Welcome to the Music Page of Varroa

This is primarily the page wherin I keep the important stuff for the music groups that I lead. The South End Ukulele Society is a ukulele (and other instruments!) jam band and song circle that meets on the Third Saturday of every month at the Kona Kai Coffee Company located at 124 4th Ave South, Kent, Washington. We try to start at 1:30 and continue until the last person quits and goes home.

If you or anyone you know is interested in playing with us, feel free to come on down. We play most of our songs from the current SUPA and Lakewood group songbooks, plus whatever hand outs people are inclined to bring and share.

We're open to all ages young and old, and most any skill level. We hope to see you there!

SEUS Mission Statements: From the Wikipedia page about the recording session later known as "The Million Dollar Quartet:" "... the sound of a group of friends, who are gathered together to play old favorites and share the pleasure of making music together."

If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right.

"You just pick a chord, go twang and you've got music." - Sid Vicious

"Play from the heart..." - Howie Aoyama

"Dooodly doodly doo!" - Carys "Harris" Jones

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. It has 5 basic elements: Pitch - The ordering of sounds on a frequency related scale Melody - also tune, voice, or line - the musical phrase or motif Harmony - simultaneous pitches, tones, or notes Rhythm - A regular recurrence or pattern in time - sounds and silences Tempo - The speed or pace of a given piece Meter - the pattern of lines or accents, stressed or unstressed beats - Time signatures & bar lines Articulation - the transition or continuity of notes Dynamics - Volume of a sound or note, as well as an entire piece Timbre (pronounced “tamber”) - That quality of a sound or tone that distinguishes the sound production. Also called tone quality and tone color Texture - The way the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic characteristics are combined

Oct 27, 2010	On wordlessly expressing the very core of my being
Oct 27, 2010	The beginnngs of a musical journey

Here are some Ukulele Lessons
Jan 7, 2012	Moveable Chord Shapes
Jan 7, 2012	Strumming & Chord Progressions
Jan 7, 2012	10 ways to make an E Chord
Jan 7, 2012	The Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern
Jan 7, 2012	4 string warmup exercises
Jan 7, 2012	Ukulele Chord forms & Fretboard
Jan 7, 2012	Chords in Transition
Jan 7, 2012	A Compendium of Ukulele Strum Patterns
Jan 7, 2012	Chord Progressions in Popular Music
Jan 7, 2012	Chord Construction & Tricks
Jan 7, 2012	Chord Construction & Details
Jan 7, 2012	Circle of Fifths, Circle of Fourths
Apr 18, 2012	Ukulele Pentatonic Blues Scale

The Kosmic Hippo Ukulele Arkestra of Kent! For all of your "You ask for it, we'll play it" needs! Accept no substitutes!

You could always go to my home page.

This page is authored and maintained by Rich Webb.You can send E-mail to me by following this link to the contact page. And feel free to contact me if you have any comments, criticisms, or suggestions. I remain, however, perfectly capable of ignoring your useless opinion...

This document gets updated pretty frequently, so check back often!