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Just some of the things you can explore with Ukulele in the Classroom: singing, strumming, picking, solos, duos, trios, popular songs, classical themes, world music, traditional favourites, note-reading, ear-training, creative skill-building exercises, improvisation, arranging, harmonization, melody, harmony, rhythm, tone, form, dynamics, voice leading, jazz, blues, boogie woogie, baroque, classical, bossa nova, ensemble skills, team building, leadership, music history, world cultures and geography. Traditional and popular music from: England, France, China, Hawaii, Africa, Chile, Canada, Italy, the U. S. A., Bulgaria, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Scotland, Wales, Puerto Rico, Ireland and Guatemala. Classical melodies by: Mozart, Brahms, Holst, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Handel, Dvorák, Chopin and Bach. || Visit Ukulele Yes! online at www.ukuleleyes.com: the ukulele's teacher's source for great interviews, articles, and arrangements since 1976.
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The Ukulele in the Classroom Story
"Is there an instrument that can be used to foster music literacy in classroom settings that is fun to play, inexpensive, portable, and sounds good in any style of music?" |
This was the question that faced a young J. Chalmers Doane in 1967. Doane, then newly-appointed Director of Music Education in Halifax, Nova Scotia, found his answer in that chronically underestimated instrument of Hawaiian fame and European ancestry, the ukulele. The Canadian school ukulele program was born and the rest, as they say, is history.
Fast-forward forty years and a student of the Doane ukulele program has emerged as one of the world's foremost masters of the instrument, the Canadian ukulele virtuoso James Hill, whose new and dynamic approach to the ukulele has inspired ukulele enthusiasts, professional musicians, music educators, ukulele teachers, and a host of others to take a serious look at a fun instrument! Passionate about sharing the gift of music with a new generation of students, James envisioned a method that would build on the foundation laid by the Doane ukulele program, that would be "fun from day one" and that would open doors for students wishing to pursue music further. Naturally, he sought the benefit of Chalmers' experience and together they began to develop Ukulele in the Classroom, a new and exciting resource for music teachers everywhere. The result is a sequential, performance-based ukulele method through which students explore elements of music including melody, harmony, rhythm, form, tempo, dynamics, and tone. Areas of skill include singing, picking, strumming, ear training, sight-reading, improvising, music theory, harmonizing, arranging, and more. In many ways the Ukulele in the Classroom series melds the lessons of the past with a vision for the future, infusing the wisdom of elders with the creative energy of youth. James and Chalmers share not only a love of the ukulele and of teaching, but also a passion for developing and supporting music literacy in schools and other learning environments; they warmly invite you to join them in their new approach to Ukulele in the Classroom. It's fun. It works. It's music literacy... the ukulele way!
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| "It makes no difference what instrument you choose - recorder, trumpet, piano, bass, guitar, mandolin; none can compare with the ukulele as a means of music education in our schools." |
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- J. Chalmers Doane
Teacher's Guide to Classroom Ukulele, 1977
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