Teaching Materials

Click here to access some teaching materials that have been helpful to me as I teach students of all ages to play ukulele.

Here are links to a variety of play-along tunes from a variety of YouTube channels:
- Click here for tunes by title
- Click here for tunes by chords

Robin Giebelhausen's WONDERFUL materials.

Posters of common chords!!! - From Ukulele in the Classroom Site

Chord Flashcards from Ukuleleintheclassroom.com

pluckinukes.com is a GREAT site for creating tab for picking, song sheets with chords indicated, and creating chord sheets, etc.

C-Major Scale for picking!

Sweet Video on the History of the Ukulele:

Helpful Websites:

Ukulele Boogaloo
Uketab.com - Top 99 Pop Tunes (you can set it to "of all time" or "in the past 24 hours!) - You can also adjust the key, because some pop tunes are written in the key that fits the pop stars voice, not the key that fits your students' ukes!
Ukulele Hut is also a great website for all things ukes!
Great resources here: https://ukestuff.wordpress.com/ukulele-education-resources/

Helpful References:

Beloff, J., & Belloff, L. (2010). The daily ukulele. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard.

Greenberg, M. (1992). The ukulele in your classroom. Music Educators Journal, 79(3), 43-48.

Thibeault, M. D., & Evoy, J. (2011). Building your own musical community: How YouTube, Miley Cyrus, and the ukulele can create a new kind of ensemble. General Music Today, 24(3), 44-52.

Thibeault, M. D. (2014). Exploring the old town school of folk music’s Beck Song Reader Ensemble: An interview with Nathaniel Braddock. General Music Today, 27(2), 43-47.

Thibeault, M. D. (2014). Media as an invitation to rethink music education. General Music Today, 27(3), 36-39.