So I helped kick off a ukulele club at my local library last Saturday! It was a lot of fun; we had an enormous turnout and everyone seemed to have a good time. The kicker was that, besides about 4 of the people including myself, no one had ever actually played.
:wtf:
I was blindsided. I thought we were going to be strumming along to at least some simple songs. Instead, I was teaching how to hold the instrument, how to strum, and how to read a chord diagram.
As a result, I got results from a few people who actually want to take lessons! Which has me super excited. I've taught my wife how to play, so I know I can do that. It looks like I'm going to take on 3 new (paying) students.
And here's where I was looking for input. Not only do I want to teach them about how to play, I want to them to see others playing. I think, as homework, I'm going to assign a weekly YouTube video. Each student will bring in 1 video they found on YouTube of someone playing. We can then discuss the video. Here's some questions I was was considering:
I was thinking I'd point them to http://uketoob.com/ as a good starting point.
What do you think? Do you think that a little extra homework beyond practice would be effective?
:wtf:
I was blindsided. I thought we were going to be strumming along to at least some simple songs. Instead, I was teaching how to hold the instrument, how to strum, and how to read a chord diagram.
As a result, I got results from a few people who actually want to take lessons! Which has me super excited. I've taught my wife how to play, so I know I can do that. It looks like I'm going to take on 3 new (paying) students.
And here's where I was looking for input. Not only do I want to teach them about how to play, I want to them to see others playing. I think, as homework, I'm going to assign a weekly YouTube video. Each student will bring in 1 video they found on YouTube of someone playing. We can then discuss the video. Here's some questions I was was considering:
- Why do you think this song was a good choice for the ukulele?
- Did you find any of the techniques interesting? Why?
- Is there anything specific you'd like to learn from this video?
I was thinking I'd point them to http://uketoob.com/ as a good starting point.
What do you think? Do you think that a little extra homework beyond practice would be effective?