Our next ukulele jam is this Wednesday, January 21, at 7:00pm. If there's enough interest, we'll start with a beginner's workshop. This will be followed by our usual open jam, where you'll have your chance to show off your favorite song, or lead the group. If you want to lead the group with a song, be sure to bring extra copies. I usually bring a few songs too.
By the way, here's a little known fact about another stringed instrument: Take a tenor banjo tuned to its normal tuning, CGDA. First, switch around the 3rd and 4th strings. Then, re-tune the 2nd string up a whole note. You end up with a banjo that can be played exactly like a ukulele. The tenor banjo isn't very popular these days. However, there are a couple for sale in local stores. And Renaissance Music even has a tenor guitar. That's a small guitar tuned like a tenor banjo. But some people restring it with baritone uke strings.
We jam in the Royal Tavern, 344 Princess Street. Parking is normally available on Princess Street. Or park in the lot at the back of the Royal, off Brock Street, just past the fire hall. Be sure to show your appreciation to the Royal by visiting the bar and purchasing a beverage or two. Don't forget that they also offer soft drinks, in addition to their assortment of beers and other alcoholic drinks.
Cheers! Hans
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