Help me give my students easy to use Ukulele tuners to begin their musical journey.
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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My school has been focusing on encouraging students with talents in the Visual and Performing Arts. Currently, we have an Art Colony that encourages students to develop their drawing skills. We want to expand and encourage students with musical talents. Last year, we introduced ukuleles into a 4th grade classroom. I want to continue providing the students in my class with beginning ukulele lessons for music.
Learning how to tune their ukuleles is a crucial step for beginning ukulele players.
Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, in a primarily working class, inner-city neighborhood, our students may not have the resources to take music lessons. Coming from families where parents may be working multiple jobs and struggling to meet everyday needs, our students may not have the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument at home.
I hope that, while learning to play the ukulele, our students will be empowered to develop their talent into a lifelong passion. In order to do this they will need tuners. Learning to create music on a ukulele will also help these students stay motivated, persist, and, hopefully, enjoy learning.
My Project
Learning to play the ukulele is exciting! However, students can get discouraged if their ukuleles are not properly tuned. There are many tuner apps; however, my students do not necessarily have easy access to online apps.
My students need easy to use tuners for their ukuleles.
It can be frustrating to keep a ukulele in tune if you do not have a quality tuner. I want my students to have a joyful, positive experience learning to play music.
These tuners will help them learn the basics of playing a ukulele with the least amount of frustration.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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