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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by wcerto[/i] [br]Time Sunday, October 23 · 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Marv and Kathy Reitz's Derwood, Maryland Byron Yasui, a ‘Ukulele virtuoso from Hawaii is offering a clinic. Dr. Yasui can dazzle you with anything from classical, to jazz, to traditional Hawaiian Music. With charm and persuasive gracefulness he will help you take your ‘uke playing to new heights. Cost: $25.00 per person Who: Advanced Beginner and up. Class Description: The workshop will consist of a variety of topics with flexibility depending on the desires of the students. Worth the price by all by itself, will be a demo of various types of instrumental soloing on the 'ukulele: plucking melodies only, plucking melodies alternating with plucked or strummed chords, melodies alternating with arpeggiated chords and/or moving inner voices, chord/melody approach (tremolo strum style or rhythmicized style). The last half hour will be a demo and discussion about arranging for ‘ukulele, a Yasui specialty. Other topics could be • Concepts on how to find chord fingerings and their inversions throughout the fingerboard. • Chord substitution concepts. • Strumming techniques • Effective accompaniment for your singing Bring: Bring a ‘ukulele preferably tuned in C with a high G, a recording device (recordings for your private use only) Private lessons available: For advanced students there will be two 1.5 hour time slots available that day. Price $100 each. Please contact Dr. Yasui ahead of time at byasui @ hawaii.edu Listen: http://www.hawaiianmusicstore.com/cds/cd622.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdfPCVqVMI&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLE0EA26B32EB4675A (Hiro March) For further info please see: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116147685157655 [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.