What Makes Viggy so Jiggy?
Hi! I'm Victoria but you can call me Viggy. I've been playing the 'ukulele for almost ten years now, but I started taking this musical wonder seriously about four years ago. To get through the pandemic, I started recording myself playing and would sporadically post on some app called Tiktok, and before I knew it thousands of people followed along and were asking for tutorials and more uke videos... Thus, Jiggy with Viggy was born! πΊπ»
As a kind-of-sort-of "musical influencer," I've collaborated with Flight Ukulele, Yousician, Positive Grid, Blackstar, Openhagen, ArtiphonΒ in my uke career, and I've also had one of my holiday fingerstyle arrangements featured on Ukulele Magazine's website.
β¬ οΈ My main axe nowadays is my custom MyaMoe Concert Classic, with a Red Cedar top and Sycamore back and sides.Β
I spend my days arranging songs, teaching private lessons and festivals across the country, and making fun and kinetic 'ukulele videos on my social pages. Aside from 'ukulele, I love movies, bird-watching, a good cuppa cawfee, my boyfriend Jake, and my cat Morty.
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π¨ My musician's toolkit is as follows:
Ukes: Mya-Moe Custom Concert Classic, *Flight Ukulele
Strings: UkeLogics or Worth Browns
Capo: Kyser
*Amps: Positive Grid SparkLIVE, SparkMINI, and SparkGO
*Music Stands:Β KraftGeek Music Stand and Variety Tripod (with FlexyMount attachment) Use code VIGGY for 10% off
*these links are affiliate links, which means I get a lil' commission if you choose to purchase!
πΊπΌ 2025 Schedule πΊπΌ
Click the links for tickets to my festival lineup this year!
Reno Uke Fest 2024: Chord Melody 101
How do ukulele solo arrangements even work? In this workshop, we went over how to combine the chords and the melody for harmonious solo play, and talked about how our moving melodies influence our chord shapes.
Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival 2024: Strum & Drum! (Percussive Ukulele)
We turned our ukulele into a drumset in my percussive ukulele workshop, strum and drum! In this intermediate workshop, patrons learn how to incorporate kicks and snares into their strumming technique for a "one-man-band" approach to uke'n.
Midwest Ukulele and Harmonica Camp 2024: Two Chord Strummers Workshop!
In this beginner workshop, we learned some healthy practicing habits and techniques with songs that only have two chords, focusing on each hand individually before putting it all together.
Ashokan Uke Fest 2024: The Barre Chord Bootcamp!
Learning barre chords can be scary, but we talked about microadjustments that can be made to our fingers, wrists, and thumbs to help these chords sound clear.
Reno Uke Fest 2023: Fingerpickin' Fun!
There were over 100 people in my fingerpicking workshop! π€― We went over fingerpicking and tablature 101 and how to incorporate fingerpicking into our strumming.