BUG for beginners is on hold until our processes for dealing with COVID-19 are sorted out. BUG is no longer meeting. ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEETINGS are on the last Thursday of the month every 2 months. NO Beginners on those night :-( 2021 Dates: NOT SET UP (see above) Next beginner start is ??? Beginners Resources are public Join and log in - Contact if you are new, to introduce yourself, and to get on the email list. Sign up to the web site from here: https://ballaratukulelegroup.org/create-an-account-on-bug - and introduce yourself! 23rd of August 2018 was Beginners : 6 - 7 - with Jeannie - a Workshop on Transposing 16th of August 2018 Poster: https://ukuchords.com/files/UkuChords_Complete180ChordChartsPoster_Standard.png Four A4 pages https://ukuchords.com/files/UkuChords_Complete180ChordChartsPDF_Standard.pdf The "Three Chord Night" booklet, and the Beginners book are found in our Resources. 3rd of May was a "Beginning Beginners" class 18th of Jan - a Strumming workshop was held - details on the Workshops tab 4th of January songs - Suspicion Recorded by Terry Stafford & Written by Doc Pomus, Jerome Pomus, Mort Shuman Some copies of the music will be available on the night for new people, otherwise, regular Beginners, please go to the Resources page and download what you need. - Check for any changes to this in Announcements at the top of the page Bunch of Grapes Hotel - 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat Bunch of Grapes Hotel - 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat Beginners at 6pm, with Clare and helpers. This week at Bunch of Grapes Hotel - 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat Beginners at 6pm, with Clare and helpers. Jeannie will run a real "beginners" session, for the several very new players who have joined us in recent weeks..... other "experienced" beginners are welcome to come along as well, as you may be able to assist the beg Beginning beginners and brush up on some basics. 6 - 7 pm. I will look at the Beginners week 1 notes that most people should have a copy of from the 23rd Feb A A A A Contact Jeannie to find out if she will be there at 6pm - Stay tuned for some beginner sessions, later in the year. Meanwhile, the beginners from 2016 are welcome to join the main session. Attention BEGINNERS - The beginners group meets at the venue at 6pm. If Jeannie is available to lead the group, she will meet you there, but if not, it is a chance to go through suitable songs at a steady (not too fast) pace. You are welcome to stay for dinner and play with the main group from 7:45pm. BEGINNERS- Jeannie will meet you at the Bunch of Grapes onThursday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th of September at 6pm. Beginners sessions originally were to be for the month of January only. Thanks to Jeannie's and other volunteers' commitment, they have continued to run. Changes to Beginners: The beginners group will meet at 6pm Thursdays, BUT from the 21st of April, the Beginners Lessons at 6pm will run every second Thursday, or there abouts.
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What happens at BUG Beginners?
Beginners is an hour of slower, simpler tunes to help beginners hone their skills.
Generally, you would be able to play C, Am, F, G at a minimum, and be able to chance chords smoothly, and do a basic strum, or be up for improving your skills in all these things.Absolute Beginners - 1st Thursday of some Months!
Head over to the Resources page, to find the "Three Chord Night" booklet, BUG Beginner's book, and also the Workshops page, for information on strumming, and picking.
2018
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2017
13th July - 27th July with Clare, Jill, Richard, Suzanne will be there from 6pm
22nd June - 6th July - Thursday 15th June - meet Jeannie & helpers at 6pm
Thursday 15th June
Thursday 6th April
23rd March - Beginners at 6pm - Bunch of Grapes (& No beginners 30th March)
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Beginners Session on Thursday night was really pumping and the beginners enjoyed learning about the format of the 12 bar blues.... hope you can practise this a bit more... The 12 bar is A goes like this ( one bar - 4 beats - for each of the letters.
D7 D7 A A
E7 D7 A E7 ( this is the turn around back to the start. If you are going to finish, you then finish on A)2017
2016
November & December 2016
September 2016
April 2016
Please email to confirm beginners is on (it may change due to other commitments).Beginners Sessions began in January 2016
Beginners
Beginners still meet up on non teaching days, at 6pm, and of course, are welcome to the BUG jam at 7:30pm.
January 7, 14, 21 & 28 - start at 6pm - 7pm
Three of four of us will be there to assist new players. We could have a quick bite at 7pm, and then start the normal session at 7.30pm