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
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.