Sunday, March 18, 2012

March Meeting Recap

The March meeting was our biggest yet with over fifty ukulele players on hand.  Thanks to all who attended and, of course, to our rhythm section Ron on Kala U-Bass and Alec on percussion.

Here are the tunes we played:

I Like It Like That-Dave Clark Five
Mustang Sally-Wilson Pickett
Teddy Bear-Elvis Presley
Under The Boardwalk-The Drifters
The Twist-Hank Ballard
If I Had A Hammer-Triny Lopez
All Together Now-The Beatles
Matilda-Harry Belafonte
Pearly Shells-Don Ho
Last Train To Clarksville-The Monkees
The Peppermint Twist-Joey Dee & The Starliters
Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles

Remember to work on these chord progressions for next month:
A minor-G-F-E7 (Hit The Road Jack)
C-A minor-F-G7 (If I Had A Hammer)
C-C7-F-C-G7-F-C-G7 (12 Bar Blues)

Also work on picking the lick to Last Train To Clarksville:
C (open 3rd string) C (3rd fret 1st string) Doe-Doe
C (open 3rd string) C (1st fret 1st string) Doe-Tay
A (open 1st string) G (open 4th string) La-Sol

Also, please vote in our new Favorite Songs of the Month Poll!