of time in pubs in Soho. My ‘new’ life back then included pubs in Soho and ukuleles. Gin and uke-ing went together like a horse and carriage.
I didn’t start filming students until a brilliant one, Suzie, who’s a photographer, explained that without seeing how it works, people can’t imagine it, so show them. Here are a few examples…
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https://youtu.be/FLuolx8F6tUhttps://youtu.be/onMm19XGRe4https://youtu.be/qSIIPAdTKmUhttps://youtu.be/sTKxQRSiWxc
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From about 2010, there were a few years of press and attention on what the ukulele and Learn To Uke was doing, along with some fun tutorials.
https://youtu.be/pYySNKeZqeMhttps://youtu.be/t8S6BnfFxnghttps://youtu.be/bHiCCsxRy9Mhttps://youtu.be/rOtC_-7BabIhttps://youtu.be/In5kmhLGo4U
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Aside from Learn To Uke there were also a few fun extra curricular activities. Some ukulele gigs:
https://youtu.be/2Jlt033hiJwhttps://youtu.be/YriwebNPv64https://youtu.be/9oOA6Qi0g7chttps://youtu.be/CppwGRS7MV4
I’ve been lucky to have travelled with the ukulele. I took a low quality video on my tour around a ukulele factory and played Mele Kalikimaka on an Australian beach:
https://youtu.be/KSli6V-cFIQhttps://youtu.be/hFZmAi4AR3E
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As you can see. The ukulele, and the joy of teaching adults to play the ukulele has shaped much of my adult life. It’s still teaching me things each day, but nowadays I’m learning about teaching in a more effective way online, via video lessons. If you would still like to learn with me in a 4-week course – some are accompanied with a weekly live class to check in, ask questions, get help, and, if wanted, being kept on track – accountability. Hoping to get my housing situation settled down so I have a base to film from soon, but I’ll do what I can with what I have from here on. I’m hanging in here in this COVID lockdown world, but things have felt on a knife edge this year. I do hope that more people continue to see the value and enjoyment that can be gained from learning and playing ukulele with me and I can continue to serve you for another 11. 🙂
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