Take free classes, teach a free session. This will be a Do-It-Yourself event. When you arrive you can simply take a class at your skill level, or you can teach a song, a skill or a theory to others. It's as simple as signing up on a volunteer board. It's all free!
Note: If teaching a class, please bring handouts to share with your students. There is a print/copy shop right across the street if needed.
Classes will start on the hour and last 45 minutes. You can use the extra 15 minutes to go over material, make new contacts, or plan your next class.
When you arrive at Central Park, there will be four sign-up boards. The boards will have time slots for volunteers to indicate the classes they will teach.
There will be several classes each hour, and the sign-up board will announce the instructor's name, what they will teach, the location, and the class level, (Beginning, Intermediate Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.)
Here is a version of James Hill's definition of different uke player skill levels. No one fits exactly, but see where you fit best.
Beginner: A student at this level is brand-new to the ukulele. He/she has perhaps learned one to three chords but stops in-between chord changes to move the fingers to the next location.
Beginner-Intermediate : A student at this level knows a handful of chords and can move from one chord to another without pausing. Student may have trouble with, say, the B-flat chord shape. Student has learned a strum or two and/or a finger pattern for picking.
Intermediate: A student at this level can hold a steady rhythm and is competent with a variety of basic chords. Understands simple chord progressions (such as I, IV, V chords), can sing and strum at the same time, and learns chords to simple tunes fairly quickly.
Advanced: A student at this level can hear I, IV, and V chords, has mastered some chord inversions, knows there is life above the fifth fret, and has been there with barre or 4-fingered closed chords. Plays lead and backup easily with others and keeps steady rhythm.