Rhythm & Picking Workshop with Bill Stoye

 

Ready to move beyond the basic strum? Join our fabulous drummer and ukulele player, Bill Stoye, for a hands-on workshop designed to expand your playability and deepen your sense of rhythm.

In this workshop, you will:

  • Explore why rhythm is so important in bringing out a song’s emotion
  • Practice counting techniques to find and lock into the rhythm
  • Listen to rhythmic variations and dynamics
  • Learn PIMA-style picking and apply it to songs you can start playing right away

Details

📅 Date: Wednesday, June 10th
⏰ Time: 6:30–8:00 PM
📍 Location: Millcreek Library – 2266 Evergreen Avenue

What to bring:

  • Sheet music for Country RoadsOctopus’s Garden, and Moonshadow
  • The attached handout for the chorus of Moonshadow
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Moon Shadow Chorus PIMADownload
Octopus’s Garden, , Download
Take Me Home Country Roads, , Download

Preview Videos Bill has put together six short video clips so you can preview what you’ll learn — and use them as a reference after the workshop. Each clip demonstrates PIMA-style picking:

SongClips
Country RoadsVerse · Bridge
Octopus’s GardenVerse (with singing) · Verse (without singing)
MoonshadowChorus (with singing) · Chorus (without singing)

Here’s the playlist so you can watch all six clips.

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