This 4 week course is designed to introduce you to the ukulele - the world's most popular instrument. During the course, you will learn the five most common chords played on the ukulele (C, Am, F, G, G7) and just three strumming patterns for beginners. This course is the place to start if you have never played ukulele before and want to give it a go before committing to the 6-week Beginners course. BYO Ukulele. Beginners Ukulele Book by Cal Williams Jr to be purchased from tutor ($25).

Your Tutor is Dr Chris Waite

Dr Chris Waite BMBS (Flinders), BCA (USQ Music) has been teaching at WEA since 2022. 

From Adelaide, Chris studied Music Performance at Norwood High School and in 1985 he won the SA Young Composers Award with a work written for piano and four voices. After graduating from Flinders Medical School in 1994 he spent several years working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Central Australia. In 2007 he moved to Beachport, where he continued working as a GP until 2012. 

He completed a Certificate 4 in Audio Engineering in 2002 and a Bachelor of Creative Arts (USQ) in 2018, majoring in music composition. In 2015 he joined the Beachport Ukulele Group (BUGS), learnt to play ukulele and completed Level 3 Teacher Training with the James Hill Ukulele Initiative. 

Now living back in Adelaide, he teaches group and private ukulele lessons and workshops, and is the musical director for UkestraSA, a community ukulele orchestra.