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BUG for beginners is on at
Next Venue - Bunch of Grapes Hotel, 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat, on Thursday the 19th of July.
>> NOTE - we are in the main dining area! <<
Beginners - 6 to 7pm. Venue information
6pm Thursdays
19th of July 2018
Beginners : 6 - 7 - with Jill
The "Three Chord Night" booklet, and the Beginners book are found in our Resources.
What happens at BUG Beginners?
Beginners is an hour of slower, simpler tunes to help beginners hone their skills.
Generally, you would be able to play C, Am, F, G at a minimum, and be able to chance chords smoothly, and do a basic strum, or be up for improving your skills in all these things.
Occasionally a beginners lesson, for people who have never played, will be presented. The last one was on the 3rd of May 2018.
Head over to the Resources page, to find the "Three Chord Night" booklet, BUG Beginner's book, and also the Workshops page, for information on strumming, and picking.
2018 June to August - contact changes
>> Contact Lisa - if you are new, to get on the email list. <<
Sign up to the web site from here: https://ballaratukulelegroup.org/create-an-account-on-bug - and introduce yourself!
2018
3rd of May was a Beginning Beginners class
18th of Jan - a Strumming workshop was held - details on the Workshops
4th of January songs - Suspicion Recorded by Terry Stafford & Written by Doc Pomus, Jerome Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
Some copies of the music will be available on the night for new people, otherwise, regular Beginners, please go to the Resources page and download what you need.
- Check for any changes to this in Announcements at the top of the page
2017
13th July - 27th July with Clare, Jill, Richard, Suzanne will be there from 6pm
Bunch of Grapes Hotel - 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat
22nd June - 6th July - Thursday 15th June - meet Jeannie & helpers at 6pm
Bunch of Grapes Hotel - 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat
Thursday 15th June
Beginners at 6pm, with Clare and helpers.
This week at Bunch of Grapes Hotel - 401 Pleasant Street South, Ballarat
Thursday 6th April
Beginners at 6pm, with Clare and helpers.
23rd March - Beginners at 6pm - Bunch of Grapes (& No beginners 30th March)
Jeannie will run a real "beginners" session, for the several very new players who have joined us in recent weeks..... other "experienced" beginners are welcome to come along as well, as you may be able to assist the beg
Beginning beginners and brush up on some basics.
6 - 7 pm. I will look at the Beginners week 1 notes that most people should have a copy of 
Beginner week 1.pdf279.78 KB
from the 23rd Feb
Beginners Session on Thursday night was really pumping and the beginners enjoyed learning about the format of the 12 bar blues.... hope you can practise this a bit more... The 12 bar is A goes like this ( one bar - 4 beats - for each of the letters.
A A A A
D7 D7 A A
E7 D7 A E7 ( this is the turn around back to the start. If you are going to finish, you then finish on A)
2017
Contact Jeannie to find out if she will be there at 6pm -
Stay tuned for some beginner sessions, later in the year. Meanwhile, the beginners from 2016 are welcome to join the main session.
2016
November & December 2016
Attention BEGINNERS - The beginners group meets at the venue at 6pm. If Jeannie is available to lead the group, she will meet you there, but if not, it is a chance to go through suitable songs at a steady (not too fast) pace. You are welcome to stay for dinner and play with the main group from 7:45pm.
September 2016
BEGINNERS- Jeannie will meet you at the Bunch of Grapes onThursday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th of September at 6pm.
Beginners still meet up on non teaching days, at 6pm, and of course, are welcome to the BUG jam at 7:30pm.
April 2016
Beginners sessions originally were to be for the month of January only. Thanks to Jeannie's and other volunteers' commitment, they have continued to run.
Changes to Beginners: The beginners group will meet at 6pm Thursdays, BUT from the 21st of April, the Beginners Lessons at 6pm will run every second Thursday, or there abouts.
Please email to confirm beginners is on (it may change due to other commitments).
Beginners Sessions began in January 2016
January 7, 14, 21 & 28 - start at 6pm - 7pm
Three of four of us will be there to assist new players. We could have a quick bite at 7pm, and then start the normal session at 7.30pm