FALL 2024 Meeting Dates. Saturdays, always from 10-12
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste - Italy
Loaner Ukes available for Meeting Days.
Our Meeting and WhatsApp language is English. Most songs are in English.
We are NOT experts. We learn and have fun together. Better Fun than Perfect.
We play versions of songs that are ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE, even the person who just started..
Our goal is to learn one song well each meeting.
If you are Advanced, you are welcome to play with us and then do an OPEN MIC of a song that you have been working on.
FIRST TIME REGISTRATION REQUIRED at this LINK
While are meetings are FREE, we encourage participants to become members of the Associazione Italo Americana FVG to help support our efforts and take advantage of other opportunities.
Annual Membership 1/09/24 - 31/08/25: Reduced: €25 - students 16+, teachers, 65+, Regular: €35
Check out:
- Our YouTube Channel
- Our Trieste Ukulele Club Music Library
MEETING: Nov. 9, 2024, 10-12 - Next Mtg. 23rd
1) Warm Up: Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F
OR
2) Featured Song - Somewhere Over the Rainbow in C
- Sheet Music - Arrangement by Cynthia Lin
- Tutorial by Cynthia Lin
- Judy Garland Original - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - Ukulele Version (2010)
- History of the Song
Just because:
Yellow Submarine 1966 - McCartney/Lennon
Extra Credit Songs for future reference:
3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)
- All 4 songs in one place
- Blowing in the Wind
- I Have a Dream
- Stand by Me
- Encore: You Are My Sunshine Fingerpicking Version
4) Open Mic
I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse
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MEETING: Oct. 19, 2024, 10-12
1) Warm Up: Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F
OR
2) Featured Song - When the Saints Go Marching In. C G F
- Sheet Music
- Finger Style Tutorial
- Preservation Hall New Orleans Jazz Band Version
- Louis Armstrong Version with Lyrics - Singing at 1.10
- History of this Gospel Song
Extra Credit Songs for future reference:
- Sway - Sheet Music - Calico Arrangement
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Sheet Music - Cynthia Lin arrangement
- Somewhere over the Rainbow Tutorial and Play Along - Cynthia Lin
3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)
- All 4 songs in one place
- Blowing in the Wind
- I Have a Dream
- Stand by Me
- Encore: You Are My Sunshine Fingerpicking Version
4) Open Mic
I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse
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MEETING: Oct. 5, 2024, 10-12
1) Warm Up: Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F
OR
2) Featured Song - I Feel Good - James Brown- C F G7
Strum D DU UDU or Chucking D xU UxU or
- Sheet Music
- Original Song 1965 - Super Cool Dance Moves. James Brown in a Christmas Sweater from the film Ski Party. Go to 1:00 for the Song.
- Song with Lyrics - Sing along
- Original Song Performed in 2005
- Play Along - starts at 50:00 - not the best sound
3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)
- All 4 songs in one place
- Blowing in the Wind
- I Have a Dream
- Stand by Me
- Encore: You Are My Sunshine Fingerpicking Version
4) Open Mic
I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse
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