GIG INFO UPDATE:
Friday 19th June - CLAIRE HOUSE FIRE WALK - Bradbury Park (Opening at 5.30pm arrive by 5pm)
Friday 26th June - ASYLUM LINK FUNDRAISER - St Annes Centre, Overbury St (Opening at 6.30 arrive by 6pm)
Wednesday 1st July - UCL SUMMER CELEBRATION - Sefton Park Cricket Club (7.30pm Start)
Sunday 5th July - SUMMER STRUM FUNDRIASER - Flannagans Apple (1pm - 6pm) SEE NEW POLL

SET LIST (Please bring all music sheets to class)
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1. SWEET CHILD O MINE
2. BE MY BABY
3. WHISKY IN THE JAR
4. TELEPHONE
5. SPACE ODDITY
6. HOTEL CALIFORNIA 
7. ROCK N ROLL MEDLEY

UCL 2.2 - WEEK 7
​"HOTEL CALIFORNIA" 

This week you will explore, Hotel California which was written and released back in 1976. Eagles lead singer Don Henley once told Rolling Stone, "We were all middle-class kids from the Midwest. 'Hotel California' was our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles,”.

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

HOTEL CALIFORNIA by The Eagles was originally recorded in the key of Bm but we have transposed it to the key of Am for ease of playing on the ukulele. You can however, play along to the original track by placing a CAPO on fret 2 of your ukulele and playing the chords shapes from your song sheet. We will also be shortening the intro to just one round and the outro to 3 rounds.

The chords contained in this song are all open chords as follows: 
Download the song sheet by clicking the button below:
If you wish to explore the more intricate picking and solo parts, download the NOTES PDF below:

AUDIO TRACKS

HOTEL CALIFORNIA: Level 2.2 part only w/drum track @ 72BPM
To practice along with the picking parts - listen to the full track on the audio player or download the MP3 track below. 

STRUMMING PATTERNS

The main strumming pattern contains a range of quarter, 8th and 16th notes and looks like this when counted out: 
It looks a lot more complicated than it is and with the tempo of the song at just 72BPM, its pretty hypnotic once you get the hang of it. At the end of some sections of the song you will just play half of each bar, leaving the rest of the bar silent. These fall on the final E7 chords of each section and look like this:

VIDEO TUTORIALS 

STRUMMING PATTERN TUTORIAL:
In the video below - practice the strumming pattern independently at various speeds starting at 60BPM, 65BPM and 70BPM to get a feel for it before adding in the chords. 
INTRO & VERSE 5: Strumming sequence (Single Strums - 1 down strum per bar) Am - E7 - G - D- F- C- Dm - E7
INTRO & VERSE 5: Picking Sequence (Don't feel any pressure to perform this part just yet).
VERSE & SOLO 1 - Strumming sequence: Am - E7 - G - D- F- C- Dm - E7 (half bar on final E7)
 CHORUS: Strum sequence: F - C - Dm - Am / F - C - Dm - E7
SOLO PART 2 & 3: Picking alternative chord positions - Strings A E & C only.

PLAY ALONG VIDEO

Now try adding each of the sections together at 55BPM
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