The ukulele has become one of the most popular instruments in music education, and with good reason: It's inexpensive, portable and user-friendly for both teachers and students. This course covers everything you'll need to know to start using the ukulele in your classroom, including uke anatomy, tuning, types and features, how to read chord diagrams, strumming patterns, popular chords and chord progressions. Suitable for absolute beginners through intermediate players. You'll learn a wide variety of popular and "classic" songs along the way that you can use immediately. Suitable for absolute beginners through intermediate players who are looking for new ideas. Students are asked to submit audio files (mp3) and post videos in order to fully participate.