12. Český ukulele festival

Please note, that apart from the absolute beginners workshops, you will be expected to bring your own instrument to play at the workshops, or tell us in advance.

Saturday 

Block 1  |  10:30 – 11:30

1. Dead Mans Uke: Building an act – from plucking to performing (EN)

Aimed at groups and performers - stage tips and advice on building an entertaining act. Please note you will not be learning a song during this workshop.

Level: All levels
Price: 350,- CZK

2. Amelia Coburn: Dublin Serenade – Jazz Chords and Leprechauns (EN)

Amelia will teach the classic Dublin Seranade, song and chords while also discussing inspiration and how it affects songwriting.

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK

3. Ukulele Bartt Warburton: Time Signatures, Waltzes, and Tabs: How to read them, play them and write them (EN)

How do you play ¾ time? What about 6/8 time? What does that even mean? Bartt will teach you how to easily count these time signatures correctly, and we may even do something fancy like 5/4 time. You’ll also learn what makes a piece of music a waltz, and Bartt will show you how to write tabs for any piece of music. If you bring paper and pencils, you’ll be able to write tabs and charts during our workshop. We’ll write tabs together, including rests, chords and whatever else pops up. It’s fun, and easier than you probably think. We’ll also write a waltz together and play it as a group. Somebody might sing! Somebody might even dance! Bring your sense of humor!

Level: For everyone who knows their basic accords
Price: 350,- CZK

Block 2  |  Saturday  11:45 – 12:45

1. Peter Moss: Intermediate Fingerpicking (EN)

As an alternative to constant strumming, fingerpicking is the perfect solution. We will learn 3 distinct patterns and play them over a set of nice chords that will give the whole workshop experience a happy feel. These patterns can be used in many other pieces that are four beats to the Bar and will improve your playing technique 10 fold overnight.

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK

2. Dead Mans Uke: The Fine Art of Dum Ching (EN)

The Fine art of dum Ching ideal for beginners, we work through an old song and give it the DMU treatment covering chords, picking patterns and more.

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK

3. David Chen: Two finger style – Traditional Hawaiian ukulele style (EN)

What's two finger style? When your index finger plays melody, while your thumb plays the harmony to create a rich wave-like rhythm. In this workshop you will learn it step-by-step, but also when to use it and how to apply it technique to a song.

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK

4. Marcela Brožová – Absolute beginners for adults and children (CZ/EN)

Take your first step to playing the ukulele and sign up for a beginner's workshop with Marcela.

Ukes can be borrowed.

Price: 300 CZK

Sunday 

Block 3  |  11:00 – 12:00

1. Gabriela la Foley: FIND YOUR INNER UKULELE CONFIDENCE (EN)

Don’t be stuck in the beginners level. Play the ukulele confidently. How to deal with ma-king a mistake when performing. Opening and closing a song. Music session and stage etiqu-ette. We will learn to play at least one song without looking at lyrics or chords. This is workshop of Ukulele Happiness!

Level: Beginners and better:)
Price: 350,- CZK

4. Marcela Brožová – Absolute begginers, for children and adults (CZ/EN)

Take your first step to playing the ukulele and sign up for a beginner's workshop with Marcela.

Ukes can be borrowed.

Price: 300 CZK

3. Feng E: Brushing the strings (EN)

Learn to play like Feng E. Brushing the strings and making his distinctive style. Ideal for those who can already sing and play at the same time, but you don´t have to sing if you don´t want to.

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK

4. Calico Ukulele: Sway (EN)

Juliana, Tina and Albert will present this highly entertaining workshop and teach you how to play the song “Sway”. This workshop has something for everyone, if you can already play 4 or 6 chords, then you can do it, of you are more advanced, then you can also get a lot from it.

Level: Slightely advanced
Price: 350,- CZK

Block 4  |  12:15 – 13:15

1. Peter Moss: Uke & Sing – Silly Love Songs (EN)

"Silly Love Songs" were written by Paul McCartney and Wings. This is a workshop explores how to create an arrangement for the ukulele. There are only 6 chords so very easy to participa-te. The arrangement will also look at different and overlapping vocal parts so bring your best singing voice to the party. This could be classed as a Fun Shop rather than a workshop.

Level: Beginners
Price: 350,- CZK

2. Ukulele Bartt Warburton: Ice Cream and Blues Patterns in Every Key plus a Bonus: Intro to Fingerpicking (EN)

How do musicians jam with each other, even when they’ve never met before or heard the song before? They recognise patterns. And so will you, after this groovy workshop with Bartt. You’ll discover how to play Ice Cream patterns, even if you don’t know what they are yet. You’ll also learn how to play Blues in any key. We’ll write a blues song as a group, and then we’ll play and sing it. If we’re lucky, we’ll get loud and rock the house! We will also do a bit of fingerpicking, which Bartt will demonstrate and explain clearly. The emphasis is on fun, while you learn stuff and exercise your fingers and vocal cords!

Level: For everyone who knows their basic accords
Price: 350,- CZK

3. Mirek Pátek: Low G ukulele – Can we play it like a "small guitar"? (CZ/AJ)

Our model will be the bluegrass guitar (Lester Flatt played it with thumbpick and index fingerpick) and we will explore the possibilities of the boom-chuck rhythm alternating the single note and the strummed chord. Unlike the chord-melody style, where the melody is on the highest string, our "walking bass" or even the melody will be played on thick strings. The plastic thumbpick (or the flatpick) helps to emphasise those low notes, the optional fingerpick on the index finger helps to highlight the off-beat notes. We will discuss the five best major keys suitable for this style (C, D, F, G, A).

Preview of the play style

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK

4. Ondřej Šárek - Songs by Jaroslav Ježek for ukulele

In the workshop we will learn how to play two well-known songs that are beautiful in both their melody and harmony. We will play in a chord-melodic style. The songs are adapted for ukulele with a high G string.

Vycházím z knihy: „Jaroslav Ježek v úpravě pro ukulele“

Level: Intermediate
Price: 350,- CZK