Get your Uke's out

New ukulele group set to strum

By Sonia Clark

Glass House Mountains’ musician Hans Dauncey is planning a local community ukulele group, with players of all ages and abilities welcome.

Hans has been in discussions with the Glass House Mountains Neighbourhood Centre and hopes to kick off a weekly group on Monday evenings from 6.30-8.30pm starting on June 24.

Hans believes that there are enough interested people in the local area to make a viable group that he hopes will be primarily for the enjoyment of playing and singing together as a community.

“It doesn't matter if anyone has played before or not as we will explore songs with easy parts for beginners and more challenging parts for others,” Hans said.

The group will be called the Glasshouse Ukulele Mountain Musical Initiative or GUMMI, and a gold coin donation will be requested to help cover the hire of the hall.

Hans said he planned to project the songs (words and the chords) on a screen so people did not have to bring their own music books.

Ideally participants will bring their own ukulele but, if required, Hans will have a couple of loan ukes available.

Each week the group will be playing and singing songs from a repertoire that initially will be easy two and three chord songs (traditional and more contemporary) so beginners can gain confidence.

They will aim to introduce some more interesting arrangements down the track using different strums, finger picking or other instruments.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Hans at glassuke@gmail.com.