This week I changed the tuning of my ukulele. In my (very) limited experience before this project I had it tuned in D, so I decided to now play in C. Though for younger students, tuning in the key of D is better, as it is higher and their voices haven’t changed, I chose to use C because it opens up choices for future students (and myself now!) to have more opportunities and choices in what they may want to learn as part of their education. More choices for them to discover gives them more ownership of their education and keeps them engaged because they can choose to learn songs they enjoy already.

As for me, I am learning new chords and trying to find some songs to play! I have been using mainly C, A, A minor, G and G7, and just working through transitioning between those chords, focusing on fluency and accuracy. I find the strumming in pattern and changing chords at the right time awkward, but it’s early still!