Personal Enrichment

Do you wish you could learn to play an instrument? Here's your chance! The ukulele has captured hearts and minds in Maine and around the world! Come join our beginners’ class and share in the joy. You will learn essentials including basic chord positions, strumming techniques, and picking foundations. This class will give you the tools to play with groups or solo and you don't have to know how to read music (but you do have to practice)! You must have a playable ukulele and an electronic tuner or ukulele tuning app. If you don’t have a uke, let us know when you register. we are happy to provide information on where to buy one to fit your budget. Learn to play the ukulele! Stimulate your mind - and light up your world!

Do you love folk music? Then you need to learn a thing or two about how to play it! Discover up-picking, a technique used by Pete Seeger and other folk greats as well as the popular down-picking style, known variously as clawhammer or frailing. Along the way, you’ll get the basics of reading tablature, a system of notating finger positioning, and techniques to enhance your playing. You don’t need a banjo ukulele to learn these styles (but it’s fun to have one). What you do need is a playable ukulele tuned to GCEA, an iPad or computer capable of using Zoom, basic knowledge of how to play the ukulele including the ability to make smooth and seamless transitions between at least, the C, F, Am, and G7 chords.