Manitoba Hal
Over the past twenty years Manitoba Hal Brolund has forged an international reputation for engaging performance, storytelling and masterful ukulele playing. His strong foundation in American roots / blues music, confident expressive vocals, and distinctive original music have made him a solid draw and in demand workshop leader at festivals, house concerts and soft seat theatres in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Hal’s performances are all about engaging and connecting with his audience and he makes music that takes his audience from the deep south to the islands with songs that are mournful, hopeful, silly, romantic and introspective. He proves that the uke can be small but mighty as he pulls out powerful blues riffs and melodies adding background beats with looping technology showcasing the blues in all it's passion and groove.
Fingerpicking Basics
Learn how to add fingerpicking to your uke trick bag This workshop focuses on your rhythm hand and you will not use a single chord. We'll talk about how to develop your picking skills and how to use it in conjunction with strumming to add spice to your playing.
This is for beginners who are comfortable strumming and want to start using the rest of the fingers on their rhythm hand to add interest.
The blues can sound really repetitive after a while unless you learn to add some licks and runs to your playing. We'll work on a basic 12 bar blues pattern and learn some licks that everyone can play to spice up the song. This is for raw beginners who are comfortable with the chords C, F, G7 and adding some simple single note picking to the progression.