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QuickStart Scale Series: Pick and choose the individual scales you want to learn. eBook downloads for $4.95 ea. For Ukulele, Guitar and Bass Guitar.

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FREE Reference Charts

FREE reference charts for guitar, ukulele and music

Instrument Specific Charts

Ukulele and Guitar Charts

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You can download the charts for FREE and if you really like them you can pay between $1.95 to $3.95 using PayPal. Although this site looks like it might be a big publishing empire, it is really just me, Curt Sheller, fellow musician, jazz guitarist, uke player and a constant web site tweaker.

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7 String Guitar Fingerboard Charts

7 String "Rock" Tuning (B E A D G B E)
7 String "Jazz" Tuning (A E A D G B E)

Guitar Chord Charts

Major & Minor Triads
Basic Open Position Chords a.k.a "Cowboy Chords"
There are the basic chords that every beginning guitarist should know.

More information on guitar chords check out the guitar chord books and the guitar chord lessons pages.

Ukulele 4-part, aka "Jazz" Chords

HEY!!! - Can't give everything away. For these more advanced chords check out my advanced ukulele chord books on just those chords.

More information on ukulele chords check out the ukulele chord books and the ukulele chord lessons pages.

Miscellaneous Instrument and Music Charts

Advanced Guide to Chords Series -4-Part Chord Building Chart
This charts can be used in conjuction with any of The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords books, A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and/or Exploring Jazz Chords Series

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4-Part Chord Building Chart

Advanced Guide to Chords Series - 4-Part Chord Building Chart

Companion chart for the Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords (vol 1, 2, & 3), A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele, Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele, A Guide To Blues Chord Progressions For Ukulele A 7o Z, and the guitar and ukulele Advanced Progressions books.

Quick reference chord chart for building chords using intervalic formulas. This the method the pros use for remember what appears to be a boat load of chords. It's not as hard as it appears or some sort of magic.

Chords can be categorized into four chord types; Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented. Four-part chords can be voiced across various four string families.

This chart details the formulas for building the 11 basic 4-part chord types. This chart can be used as a companion to book in the The Advanced Guide to Chords Series, which presents a highly organized and efficient approach to the mysterious subject of 4-part chords, using the chords and exploring the chords.

For additional 4-part chords, alterted chords, upper partials, 4-part triads, add and sus chords see The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords or A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele series of books.

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Ukulele - Fingerboard Charts

Ukulele "C" Tuning
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Ukulele Fingerboard Chart - “C” Tuning

Author: Curt Sheller
Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications
Published: 2003, 2nd edition 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-037-9
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (2 sided chart)
Product Code: UKEFBCH-C

(G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The chart contains one side showing the natural and sharp notes with the other side natural and flat notes.

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FILE: UKEFBCH-C.pdf ( 172 KB )

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Ukulele "D" Tuning
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Ukulele Fingerboard Chart - “D” Tuning

Author: Curt Sheller
Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications
Published: 2003, 2nd edition 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-039-3
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (2 sided chart)
Product Code: UKEFBCH-D

(A D F# B) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The chart contains one side showing the natural and sharp notes with the other side natural and flat notes.

Click here to begin download: D Tuning
FILE: UKEFBCH-D.pdf ( 225 KB )

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Ukulele Baritone Tuning
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Ukulele Fingerboard Chart - Baritone & Tenor Tuning (D G B E)

Author: Curt Sheller
Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications
Published: 2003, 2nd edition 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-038-6
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (2 sided chart)
Product Code: UKEFBCH-G

(D G B E) - Baritone tuning is the same as the thin (high) 4 string of a standard tuned guitar. The chart contains one side showing the natural and sharp notes with the other side natural and flat notes.

Click here to begin download: G Tuning
FILE: UKEFBCH-G.pdf ( 217 KB )

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If you want to finally, just get rid of all those pesky fingerboard charts and learn the ukulele fingerboard. This is the book that will do that. It is a lot easier than you think. Even us old dogs can finally learn the fingerboard.

Knowing the names of the notes of the fingerboard is not the same as reading standard music notation. Each fret on each string has at least one name and a music symbol associated with it. Just knowing at least one of the possible names of the frets is quite liberating.

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Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard Series

At 4 1/4" v 5 1/2" size, these mini book on learning the ukulele fingerboard will finally get the names of the pesky notes under control.

Beyond knowing the names of the open strings most ukulele players find it hard to learn the whole fingerboard.

If your goal is to finally learn the names of the notes of the ukulele fingerboard. Then "Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard" is your answer. Pick your tuning and get started.

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Ukulele - Basic Open Position Chords

"C" Tuning, high or low "G"
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Standard - C Tuning Open Position

"C" Tuning - (g C E A and G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The basic chords and more can be found in my books A Guide to Ukulele Chords and Ukulele Chords.

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Standard - D Tuning Open Position

"D" Tuning - (a D F# B and A D F# B) - This is a another common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The basic chords and more can be found in my books A Guide to Ukulele Chords.

FREE or cheap chart not available separately.
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Baritone Tuning
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Baritone (G Tuning) Basic Open Position Ukulele Chords

Baritone - (D G B E) - Baritone tuning is the same as the thin (high) 4 strings of a standard tuned guitar. (UKECH-BARI)

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Standard - C Tuning, Left Handed
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Basic Open Position Ukulele Chords - C Tuning, Left Handed

"C" Tuning - (g C E A and G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles.

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords

Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...

Tunings: C, G, or D Tunings. Low or high string four variations.

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Lefties of the world! Don't feel left out. There is a version for you. A Guide to Ukulele Chords for Lefties

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Ukulele Chords - “C” Tuning

Mini ukulele chord book of basic open position and movable form chords. Great for your uke case.

Tunings: C low or high “G” - (GCEA or gCEA).

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords for Lefties

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A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z

The Blues are at the heart of all American music. It has influenced Country, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Bluegrass and just about every form of American music we listen to today.

Studying the blues chord progressions presented in this book will open a wealth of creative possibilities for exploring chord progressions in all styles of music, not just blues.

The volume covers the key of C major and C minor, including detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substitutions. In “C” and “G” tuning.

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The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele - Volume I

Volume I features the principles of voice leading applied to chord progressions. These principles are explained using chords from volume I of The Advanced Guide to Ukulele Chords. Chapters with common major and minor full diatonic, partial diatonic and chromatic chord progressions are also included to further explore voice leading.

Tunings: C low or high “G” - (GCEA or gCEA).

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A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I

Commonly referred to as “jazz” chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

Beyond learning open and barre chords, most ukulele players struggle with advanced chords. Commonly called “jazz” chords, these more sophisticated voicings find a wide use in all forms of music.

Tunings: C, G, or D Tunings. Low or high string four variations.

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Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele

Exploring “Jazz” Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.

Tunings: C and G. Low or high string four variations.

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Ukulele - Chords, Triads

Triad - In music or music theory, a triad is a three-note chord (or, more generally, any set of three notes, pitches, or tones). Because the term originated during the "common practice" period in Western European art music (approximately from 1600 to 1900), it is most commonly associated with tertian diatonic chords having a tonal function. When such a chord is voiced in thirds, its members, ascending from lowest pitched tone to highest, are called:
the Root, the Third (whose interval is a major third or minor third above the root) and the Fifth (whose interval is a major or minor third above the third, and a diminished, perfect, or augmented fifth above the root).

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C Tuning Major & Minor Triads for Ukulele
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C Tuning Major & Minor Triads for Ukulele

"C" Tuning - (g C E A and G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. (UKECH-TRI-C1)

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Listen to recorded examples of using these triads on the UkuleleLessons Chords & Chord Progressions page titled Using Triads Example 1