Ukulele & Penny WhistleCourses

Intro to the Ukulele for the Visually Impaired     

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This totally tape or CD-driven course teaches the student how to hold the ukulele, how to tune the Ukulele, Chords and Rhythm patterns in the keys of C, F, G and D, the notes on the Uke and 7 songs to play with these notes using no written or braille notation.

 

There are over 60 professionally recorded tracks to listen to and play along with. Songs taught in this course are "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Aura Lee," "Amazing Grace," "Yankee Doodle," "My Country Tis of Thee," "O Danny Boy," "Yellow Rose of Texas," "Buffalo Gals," "Shenandoah," and more.

 

There is music or print to read so it's perfect for those who are don’t or can’t read music. Available for Tenor/Soprano and Baritone Ukuleles.

 

$39 for 4 Tapes or CDs.                                                         $35 for Downloadable.

Intro to the Penny Whistle for the Visually Impaired    

Course Sample

 

The Penny Whistle is one the easiest instruments to play and yet it is still capable of performing amazingly complex songs. This course will get you started on your penny whistle path with over 40 professionally recorded demonstration and performance tracks.

 

In this totally Audio-driven course you will learn all the notes on the whistle, including the "half-holed" tones, along with over 20 songs. As you move through the course new techniques and terms are introduced and demonstrated so that by the time you finish the course you are familiar with trills, appoggiaturas, grace notes, and other ornaments.

 

Songs taught in this course are “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Jig #1,” “Jig #2,” “Waltz #1,” “Sweet Rosie O Grady,” “O Katy O'Neil,” “Amazing Grace,” “Cockles and Mussels,” “Dargason,” “Fool's Jig,” “The Rose (Irish Tune),” “The Dear Little Shamrock,” “The Daughters of Erin,” “The Bluebells of Scotland,” “A Country Dance,” “O Danny Boy,” “Scotland the Brave,” “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” “The Flower of Donnybrook,” “La Russe,” “Newcastle,” “Eighth of January,” “Fasten the Leg in Her.”

 

This course uses no music or print and is taught totally “by ear!”

 

$39 for 4 Tapes or CDs.                                                         $35 for Downloadable

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