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Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering

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The Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering

Author: Adapted by Curt Sheller from Chuck Anderson’s The Six Secrets of Guitar Fingering
Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications - (42 pages)
ISBN: NA Published: October 2006
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (coil binding)
Product Code: 6SUF

Introduction

Fingering is one of the most universal topics. Whether your style is Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz or Classical, these principles will improve your technique, your solos, even your sight reading.

Think of fingering as a series of pathways. When you learn to connect these pathways, there are benefits not only to technique but also to creativity. All fingering on the ukulele can be reduced to 6 principles of motion. Each principle has physical and musical characteristics that you can use to improve your playing.

Technically, fingering problems are linked to an instruments tuning. The characteristics of a tuning can force constant adjustments in fingering and contribute to the difficulty of learning the notes on the neck*. Note duplications, open strings and unequal tuning all contribute to the complexity of fingering. Since strings vary in diameter, notes produced on different strings vary in tone color. Generally, thicker strings produce warmer or darker tone color. Thinner strings produce a brighter or more cutting tone color.

This book is devoted to the application of the six principles of guitar fingering as applied to the ukulele. The study of fingering can be broken down into several topics of study. They are: position and technique, finger independence and strength and the principles of motion with their applications. The first step is a good hand position. Critical for technique, a good hand position eliminates the needless waste of effort and energy so typical of under developed fingering technique.

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Contents
Introduction
Hand Position and Technique
Finger Independence and Strength
- 4 Finger Combinations
- 2 Finger Combinations
- 3 Finger Combinations
Notes on the Fingerboard
Motion Principles and their Applications
- Stationary
- Mobile
Summary of Fingering Principles
Basic Applications of the Motion Principles
Priority of Motion Principles
Motion Principles – the Details
- Basic
- Slide
- Pass
- Contraction
- Stretch
- Leap
Double Stop Fingering
- Double Stops on Adjacent Strings
- Double Stops on Non Adjacent Strings
Motion Principles Applied
- Model One – Single Principle Solutions
  - Basic
  - Slide
  - Passing
  - Stretch
  - Contraction
  - Leap
Model Two – Combined Principle Solutions
- Slide and Stretch
- Passing and Slide
- Contraction and Passing
- Stretch and Contraction
- Slide and Contraction
- Passing and Leap
The Art and Science of Fingering
Reading
Improvisation
Phrasing
Conclusion

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