Welcome to the Tourist’s Guide!
The Tourist’s Guide teaches ukulele from the perspective of basic humans with minimal exposure to music training or maximum frustration with music performance and helps them “get on the bus” . . . playing and singing with others.
My mission is to help people play WITHOUT learning to read music.
Local News & Schedule Updates
The Tuesday Class leads a sing-along concert at the 2024 Street Fair. We gathered on the Senior Center Patio and did a darn good job!
Current Class Information
The Tuesday Class
Meets Tuesday at the Senior Center from 10 to 11:30
The Quick Start Class
Meets by request on Thursday from 9:30-10:30. No classes in December. Resumes January 9. As of January, requests need to be made by the Monday of the week you would like to attend.
Also in January, I will start offering “extra focus” sessions in this time slot if there are no beginners expected.
The Yellow Springs Ukulele Club
The club, run by Chris Murphy, also meets at the Senior. Meetings are on the first Saturday of the month from 6 to 8:30
Upcoming Dates for Senior Center Ukulele Events
December 8, 2-3:0 pm. The Annual Ukulele Christmas Carol Sing Along
December 10. Last Tuesday class of 2024
THERE ARE NO STARTER CLASSES IN DECEMBER.
January 7 First Tuesday class of 2025
January 9. First Thursday “Starter” class of 2025
August, 2024 Ukulele Display at the Yellow Springs Library
Susan worked with Chris Murphy, who heads the Yellow Springs Ukulele Club, to create a display showing different kinds of ukuleles. The ukuleles were on display throughout the month of August.
The Tuesday Class
The “Tuesday Class” is all levels. We start with a kick-off song, then have a “skill builder” lesson, where we learn or practice strums, chord transitions and other useful stuff. Then we play and sing.
I don’t post the class song sheets on the web. If you’re looking for an online source of song sheets, I recommend “Jim’s Ukulele Song Book.” Jim’s book is HUGE, so it’s quicker to put a particular song title in your internet search.
The button below will take you to:
Brief Lesson Summaries
Song Lists
Web learning picks.
Song Performance links.
Ukulele Quick Start Guide
Ukulele Quick Start Guide
OK. So, you’re sitting there with a ukulele in your hands wondering what to do with it . . . or you’re thinking about getting a ukulele. People say it’s an easy instrument to learn, and that’s true as long as you know where to start and have a little help.
Click the “Quick Start” button to access a sample of the guide I developed for beginning players. The book will be available through Amazon on February 1, 2025.
Helpful Handouts
Helpful Handouts are one-page instructions on particular topics. They’re for skills that require a little more information than you can absorb and remember in one sitting or that will need review to learn “how to’s” or vocabulary.