Blues & Hot Jazz Uke Workshops
Heavily influenced by my sometime duo partner in crime, the sublime Del Rey (www.delreyplays.com), I play uke in most of my blues shows.
Many of the early blues players, especially in Alabama, Georgia and along the east coast of the US, played and sang in fairly high registers. This makes uke an ideal accompaniment for pre-war blues and jazz.
Heavily influenced by my sometime duo partner in crime, the sublime Del Rey (www.delreyplays.com), I play uke in most of my blues shows.
Many of the early blues players, especially in Alabama, Georgia and along the east coast of the US, played and sang in fairly high registers. This makes uke an ideal accompaniment for pre-war blues and jazz.
"Adam's workshops are fun, well-paced and popular. We look forward to working with him again (and again)." GNUF, 2014
A professional musician for over 25 years, I perform all over the world and have been teaching guitar and ukulele since 1992.
"I stumbled upon Adams website by coincidence, trying to find a ukulele teacher that knows about hot jazz and blues... It was impossible to find one in Germany at that time. Skype classes were completely new to me, but my scepticism was quickly gone when I realized how much fun it was to learn to play a new instrument, and how easy and natural it can actually be. Adam is not only a great ukulele player but also a very encouraging teacher with an outstanding knowledge of this beautiful music from the past. A class with him is always something to look forward to.
I can only recommend taking classes with him, but beware: his enthusiasm and his humour are contagious!"
Cristina B.-Germany
“Adam is enthusiastic about the smallest of progresses and his approach of championing musicianship above all learning steps is great and very encouraging. After a few months of lessons with Adam, I am—to my great surprise and delight—starting to sound like someone who is playing an instrument, rather than practicing it.”
Mareike S. London.
All my workshops use songs and instrumentals to demonstrate the techniques, giving students plenty of repertoire to take home.
"I stumbled upon Adams website by coincidence, trying to find a ukulele teacher that knows about hot jazz and blues... It was impossible to find one in Germany at that time. Skype classes were completely new to me, but my scepticism was quickly gone when I realized how much fun it was to learn to play a new instrument, and how easy and natural it can actually be. Adam is not only a great ukulele player but also a very encouraging teacher with an outstanding knowledge of this beautiful music from the past. A class with him is always something to look forward to.
I can only recommend taking classes with him, but beware: his enthusiasm and his humour are contagious!"
Cristina B.-Germany
“Adam is enthusiastic about the smallest of progresses and his approach of championing musicianship above all learning steps is great and very encouraging. After a few months of lessons with Adam, I am—to my great surprise and delight—starting to sound like someone who is playing an instrument, rather than practicing it.”
Mareike S. London.
All my workshops use songs and instrumentals to demonstrate the techniques, giving students plenty of repertoire to take home.
Typical workshops include;
Hot Jazz rhythm picking-
This workshop concentrates on easy to remember picking patterns essential to getting that hot jazz sound
Hot Jazz chord plus and comping-
How to extend your chord vocabulary with different voicings, add notes to chords to get more out of a tune and the 'comping' rhythm style of swing bands such as Count Basie & Duke Ellington.
Blues finger picking-
Learn typical pre-war blues style progressions and rhythms using finger picking to create your own arrangements or to provide accompaniment in a group setting.
This workshop concentrates on easy to remember picking patterns essential to getting that hot jazz sound
Hot Jazz chord plus and comping-
How to extend your chord vocabulary with different voicings, add notes to chords to get more out of a tune and the 'comping' rhythm style of swing bands such as Count Basie & Duke Ellington.
Blues finger picking-
Learn typical pre-war blues style progressions and rhythms using finger picking to create your own arrangements or to provide accompaniment in a group setting.
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