What's Happening in and around Portland
| Beginner's Jam -- First Saturdays (meets September
6). at Artichoke Music. 10:30a.m. - noon. Fee: $10 cash or check. Join a monthly First Saturday beginner's uke jam with Marianne Brogan, ukulele teacher, and founder of the Portland Ukulele Association. Ukulele Elementary Jam will give beginners an opportunity to work on a variety of skills: rhythm and strumming, chord vocabulary, listening skills, finger picking, and singing. We will play a variety of songs in a relaxed environment -- songs with 3-5 chords in different keys and a variety of styles. Lite instruction, lots of fun. All levels welcome! Materials provided.
|
Friday, September 26 at Duff's Garage from 9 to midnight. Two bands
feature ukulele players. The Midnight Serenaders will be performing
1920's and 30's style music with Dee Settlemier on ukulele. Also
appearing from Japan will be the Sweet Hollywaiians doing 1920's
and 30's Hawaiian, Swing, Ragtime, Blues, Italian & Calypso
music, and who play many stringed instruments including ukulele. Duff's Garage - 635 SE 7th, PDX, $10 cover |
|
PLAY THE UKULELE BY EAR! Jim D'Ville No workshop scheduled currently. All levels welcome. Advance sign-up required. Contact Email Jim at dville@teleport.com or call him at 503-200-9584. Get off that piece of paper and learn to play the ukulele by ear! Workshop topics will include tuning by ear and tuning your ear, recognizing musical intervals and chord progressions. This workshop will give you the tools you need to tap into all the musical knowledge you already have stored in your head. Playing by ear is easy, it's fun and it will propel your understanding of how music works to a new level. This workshop will make you a better listener! All skill levels welcome, however, knowledge of basic chord shapes (C F G7 E7 A7 D7) is helpful. You will also need an A 440 tuning fork which is available through Artichoke Music. |
Jim
D'Ville is the author of The Natural Way To Music; An Organic
Approach to Understanding & Playing Music. He has taught
workshops at UkeFest West in Santa Cruz, CA, the Portland Ukulele
Festival and his approach to teaching ukulele has been featured
on OPB's Oregon Art Beat television show. He also plays ukulele
in "the world's hippest post-modern string band" Caravan
Gogh --
 |
Check
out the wonderful music of Lyle Ritz and Rebecca Kilgore on their
cd, I Wish You Love, Listen to an interview with Lyle on NPR Weekend Edition, June 29, 2007, By Heidi Chang |