Five Foot Two - Ukulele Classic

"Five Foot Two" is just plain fun to play on the ukulele.
Here is a music video to accompany a Cal-Mum student's recording of the song that she recorded one day in fifth grade. She invited some classmates along Mr. Toyama to help with the final editing:

Blast from the past: Seven and None

Back in 2008 a group of Cal-Mum 5th graders got together almost every lunch period in Mr. Leonard's classroom to practice songs they wrote and played. They got so good that they put on their own performance during the school day back in February 2008.

Here they are performing their song "Salt and Vinegar Chips":

The Cal-Mum Waltz:

The Cal-Mum Waltz:

Here is Cal-Mum Uke Club instructor, Mr. Toyama showing the finger positions and plucking pattern for the waltz that he has arranged for the ukulele club:

With 1-2-3 Cal-Mum Uke Club starts back

Caledonia-Mumford Central School at www.cal-mum.org will once again have after-school ukulele club practice. The Club members have started to practice Jake Shimabukuro's song "1-2-3"

This cool little song, written for ukulele came from the effort of Leo Daquioag of the Music for Life Foundation and Jake Shimabukuro. Back in 2011 Leo and Jake headlined the effort to break the Guinness Book of Records for largest ensemble of ukulele players playing a specific piece of music. Jake wrote the music for the song that only requires three fingers to play. Students from Iliahi Elementary School in Wahiawa wrote the song that goes with the music.

Here are students at Cal-Mum Elementary School performing the song at 2012 Christmas Concert.




Here is Jake's instructions on how to play "1-2-3":

Part 2:



Here is Jake playing "1-2-3"