My name is Oleksii Nikolaiev. I am a professional musician and teacher with over 14 years of teaching experience.
If you are looking for a teacher for yourself or your children, I am ready to help. I have experience working with children from the age of 7 and adults up to the age of 65.
I will not just make promises—you will see and hear everything at your first free lesson. I will briefly explain how I can help you.
The ukulele is a relatively easy instrument to master, so this stage will not take long. First, you will learn how to hold the instrument comfortably and position your left and right hands to produce a high-quality sound. Then, while learning your favourite songs, you will learn basic rhythms and chords. With these foundations, you will be able to play almost any contemporary song. You will also learn to work out rhythms by ear. By the end of this level, you will have 20–30 songs in your repertoire and be able to find songs online, choose a key and select a rhythm independently. At that point, you may finish the course or continue to the intermediate level. The duration of this stage depends on how much time you can devote to the ukulele.
In the second stage, we go deeper into music theory. You will learn to read sheet music. It is not difficult, but it is essential for conscious musical development. You will also learn more complex chords and understand how they are constructed. You will discover new rhythmic techniques, including string percussion, different ways of muting strings and much more. You will also learn fingerstyle playing: performing instrumental melodies using only your fingers and the guitar, without singing. This is an extensive stage, and its duration also depends on you. Of course, we can adapt it by adding or removing material, but this is its general scope.
The third stage is for the most advanced, determined students who want to keep developing. Here, you will learn to play by ear and improvise: harmonically, melodically and rhythmically. You will learn to work out rhythms, chords and melodies by ear, and create your own fingerstyle arrangements. This will help you reach the level of a professional musician who can compete with me.
