Music Classes
Strum a song using easy chords during the first class! The ukulele has always been a delightful go-to for folks who want to get started playing music now. Learn various strumming patterns and how to pluck melodies on an instrument you can carry with you virtually anywhere. Students are required to provide their own ukuleles.
#35915, Protective Services Building, Tuesdays, 9/8-10/13, 6-8pm
Students will learn beginning harmonica techniques such as getting single notes, popular melodies, blues, bent notes, and improvising; ability to read music is unnecessary, but please bring a basic 10 hole, diatonic harmonica in the key of C
#35955, Health Building, Tuesdays, 9/8-10/27, 630-830pm
Learn how to read music and interpret chord diagrams for the guitar as well as basic strumming rhythms/patterns. We will play basic tunes together as a class. Bring your own guitar (preferably acoustic) to each class.
#35893, Health Building, Mondays, 9/14-10/19, 630-830pm
Want to get going on mandolin? This basic course will teach tuning the instrument, basic picking techniques, essential scales and chords. Along the way, we’ll learn to play a few classic bluegrass and old time tunes. No need to be able to read music or have any musical ability at all. But you will walk away from this course with plenty of both to carry you onward. Come kickstart your skills on mandolinu today! Students need to bring their own mandolin.
#36255, Protective Service Building, Mondays, 9/7-10/12, 6-8pm
Continue your piano studies with the next level in your adult piano series. You’ll build on the skills from Piano 2, learning new techniques, rhythms, and pieces that challenge and inspire you. Strengthen your confidence and musical expression as you progress to more advanced material.
#36783, Truax, Thursdays, 9/3-12/10, 5-6 pm
Continue your piano journey as you build on the skills learned in Piano 1. You’ll strengthen your note reading, technique, rhythm, and music theory while exploring new and more challenging pieces. This course helps you grow as a musician and gain greater confidence at the keyboard.
#36969, Truax, Thursdays, 9/3-12/10, 6:15-7:15 pm
For this class, you should be comfortable with basic music reading and chord knowledge. The class will review material as needed from Applied Guitar 1 and you will continue to learn to read music as well as tablature. More advanced strumming patterns will be introduced, and beginning blues/rock examples will be explored.
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