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Report from the 10th ukulele course
Tamás GállYesterday we held the 10th ukulele course in the heart of Budapest, at the Aranytíz Cultural Centre in District V. That day at the end of March when I arranged the dates of yesterday's Course I and the Course II taking place next Sunday with the venue now seems quite distant. And yet those few weeks…
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Ukulele courses in May 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Over the past few weeks I have posted less frequently on the blog. There is a simple and wonderful reason for that: my third child was born last week, so I have not had time to make videos or write blog posts. I will be “back” soon . In the meantime, I would like to dr…
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February Ukulele Course II — 2022
Tamás GállYesterday's Course II was fantastic. I had such a good time, and I hope you did too, dear Participants ! We reviewed picking techniques, practised rhythm, learned the notes along the ukulele neck and memorised a great many chords, then applied all of that in songs. In the afternoon we had a spontane…
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February Ukulele Course I — 2022
Tamás GállYesterday, 6 February 2022, I woke to unusually pleasant weather. Despite the season it was not cold — not that I had had much snow to shovel this winter anyway . I quickly packed the ukuleles, laptop and projector into the car and headed to the Aranytíz Cultural Centre. I would like to take this op…
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Ukulele courses in February 2022
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Over the past few months a great many of you have asked about ukulele courses. I am happy to let you know that we will be holding two courses in the near future: Ukulele Course I — Sunday, 6 February 2022, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Ukulele Course II — Sunday, 13 February 202…
Read moreMerry Christmas, dear Ukulele Players!
Tamás GállDear Ukulele Players! Today we lit the fourth candle on the Advent wreath ... As the end of the year approaches, I usually write a shorter or longer post looking back on the year. Please allow me to do the same again this year. Several of you have asked when there will be another community productio…
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Report from the autumn ukulele meetup
Tamás GállI have had an extremely busy three weeks packed with ukulele events. After two course weekends — one Course I and one Course II — the ukulele meetup followed on 11 September 2021. When I started organising the courses and meetup in the summer, I hoped we would just manage to fit them in before the f…
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Early-autumn Ukulele Course II — report
Tamás GállAs a continuation of last week's late-summer Ukulele Course I, I held Course II yesterday. During the morning we learned new chords, and in the afternoon we moved on to the foundations of music theory and barre chords. We covered a dense and substantial amount of material. It looked as though I mana…
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Late-summer Ukulele Course I — report
Tamás GállAfter the June courses I received a steady stream of emails and Facebook messages asking about new course dates, so I did not waste any time: I organised Course I and Course II for 29 August and 5 September respectively courses. Yesterday, 29 August 2021, greeted us with a cooler-than-usual but stil…
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Ukulele Meetup 2021
Tamás GállDear Ukulele Players! I am delighted to announce the first ukulele meetup of the year . Exactly one year ago today we held the 2020 ukulele meetup at Fonó. I warmly recommend the report I wrote about it . I very much hope the pandemic will not interfere and that as many of us as possible can get tog…
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Late-summer ukulele courses
Tamás GállDear (Future) Ukulele Players! Some of you could not attend the courses at the beginning of the summer, and several people also emailed to say they would like to come to the next one. I am delighted to announce two more ukulele courses at the very end of summer and the beginning of autumn: Ukulele C…
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The “Eszperente” Ukulele
Tamás GállI felt like writing down a little piece and sharing it with you. Keep this in mind: with this musical contraption you can pluck pleasant sounds and surprise people with something made with love. (The Hungarian original is written in “eszperente”, a word game in which only the vowel e is used.) You c…
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