Aug. 6 – 27: Beginning Ukulele 2 with Birch Pereira

Keep learning chords, rhythms, and strumming patterns as you continue adding new songs to your repertoire! After reviewing some basics and strumming, you’ll start learning fingerpicking, i.e., plucking out melodies with your right-hand as you play chords with your left. You’ll also begin working with TAB (tablature), an easy-to-learn system for knowing where to put your fingers. Song suggestions welcome!

Birch has built a strong reputation in the Pacific Northwest as a versatile musician, composer, arranger, and producer. As a bassist and singer, he leads the Americana, jazz, and blues band Birch Pereira and the Gin Joints. An avid ukulele enthusiast, he teaches group ukulele classes at Dusty Strings and makes videos and arrangements for concert and baritone ukulele.