( Curt Sheller ) - I'm available for workshops, clinics and concerts. Take your ukulele playing to the next level. Just drop me a line and we can work out the details. Your festival, club, store or teaching studio can host one of my workshops or concerts.

I have presented workshops and performed at various ukulele festivals across the USA. From the New York Uke Fest to The Southern California Ukulele Festival and points in between.

As a professional musician and music author with over 30 books for ukulele, guitar and music - I have a vast library of experience and knowledge to draw upon.

Beginners

Where Do I Start?

For players new to the ukulele – this is the workshop for you. Learn basic chords and secrets to learning names of notes of the ukulele fingerboard. Selecting a ukulele, an introduction to the Soprano, Concert, Tenor and Baritone ukuleles, the four common sizes of ukulele.

This workshop gets you rolling on having some fun playing the ukulele.

Topics covered on a typical 60 to 90 minute workshop include:

Tunings
Learn about common tunes and how to tune you ukulele by ear and using an electronic tuner.
Strums
Guaranteed success in learning basic four and three beat strumming patterns.
Chords
The basic chords used in hundreds of popular songs.
Simple Songs and Chord Progressions
Putting your chords and strums together to play songs.
What to play if you don't know a lot of songs.
Embellishing Chords with Melody Notes
The Major key and the notes and chords typically used in creating songs and progressions.

Intermediate

You know basic open position chords, a few strumming patterns.

Strums
Guaranteed success in learning basic four and three beat strumming patterns.
Movable Form Chords
Venturing beyond the third fret.
Embellishing Chords
Putting your chords and strums together to play songs.
What to play if you don't know a lot of songs.
Where Do Chords Come From
Learn how chords are constructed.
Reading Music On The Ukulele
Ukulele Doodling

Ukulele Clinics and Workshops

Jazz Ukulele - Getting Started

BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE

An Introduction to Playing Jazz Ukulele

Workshop presented at: 2009 New York Uke Fest, M.A.U.I

Exploring Fingerstyle on Ukulele

ALL LEVELS

Exploring Basic Fingerstyle on Ukulele

Classical (p i m a) and modified Travis fingerstyle.

Workshop presented at: 2011 New York Uke Fest

Ukulele Doodling, Introduction to Sale and Soloing on Ukulele

BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE

Don't know what to play?

Tired of playing the same old songs and licks?

Here is a workshop for any level ukulele player on creating fun stuff to play. Making you own music, taking what you already know and creating music.

From a few SIMPLE chords and a few single notes you can create music and entertain yourself for hours.

You actually know more than you think!!!

If you where unable to attend one of my Ukulele Doodling workshops or lost your handout. Here is a PDF download of the lastest handout from my workshop.

Ukulele Doodling Workshop Handout

March 22, 2010

Here is the handout for attendees of the Tahoe Uke Fest II workshop I presented. March 20, 2010