Here we are in my class singing The Beatles song – All my loving.
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I’d like to start by saying thank you to all the visitors to ukulele4kids.com, there were several thousand. This large number of visitors is great, considering the website only went live in October. The large number of visitors is also very motivating to continue developing the site. I’ve many new ideas to add to the site in 2012 to help it keep growing, and continue to encourage kids of all ages to start or continue playing the ukulele. You may have missed some of the posts, but there are several ways you can keep up to date with the posts of ukulele4kids.com. You could look through the archives, subscribe via email on our home page, follow us through Facebook, or keep up to date via Twitter. Below are the five most viewed posts of ukulele4kids.com during 2011, with Rudolph taking out the number one spot.
Haere Mai (welcome) to 2012 from Ukulele 4 Kids from New Zealand. Find the chords & lyrics for ‘Haere Mai’ here. There are a five chords, but it is easy to play. The chords are A, C, D, D7, G.
To get an idea of how the song sounds take a look at the video in this post.
To view our other videos visit our YouTube channel ukulele 4 kids.
View our other song chords page.
I hope you enjoy playing it and have a successful 2012 for strumming your ukulele!
What do you get a ukulele player for Christmas that isn’t a ukulele? Answer – a download of ‘Song-sheet Generator’. It’s closely related to the program Chord Pro. I recently came across this super FREE little program that allows you to write down your songs, add chord diagrams, and produce songbooks. It’s available for download for both PC and Mac computers, and makes use of programs like notepad (PC) and TextEdit (Mac) both programs usually come free with your computer.
Song-sheet Generator’s main focus is the guitar but it also offers the facility to add chords for the ukulele too. It has a lot of chord shapes for the guitar already formatted, but for the ukulele you have to custom create your own. It’s not difficult to do, allowing you to create alternative fingering diagrams too. There is a online help guide, but I found it more helpful to copy it into a Word document to print. You can highlight the chorus in songs, and add the chord diagrams to a song-sheet. You can produce your song-sheet in a variety of ways, for instance, plain text or HTML files.
Here are a couple of examples of song sheets made using song-sheet generator:
‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ & ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’.
In summary:
- Is it worth downloading? – YES
- Is it easy to use? – YES
- Can kids use it? – YES
- Is it free? – YES (But consider paying a small donation)
- Where do I find out more about it? – By clicking here.
Enjoy your Christmas and may Santa and Rudolph bring you the new ukulele you have on your list.
Why aren’t you on Facebook? When will you be on Facebook? I get asked these questions regularly, not just by kids but mums and dads too. So I’ve heeded the questions and done something about it. Ukulele 4 Kids is now on Facebook! If you wish to follow us on Facebook you can click the like button in the sidebar on the right of the screen You can click on the image in this post to go straight to the Facebook page. If you are already in logged into Facebook you can search for us using ‘Ukulele 4 Kids’ as your search term. Be the first to like and follow Ukulele 4 Kids on Facebook, become a friend, share the Facebook page with family and friends, leave comments and any suggestions that you may have. If you have a Twitter account why not link that too!
Find the chords & lyrics for ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ here There are a few chords, but with a little practise it is easy to play. The chords are C, F, G7, Am, C7, G & D7.
To get an idea of how the song sounds take a look at the video in this post.
To view our other videos visit our YouTube channel ukulele 4 kids.
View our other song chords page.
Let me know what you think, and I hope you enjoy playing it.
The Kapiti Primary School Senior Ukulele Group perform ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’. They have been playing for eight months now have have become very good players. View ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ below.
Find the lyrics and chords to Rudolph here. It is easy to play, and uses the chords C, D7, F & G7.
To get an idea of how the song sounds take a look at the video in this post.
To view our other videos visit our YouTube channel ukulele 4 kids.
View our other song chords page.
Let me know what you think, and I hope you enjoy playing it.
Recently the Kapiti School Ukulele Group performed at the local mall known as Coastlands, and one of the songs they played was ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’. So on Monday some of the group members recorded Rudolph on video to share. The boys have been playing for eight months now have have become very proficient players. View ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’ below.
My son, Carter, goes to Chelsea House Early Childhood Centre in Raumati, and this week I visited my son’s centre to listen to him and his peers singing Christmas carols. I should have hidden from view of my son, as he wanted to spend his time with me instead of participating. My son is only three, so being strategic I pretended to go to the toilet so that I could watch out of his sight.
My son’s class teachers from room 5, Trish, Tracey and Charlotte and his class peers performed three songs:
- Twinkle Little Star
- I’m a Christmas Tree and
- In the Jungle.
His teachers Trish and Tracey played ukuleles and Charlotte supported the kids with encouragement and actions. They all did a super job and all parents who turned up to watch thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great to see the ukulele being used.
The use of ukuleles being used by Chelsea House staff came about through staff interest in learning to play. So earlier this year staff were provided lessons by Jeff Gardiner, organised by Yvonne the Chelsea House Centre Director. I was lucky enough to be invited to come and watch a staff performance at the conclusion of their lessons. It was very good with a wide range of songs played.
This is just another example of kids being exposed to the wonderful instrument that is the ukulele.
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