Here are some of the benefits of belonging to a ukulele group. Here’s my post with more about this, Not Just a Tiny Guitar. I discovered this after decades of playing other instruments in many kinds of music groups, from orchestras to rock bands. The ukulele is an instrument that works particularly well in groups. (However, some people are solo musicians by inclination. And I’ve been delighted to find that other people agree. Making music with people I love is the most fun thing in the world for me.

“The life I love is making music with my friends.” Willie Nelson Above: The Strumbles having fun, one Saturday in Frankton Why start a ukulele group It’s the highlight of my week, and I know others feel the same way. The Strumbles’ bulging music folders include songs by Talking Heads, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Burt Bacharach and the Beatles. We call ourselves The Strumbles (although the name is subject to change). This week I started a new class of beginners. I’ve taught hundreds of people to play ukulele. Soon after that I started teaching ukulele to other people, many of whom have joined or formed groups. And more people came to join us.Īfter six months there were nine of us regularly meeting late on Saturday afternoon to play ukulele. We all started finding more songs to play. Me, Paula Law and Jane Carmichael.Īfter a few Fridays, we could remember the chords. We hadn’t touched our ukuleles during the week, so we had to learn everything again from scratch.īut it was still lots of fun.

We had three chords, three ukuleles and a bottle of wine.īy the time the bottle was empty we could play three songs. That Friday evening we got together at Paula’s place. One day my friends Jane and Paula said, “Let’s play ukulele!” And I said, “Why not!” Seven years ago I accidentally started a ukulele group.

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