We offer Ukulele lessons for Hamilton, Dundas, Burlington, Ancaster!

Our students are a great group of people. Here are some of them from the winter term. The rest of the lucky folks were cavourting in Mexico, Aruba, New Zealand etc. — sigh!	We just couldn’t help serenading this rabbit at the 2009 International Ukulele Ceilidh ("Kay-Lee") in Nova Scotia. The Ceilidh is held every two years and is a great place to pick up some new learning ideas from the ukulele professionals. A group of String Along members will again be making the voyage this fall for additional learning.
Over the years, we have perfected our own unique, style of teaching.	This group of String Along students we’re misbehaving at the 2009 Nova Scotia Ceilidh and we had to put them out to sea, however, they found their way back.

Lessons:
String Along Ukulele is run by Elayne and Norm Ruplen. We have been teaching adults to play the ukulele since the early 1970s in the Hamilton, Dundas, Ancaster and Burlington areas of Ontario, Canada. Our goal is to teach the ukulele as a fun instrument to be played for the sheer delight of singing and jamming with a group of people. Although we do have "Open Mic" at our regional Golden Horseshoe Jug and Jams to express stage skills, the main focus of the String Along Ukulele Club is to play along with a group of ukulele players for fun and to share the comradery.

You will find that learning the ukulele requires no background musical knowledge. We read songs with the chords written over top of the words, so all you have to do is gradually learn the chords. Many songs follow the same chord patterns, so learning is easy.

Music theory is taught incidentally, on a need-to-know basis. We also sprinkle in some advanced techniques for those who want a challenge, but with a sensitivity to those who just want to learn strumming techniques, sing and acquire a proven repertoire of songs from the various decades, old and new. There’s NO PRESSURE to “keep up with the Jones-es”. It’s all for fun and you can advance at your own comfort level.

This is what the uke should be all about – an easy, fun instrument for the masses. But, having said that, check out our “Media” page to see some outstanding ukulele performances by people who have taken the ukulele to the highest limit, such as James Hill and Jake Shimabukuro. Amazing!!

If you are interested in uke lessons, please use our "Contact Us" page. Let the adventure begin!