Category: Ukes4Fun

1st + 3rd Tuesdays 1:00 – 3:00

The Cumberland Arms

• see our Calendar

• 1st Tuesday – Ukes4Fun with Dot and Misspent Uke
• 2nd Tuesday – NO SESSION
• 3rd Tuesday – Ukes4Fun New/Old Songs with Denis
• 4th Tuesday – NO SESSION
• 5th Tuesday – NO SESSION

See this page for more information about Uke Sessions at The Cumberland Arms

2nd Sundays 1:00 – 3:00

The Cumberland Arms

• Please note: the Sunday Sessions are NOT suitable for “Beginners” and Songsheets are rarely available
• see our Calendar

See this page for more information about Uke Sessions @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker

Reminders for everyone for all sessions

Leading songs: If you are going to lead a song, make sure that you have practiced playing and singing it before you get to the session

Song arrangements: The simpler the song arrangement, the more likely it is “work” as a “session song”. We have some very good players who are capable of adding all sorts of finesse and flourishes to a song. We love hearing these played but they work better as an occasional “solo spot”. If you are playing at this level then you can probably work out a simpler arrangement so that most people can play along with you. There are some good tips here:
http://ukuleleinthedark.com/ud52-trimming-away-how-to-simplify-song-sheets/

Play it again, Sam! Dot has a good ear for the sort of songs that are likely to become popular in sessions. If you get the nod from Dot that it is a “good song”, take the hint and give it a run at another session asap!

Practice makes perfect: It might take a few sessions before everyone is familiar enough with a new song for it to settle in and “work”. This applies just as much to well-known songs (when everyone might have a different version playing in their heads) as to less well known songs (when perhaps only the the song leader “knows how it goes”).

Give us a clue! You can use the email list to send links to YouTube videos, audio files on SoundCloud, etc. to help familiarise everyone with a new song that you are going to introduce (it helps even more if the recording is in the same key that you are going to use but that is not always possible)

Song sheets: You can also use the email list to send song sheets to everyone – but please still bring at least 10 copies on paper when you are introducing a song for the first time.

• • If the song is already in our Song Books – and is in the same key – then everyone should have access to it already: https://ukes4fun.org.uk/songsheets/
  • See the the tips on that page about creating new song sheets
  • See this post for information about easy ways to create new song sheets online:
    https://ukes4fun.org.uk/2014/01/12/online-tools-to-make-song-sheets/

Calendar

For the latest information on dates, times and venues for Thursday and Sunday Sessions, please check the Calendar: https://ukes4fun.org.uk/calendar/

“Shout-Up” Campaign at The Cumberland Arms

Update: 31 August 2018

Message from Dot

Hello Everyone,

The Cumberland has become part of a campaign called “Shout Up”. This was set up initially to protect women from harassment in bars throughout Newcastle.

You can find out about the campaign on the “Shout Up” website: https://www.shoutup.org

You can also see posters on the pub walls.

This is a “heads up” to anyone who attends our sessions.

We play in the Cumberland so we need to be aware of and sensitive to what they consider to be appropriate behaviour.  

Dot

What to do if there are any problems

Staff at the Cumberland Arms have been trained to deal with sexual harassment as part of this Campaign.

If you experience or witness sexual harassment, the purpose of this Campaign is to encourage you to alert Bar Staff so that they can deal with the problem promptly and effectively. You do not have to literally “shout” – the point is immediacy of action, not volume :-)

Calendar

For the latest information on dates, times and venues for Thursday and Sunday Sessions, please check the Calendar: https://ukes4fun.org.uk/calendar

2nd + 4th Tuesdays 6:00 – 8:00

The Cumberland Arms

• see our Calendar

• 1st Tuesday – NO SESSION
• 2nd Tuesday – Ukes4Fun with Dot and Misspent Uke
• 3rd Tuesday – NO SESSION
• 4th Tuesday – Ukes4Fun New/Old Songs with Denis
• 5th Tuesday – NO SESSION.

See this page for more information about Uke Sessions at The Cumberland Arms

2nd Sundays 2:00 – 4:00

The Cumberland Arms

• Please note: the Sunday Sessions are NOT suitable for “Beginners” and Songsheets are rarely available
• see our Calendar

We enjoyed meeting on Sundays upstairs at The Millstone, South Gosforth for many years.

Staff and management were friendly and helpful, the beer and food were both excellent – but those tricky stairs with the sharp, twisty turn at the bottom made the room inaccessible for an increasing number of players.

So we are now meeting downstairs at The Cumberland Arms on the 2nd Sunday 2:00 – 4:00 every month. Having a regular Sunday slot also helps, rather than a moveable feast, which made it difficult for some members to be able to plan ahead.

Many thanks to staff and management at The Millstone for their help over the years and to Jo for finding space in the music sessions timetable for us to revive Sunday Ukulele Sessions at The Cumberland.

See this page for more information about Uke Sessions @ The Cumberland Arms, Byker

Reminders for everyone for all sessions

Leading songs: If you are going to lead a song, make sure that you have practiced playing and singing it before you get to the session

Song arrangements: The simpler the song arrangement, the more likely it is “work” as a “session song”. We have some very good players who are capable of adding all sorts of finesse and flourishes to a song. We love hearing these played but they work better as an occasional “solo spot”. If you are playing at this level then you can probably work out a simpler arrangement so that most people can play along with you. There are some good tips here:
http://ukuleleinthedark.com/ud52-trimming-away-how-to-simplify-song-sheets/

Play it again, Sam! Dot has a good ear for the sort of songs that are likely to become popular in sessions. If you get the nod from Dot that it is a “good song”, take the hint and give it a run at another session asap!

Practice makes perfect: It might take a few sessions before everyone is familiar enough with a new song for it to settle in and “work”. This applies just as much to well-known songs (when everyone might have a different version playing in their heads) as to less well known songs (when perhaps only the the song leader “knows how it goes”).

Give us a clue! You can use the email list to send links to YouTube videos, audio files on SoundCloud, etc. to help familiarise everyone with a new song that you are going to introduce (it helps even more if the recording is in the same key that you are going to use but that is not always possible)

Song sheets: You can also use the email list to send song sheets to everyone – but please still bring at least 10 copies on paper when you are introducing a song for the first time.

• • If the song is already in our Song Books – and is in the same key – then everyone should have access to it already: https://ukes4fun.org.uk/songsheets/
  • See the the tips on that page about creating new song sheets
  • See this post for information about easy ways to create new song sheets online:
    https://ukes4fun.org.uk/2014/01/12/online-tools-to-make-song-sheets/

Calendar

For the latest information on dates, times and venues for Thursday and Sunday Sessions, please check the Calendar: https://ukes4fun.org.uk/calendar/

“Shout-Up” Campaign at The Cumberland Arms

Update: 31 August 2018

Message from Dot

Hello Everyone,

The Cumberland has become part of a campaign called “Shout Up”. This was set up initially to protect women from harassment in bars throughout Newcastle.

You can find out about the campaign on the “Shout Up” website: https://www.shoutup.org

You can also see posters on the pub walls.

This is a “heads up” to anyone who attends our sessions.

We play in the Cumberland so we need to be aware of and sensitive to what they consider to be appropriate behaviour.  

Dot

What to do if there are any problems

Staff at the Cumberland Arms have been trained to deal with sexual harassment as part of this Campaign.

If you experience or witness sexual harassment, the purpose of this Campaign is to encourage you to alert Bar Staff so that they can deal with the problem promptly and effectively. You do not have to literally “shout” – the point is immediacy of action, not volume :-)

Calendar

For the latest information on dates, times and venues for Thursday and Sunday Sessions, please check the Calendar: https://ukes4fun.org.uk/calendar