Maynard Heap Music

The first instrument I played was a ukulele, at age 8, in grade 4 at Newmarket State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I learnt to strum using a little green plectrum while forming chords, understanding that you really only need three chords to play a whole stack of tunes such as, Way Down Upon the Swanee River, Little Brown Jug and Waltzing Matilda. Tuning the ukulele taught me pitch, as I tuned by ear singing the four string notes to My, Dog, Has, Fleas. By the end of the year, I was into solo performances in class and at church socials. However, this wasn't something that I maintained...