2025 Fourth Annual Frets Halligan Ukulele Picnic - Handouts
Please print the handouts and bring them with you to the workshop if you want printed copies. Many choose to display the handouts on a laptop during a workshop. Wifi is available at the campgrounds - no password is needed. Others download the files and then display them without depending on a wifi connection. Experiment with your computer's options before attending the workshop to save some frustration. Some iPads do not cooperate with the large display. Do what works for you.
DOWNLOAD and DISPLAY: Each computer is different. For some Macs, your only option is to click on the "Download File" option and then print the handout. Other computers allow you to print and download the handout from the large display.
DOWNLOAD and DISPLAY: Each computer is different. For some Macs, your only option is to click on the "Download File" option and then print the handout. Other computers allow you to print and download the handout from the large display.
- BEGINNER'S WORKSHOP: Ando will lead a workshop for first time players starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, at Searsport Shores Ocean Campground on Route 1 in Searsport, ME. The workshop is free and open to all ages. Please bring your ukulele. If you have a music stand, it would be useful. Arrive a few minutes early if you need help tuning your uke. The workshop is for players who have not yet totally mastered the C and G chords - true beginners. The handout is selected pages from my new book, Playing the Uke with Ando available from Left Bank Books, at the sales table at the picnic, from the author himself, and from Amazon. To access the handout that will be used during the workshop, click HERE .
- 2:00 p.m. Fingerstyle Ukulele- led by Jeff Weinberger. In this workshop, we take a look at proper right hand technique and then have fun exploring several styles using this skill set. We’ll look at essential picking patterns as well as how to apply them to some actual songs. We’ll cover everything from simple folk songs to sophisticated classical pieces. Open to all but absolute beginners. To access the handout that will be used during the workshop, click HERE .
- 2:00 p.m. - Moving Harmonies - Ando Anderson - My workshop will focus on playing moving harmonies within chords in Something by George Harrison and Kind of a Drag by the Buckinghams. No handouts.
- 2:00 pm.- Flatpicking Ukulele led by Dave Lewis. This intermediate level workshop will focus on rhythm patterns as well aa melodic playing, using a guitar-style flat pick. Emphasis will be on accompanying singing. An open discussion: participants will help set the agenda. Come with songs, ideas and questions. No Handouts
GUIDED JAM: At 7:00 or when the picnic supper ends for most players, I will lead a guided jam open to all players. Songs will be selected from the song book below so everyone has the same chords and the same lyrics. Thanks to Mid Coast Ukes for providing the Jam Books. A limited number of printed copies will be available at the jam, so to guarantee you have a songbook, Click HERE to print your copy and bring it with you. (Or display handouts on your laptop.)
Follow these links to the Beginner's Workshop, the Guided Jam Song Book, this year's Finger Style Handouts, last year's Strumming Handout, and last years I IV V handout.