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DaSilva Ukulele Company
Berkeley, California Julne 22
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The Britt Ukulele Getaway
Ashland, Oregon July 5-7
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Booher Family Music Camp
Sisters, Oregon July 21-27
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Mya Moe Day Picnic
White Salmon, Washington August 17
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Tunes In The Dunes III
Otis, Oregon Sept. 20-22
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Seattle, Washington October 13
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James Hill Langley Workshops
Langley BC, Canada October 18-19
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Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway
Tampa, Florida November 1-3
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James Hill Workshops
Langely, BC, Canada

Lone Star Ukulele Festival
Dallas, Texas

Melbourne Ukulele Festival Australia

NAMM Show-Kala Uke Circle

Portland Ukulele Festival

Tahoe Ukulele Retreat

Tunes In The Dunes Retreat
Otis, Oregon

Vancouver BC Ukulele Festival Canada

West Coast Ukulele Retreat
Pacific Grove, California


 

Weekly Interval #14: Descending Major 2nd

Posted on: January 14th, 2011 by dville 2 Comments

This week’s guest on the Weekly Interval is the descending Major 2nd. It’s a funky interval going from the octave to the flatted 7th note of the C Major Scale.  Play the interval on your instrument. Listen to it. Spend a week with this interval, play it in different keys, different areas of the different area of the neck and listen for the melodies of familiar songs to jump out as you practice listening to the descending major 2nd. If you do hear the melody to a song that starts with this interval other than those listed below post it in the comments section.

Key of C: Octave C to Bb
Solfege Syllables: Do-Tay (pronounced Doe-Tay)
1st string, 3rd fret to 1st string, 1st fret
First two notes of (not necessarily C to Bb):
Yesterday

 

 

2 Responses

  1. hartsook says:

    Deck the Halls (with boughs of Holly)

  2. Gerry says:

    Jim , T think this should be 1ST string 3rd fret to 1st string 1st fret. Going up it was called Lee (Asc Maj6).
    Does it change names on the way down?

    Thanks, Gerry

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