Ukulele and Guitar Class Photos

This is my Indian student from the music school. Very good Guitar student who practises very hard.

He is able to pluck classical melodies and is also able to strum Guitar Chords and strumming patterns.

Keep up the good work!

This is my new Japanese student for Ukulele.

She is playing on an 8 string Ukulele. This is a Ukulele where there are two strings of the same note.

A very pleasant student! She is a very fun and enjoyable student to teach.

Fingerstyle Ukulele

For students learning the Ukulele, it will be nice for them to learn to play some Solo Ukulele, or Fingerstyle Ukulele.

What does Fingerstyle Ukulele mean?

It means playing a song using both Ukulele chords and individual notes.

Most of the time, you will be plucking the song out.

You will be able to hear the tune as you play, as compared to just strumming chords, where you will need to sing to accompany the song.

Technically, Fingerstyle Ukulele is more challenging, but more rewarding in the end!

Some Ukulele Class Photos

Ruka the Ukulele Student

My favourite Japanese student who is really good at the Ukulele. I started with her a couple of months ago and she is able to play confidently now! Keep it up girl!
Chords she is able to play- C, Am, F G, G7, Em, D7, Dm.


She is able to pluck Ukulele melodies and strum chords with strumming patterns.

Yu Neng Pri Ukulele Class

Yu Neng Pri Ukulele Class

Yu Neng Primary School Primary 5 Ukulele Program. I was teaching ukulele to the whole Primary 5 Level.

The students had fun playing and learning the Ukulele. The Instructor had fun teaching the Ukulele to them.

We did a finale Ukulele Performance. Really enjoyed the times I spent with them!

School Holidays

School Holidays are here again. Been busy with private classes and music school classes.

There are still time slots available. So You can contact me at 97450740 if you are interested in Guitar/Ukulele Lessons.

Been updating myself with contemporary songs, as most of my students are teenagers.

Did Let Her Go by Passenger with one of my students today. Went pretty well...

In order to play the song well, u must be able to play together with the recording of the song.

I did that with my student today, so I felt pretty pleased about that.

Finale Performance

Lessons at Yu Neng Primary have come to a close. The children did a finale performance today in front of a large audience outside the library. Even though they were pretty nervous, they did a pretty good job of it handling the pressure of playing in front of a live audience.

So proud of them. Really thank the teachers for giving me this chance to teach them over the course of 10 weeks and really happy that the students have gained much insight into the world of Ukulele.

Hope I can be back again next year to teach these adorable children again. :)

A Rainy Wednesday

Hello all,

Was kinda free this morning, so I went to a shop selling birds to look.

Was thinking of getting a parrot to liven up things at home. Maybe can teach it to talk and sing.

Or maybe I can play the guitar, and it becomes the lead singer. So I don't have to look for a female vocalist anymore. heehee.

Having my Japanese students today. Anyone knows how to speak fluent Jap here? I can do a skill swap, I teach you how to play the Guitar, You teach me Japanese.

Have always found the language very interesting. Very refined.

Also saw an advertisement on Chinese calligraphy lessons. hmmmm, I did it when I was much younger, maybe I should pick up this hobby again.

Overall a relaxing morning, I should be busier, but here I am at the library typing this post. Anyway,

its good to relax once in a while, do something other than guitar/ukulele. Take a road trip, go smell some flowers. On a side note, I think orchids are beautiful. Easy to grow and the flowers bloom for a long long time. More trips to the garden please?

What's happening on a Monday.

Done with classes on this typical Monday.

Completed lessons with the Belgium lady.
It was fun teaching her, and for her age, she has learnt pretty fast and well. Overall I was very pleased with her performance.

Followed by lessons with the two French girls. I seem to be having a lot of French students lately.
J is getting to know me a lot better now, and with her new ukulele, she is progressing along fine. All I need are some French songs to learn so that I can teach her.

Her sister L is a cute chubby 4 year old who is bursting with energy and enthusiasm. I think she's a little afraid of me as she needed her mum with her during the lesson. Overall it went well..

On my own part, my preparation for my exams is picking up steam. Rondo is settling pretty well, just memorized the first two sections. Polacca as usual needs more time, but Im getting down to that.

Scales, I hate the word, but they must be done. I have been procrastinating for such a long long time but they have to be done.

Overall rating for today, a 7 out of 10. Good day!

End of a Long Tiring week

Its a Saturday and its been a long week.

N Primary has come to a close at last. 10 fruitful weeks of training, interacting with the kids and preparing for performance. It has been full of laughter and joy, with some tough moments in between, but overall, I am pretty satisfied.

On the private lesson side, Monday started out well, with my young Miss J getting her ukulele and jumping for Joy about it. Her sister too is joining in the action. Lesson went as planned.

Tuesday, Mr Co got his lesson alone with me as his cousin was not able to make it. Tried to play "say something"- the song is still ringing in my head. Lesson went well.

My Jap group on Wednesday was fun. the little boy can sing and play now, which is really good cos I only had him for three lessons. My little Jo boy was spot on as usual with his lessons, so it really felt good.

Well I end my Saturday on a high as I received a new group today.

Note to myself, Prepare the lesson well and the actual lesson will go smoothly.

Bye for now!