Uke Can Do It!

Philip Tamberino is developer of the first known classroom ukulele programs in the New York metro area and teaches classroom, instrumental, and vocal music in public school.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Getting Started
1. Overview
What is the Ukulele?
Where Can the Ukulele Fit In Schools?
Why Include the Ukulele in Music Education?
2. Becoming Ukulele Literate
Getting Your Own Ukulele
Basics of Playing the Ukulele
Listening Guide
Who’s Who?
Next Steps
3. Starting a School Program
What is Your Goal?
Making a Pitch
Funding and Parental Involvement
Guidelines for Student Instruments
PART II: Up and Running
4. Classroom Management
Setting Up the Room

Using Shared Instruments
Tuning Instruments
Language and Terminology
Managing Student Behavior
Promoting Home Practice
Maintenance and Repairs
5. Introducing Students to the Ukulele
Accommodating (Special) Learners
First Session with Instruments
6. Technical Sequence
Strumming and Picking
Fretting and Related Techniques
7. Applications in Classroom Music
Reading Rhythms
Reading Treble Staff Pitches
Matching Pitch While Singing
Analyzing Harmony
Recognizing Intervals, Chords, and Chord Changes by Ear
Improvising
Composing
Illustrating Acoustic Principles and Music Theory Concepts
Accompanying Students in Dalcroze/Music-and-Movement Activities
Incorporating Ukulele into Orff Schulwerk Activities

8. Ukuleles in Performance
Choosing Repertoire
Arranging Music
Chord “Tricks”
Accompaniment
Promoting the Program
Appendix
One- and Two-Chord Songs
Beginner Chords
Beginner Chords (modified)
Scales
150 Chords Diagrams with Fingering
Glossary
Index