2 Days
June 29, 2019 10:00 am
June 30, 2019 5:00 pm
175$
Handouts are provided
12 - 14
This course is for Beginners to Intermediate, but advanced are welcome and Manitoba Hal will have plenty to challenge them. For those beginning their love of the ukulele, we suggest all participants become familiar with basic chords and strumming. This will allow enough dexterity for Manitoba Hal to teach you some very handy - and fun! - tricks and riffs.
To ensure that you are included in the course please register for it. can be made by following the registration link below or in person at the Parrsboro Creative office.
If you encounter any problem in the registration process please call us at 1-902-728-2007.
If for any reason the course has to be cancelled all fees will be reimburesed,
If for any reason the student wishes to cancel prior to two weeks before the commencement of the course the full fee minus a 10% service fee will be refunded.
There will be no refund if the the student cancels within two weeks of the commencement of the course.
If for any reason the student wishes to cancel prior to two weeks before the commencement of the course the full fee minus a 10% service fee will be refunded.
There will be no refund if the the student cancels within two weeks of the commencement of the course.
This course is tailored to provide the basic techniques which can be applied to any style of music, and as a starting point, Hal will take you through the basics of the blues, and show you the tricks and riffs that will enhance your strumming and allow you to dabble in melodic solo playing.
At the end of this course you will have learned three classic blues songs, the template for hundreds of other songs, and the skills to make any performance on a ukulele come alive.
At the end of this course you will have learned three classic blues songs, the template for hundreds of other songs, and the skills to make any performance on a ukulele come alive.
Day 1 - We begin with the fundamentals of the blues. We’ll use Robert Johnson’s classic Sweet Home Chicago as a template for structure and pacing of a 12 bar blues song. Once we’ve mastered the basics, we’ll learn stops, and some tricks and tips to make the basics stand out.
Day 2 - We go over two songs and learn them from soup to nuts. Mississippi John Hurt’s classic Let The Mermaid’s Flirt With Me and Elizabeth Cotton’s Freight Train. These two songs utilize a finger picking approach and melody picking. It can be challenging but is easily learned with practice. These skills are transferable to any blues song!
Day 2 - We go over two songs and learn them from soup to nuts. Mississippi John Hurt’s classic Let The Mermaid’s Flirt With Me and Elizabeth Cotton’s Freight Train. These two songs utilize a finger picking approach and melody picking. It can be challenging but is easily learned with practice. These skills are transferable to any blues song!
"Never Enough"
"Sweet Home Chicago"
"Sweet Home Chicago"
Manitoba Hal
For over 15 years, Canadian blues artist Manitoba Hal has been forging a career as one of the country’s most preeminent roots and blues multi-instrumentalists. With 14 recordings under his own name and appearances on countless others, guitarist, ukulele master and singer-songwriter Manitoba Hal is a musical renaissance man.
Beginning his career as a guitarist, Manitoba Hal began to play the ukulele when he inherited a 1955 Martin uke from his beloved grandfather who told him “you can have it if you learn to play it”. And so, he did, continuing to master the tiny instrument, thus proving that the ukulele can be small but mighty as he pulls out powerful riffs and melodies adding background beats with looping technology showcasing the blues in all its passion and groove. His approach to playing is simple – there’s not a lot of flash, just a brilliant understanding of the music, the mood and his audience. Hal is an in demand workshop leader, headlining and teaching at festivals and ukulele clubs around the world every year.
Beginning his career as a guitarist, Manitoba Hal began to play the ukulele when he inherited a 1955 Martin uke from his beloved grandfather who told him “you can have it if you learn to play it”. And so, he did, continuing to master the tiny instrument, thus proving that the ukulele can be small but mighty as he pulls out powerful riffs and melodies adding background beats with looping technology showcasing the blues in all its passion and groove. His approach to playing is simple – there’s not a lot of flash, just a brilliant understanding of the music, the mood and his audience. Hal is an in demand workshop leader, headlining and teaching at festivals and ukulele clubs around the world every year.
Handouts are provided
"A charming pro that holds his own against time and tide in fine style, it's easy to say this is as good as white boy blues gets..."
Midwest Record.com - Jan 12, 2017
"Winnipeg raised bluesman ... Manitoba Hal gave the blues a new twist at the Tongue N Groove, July 21... As promised, he cracked jokes and told stories, but when he picked out classic blues licks on his ukulele, jaws dropped."
Richard Amery - L.A. Beat
"If you like singer songwriters you're going to enjoy Manitoba Hal, if you love, country, blues, folk, gospel, cajun, and celtic, music then you're going to love Manitoba Hal!"
Brian Mcghee (Keep Ukulele Playing Live)
Midwest Record.com - Jan 12, 2017
"Winnipeg raised bluesman ... Manitoba Hal gave the blues a new twist at the Tongue N Groove, July 21... As promised, he cracked jokes and told stories, but when he picked out classic blues licks on his ukulele, jaws dropped."
Richard Amery - L.A. Beat
"If you like singer songwriters you're going to enjoy Manitoba Hal, if you love, country, blues, folk, gospel, cajun, and celtic, music then you're going to love Manitoba Hal!"
Brian Mcghee (Keep Ukulele Playing Live)
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