Beginners Ukulele Ensemble – Marcy Marxer

This Ensemble Group is a 6 week ZOOM Class.  We’ll play and sing focusing on Left and Right Hand Skills, Timing and Tone.  Each song will have a Chord Chart, Chord Diagrams, Lyrics and a Rhythm Track for Play-Along Practice.

Use the Play-Along track to make a video of of yourself playing each song and I’ll compile them into a Group Performance piece for you to share with friends, family and online.

To avoid copyright issues all songs will be in the Public Domain.

This Intermediate Ensemble Group is a 6 week ZOOM Class on Tuesday nights from 7:30pm-8:45pm Eastern time. .  We’ll play and sing focusing on building Left and Right Hand Skills, Timing and Tone with a wide array of songs and easy instrumentals.  Each song will have a Chord Chart, Chord Diagrams, Lyrics and a Rhythm Track for Play-Along Practice.

Use the Play-Along track to make a video of of yourself playing each song and I’ll compile them into a Group Performance piece for you to share with friends, family and online.

To avoid copyright issues all songs will be in the Public Domain.

Carter Family Guitar with Cathy Fink

An introduction to Maybelle Carter’s iconic style that incorporates simultaneous lead an rhythm with her “Carter Scratch.”

We will learn the basic Carter Scratch with thumb pick and index fingers of right hand, or you can play with a flat pick. Then we’ll approach Maybelle’s accessible method of playing lead and rhythm at the same time on the infamous “Wildwood Flower.”

Requirement: Best suited for guitarists who can fluidly change between C-F-G and G-C-D, regardless of right hand style.

RHYTHM, TONE & TECHNIQUE FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Up Your Rhythm Guitar Game with Cathy Fink

The rhythm guitar is the whole band for soloists and the anchor for band members. This class is designed to help you up your rhythm guitar playing for timing, tone and improved technique. Cathy will demonstrate some best practices and ideas, and for those interested in playing on screen in the zoom lesson, will help guitarists identify what they can improve and how they might do that with constructive ideas that help the whole class.