Just an uipdate on where the project is right now:

Tom sent us some pictures from Ogoki!

Initial Lesson Plan:

• Holding and tuning the ukulele - Logan from Philadelphia
• Quarter note strum - Pat from Michigan
• F Chord - Carlos in Spain
• C Chord - Carlos in Spain
• Skip To My Lou - Tim in Korea
• G Chord & Boil 'em Cabbage Down - John in Chicago
• Eighth note strum - Tim in Korea
• Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Andy in the UK
• Red River Valley - Dan in Florida

Second Lesson Plan:

• Folk Songs in 4/4 Time:
  • It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Camilo in Spain
  • Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad - Dan in Florida
  • Tom Dooley - Carlos in Spain
  • You Are My Sunshine -Tom in Canada
  • She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain - Carlos in Spain
  • Mamma Don't 'Low - Steve from Ohio
• 3/4 Time Rhythm
  • Down in the Valley - Andy in the UK
  • Streets of Laredo -Pat From Michigan
  • The Black Velvet Band -Shawn in Oregon
• Fingerpicking Patterns -Daniele in Italy

T o take part in the project, contact me at ask.patrick@gmail.com, choose a lesson and film a short video workshop.

For example, let’s say you choose to cover the C Chord. All you would have to do is introduce yourself (”Hi. I’m Patrick from Crisfield, Maryland and I am here to show you how to make a C chord“) and walk the viewer through the steps of making a C chord on the ukulele.

Once you have filmed your workshop, upload the video file in the highest quality format you can to the Internet Archive.

To join the Internet Archive :

• Go to http://www.archive.org/
• In the upper right hand corner you will find the following: “Anonymous User (login or join us)”.
• Click on “join us”.
• Fill out the form. Click “Get library Card” when finished.

Files stored on the Internet Archive are publicly available under a Creative Commons license. You can read about how Creative Commons works by visiting http://creativecommons.org.

To upload a file to the Internet Archive:

• Log in to your account.
• In the menu across the top of your browser click on “contributions”.
• Click on “Create and upload a new movie, audio recording, live concert recording, or book”.
• Enter a title for your upload and click on the button marked, “Next”.
• On the next page, fill in the form (name your project after the chapter you are covering - for example, “C Chord”) and click on the button marked, “Upload Files”.

After uploading, archive.org will automatically generate a page where people can download and view your file. Send an email to ask.patrick@gmail.com with your Internet Archive link.

Once we have the initial lessons I will burn a DVD and send it out to Tom and we will also make a directory so folks can burn their own copy.

Once we have the basic material covered we can expand the project to cover more intermediate and advanced techniques.