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UL15b

Advanced Single Note Fingering Drills for Ukulele

Developing finger strength and independence with a series of graduated single string exercises.

In this lesson expands basic single string drills using multiple strings.

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UL118

Alternate Fingerings for F7

Alternate fingerings for F7 in C tuning. The same fingerings would apply to C7 in G tuning and G7 in D tuning.

These are taken from the Ukulele Chord of the Week lessons presented 2007.

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UL102

Alterted Seventh Chords on Ukulele

Beyond basic open position chords, basic movable form chords and a core set of 4-part chords. There are just too many chords shapes too memorize. Learning the principles of how chords are constructed and the ukulele fingerboard are the way to go. Yu can then create more advanced chords like 9#11, 7#5-9, 13b5, 7+9 on the fly as needed from your core set of chords.

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UL125

An Introduction to Creating Solo Ukulele Arrangements

Creating a solo ukulele chord arrangement is as simple as harmonizing a melody by playing a chord that has the melody note as the top note of the chord. This style of playing is called Chord Melody or Melody and Chord. The hard part comes with - What chord voicing? When should I play a chord? When are single notes OK? And a few other issues usually pop up.

Luckily we don't have to wait for monster chops, a massive chord vocabulary or endless hours of practicing scales and chords to play the ukulele in this style. Although practice is a good idea and never hurts, all we need are a few chords and single notes to have hours of ukulele fun. What you already know can lead to hours of enjoyment.

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GL20

Basic Open Position Guitar Chords

Sometimes referred to as "cowboy" or "folk" chords. These chords are played in the fret one, two, and three are of the guitar neck and include at least one open string. Technically the open position is includes the open strings and frets one, two, three and four.

These are typically the first chords anyone learning to play the guitar learn.

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UL700a

Basic Open Position Ukulele Chord Chart

A core set of basic chords that all Ukulele players should know in five common keys: C, G, D, A and E. In all common "dominant" seventh chords in every key.

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UL700b

Basic Open Position Ukulele Chord Chart for Lefties

The Basic Open Position Ukulele Chord chart for Lefties. Common chords in five common common keys: C, G, D, A and E. In all common "dominant" seventh chords in every key.

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UL15

Basic Single Note Drills for Ukulele

Basic one, two, three and four note single string drills for ukulele for developing finger strength and independence.

It's critical a player develop the finger strength and independence to explore their full musical potential. By developing a great fingerboard hand, you will be able to explore more challenging musical situations.

To develop this great technique there is a series of graduated drills or finger gymnastics/exercises that allows you to play at higher and higher levels, as well as increase your comfort zone of usable technique.

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ULM40

Basic Ukulele Chords

The art and sceince of chord fingering. Learning yuor basic open position chords in common keys.

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UL103

Building a Solid Jazz Chord Foundation for Ukulele

Beyond learning basic openposition ukulele chords. Most ukulele players struggle with advanced chords. These more sophisticated voicings, commonly called jazz chords, find a wide use in all forms of music and styles. These 4-part chords are the bread and butter of jazz ukulele.

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UL40

Chord Shapes and Learning Ukulele Chords

A chord shape is a function of a particular instrument and tuning. Know how chords are built and the notes can work on any instrument.

Beyond the basic open position chords and basic movable form chords (major, minor and seventh), one needs to learn how chords are created. Then you can build ANY chord you will ever need by moving or displacing a note or notes from the basic chords.

It's the notes that make the chord shape. And, there is no way one can memorize ALL chord shapes. Even memorizing a few hundred is impossible.

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ML02

Chord Spelling - An Alternate Approach

The quickest and most directy way to determine the chord tones of any chord are to use the scale degrees of its major scale. For a major triad the chord tones are the 1st, 3rd and 5th scale degrees of its major scale. For a minor triad you simply flat the 3rd.

For a C major chord the 1st, 3rd, and 5th of the C major scale (C D E F G A B C) are the C E and G. For C minor it's C Eb and G.

By memorizing one sequence of notes, your major scales and a few chord building rules we can learn to spell ANY chord.

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UL80

Chord Substitution on Ukulele

A chord substitution is when one chord replaces another chord or is used in addition to a current chord.

This lesson covers some of the underlining principles that are used to substutie one chords or a series of chords for another.

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UL03

Classic Endings for Ukulele

Two Feel, bVImaj7 bIImaj7, Basie Ending, Single, Double and Triple Tags, Chromatic, Take the 'A' Train Ending, Shave and a Hair Cut, Lawrence Welk Ending, . . . These are common songs ending that are used over and over in the standard song repetoire.

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UL101

Common Ukulele Tunings

Any tuning is possible on a ukulele as long as the construction supports it and a string is available.

Here are the most common tunings for the Ukulele shown in concert pitch.

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UL14

Comparing the High G and Low G, C Tunings

There are benefits to exploring both C tunings. Good excuse to have more ukes -:)

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GL06

Comping the Blues for Guitar, String Family 1234

Using the the chord string family 1234. Expolore the blues progress in C using all four voicings of this core chord.

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UL34

Cool Ukulele Chords

Cool Chords - These are the chords that don't typically show up in chord dictionaries or song books. They might show up in software programs that produce chords based on some underlying computer algorithm.

These are the chords players ask, "What is THAT chord"?

Bennt Chong is a master of these chords.

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UL131

Cool Ukulele Chords - A7

A cool chord is most likely a Free Form chord. A free form chord typically include open strings, wide stretches, displaced chord tones and or chord voicings. Plus they just sound cool.

Here is a cool sounding A7 chord.

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UL133

Cool Ukulele Chords - F Sharp Minor Seven Flat Five

F#m7b5 or F#half-diminished seven is a common chord in the key of G major and Em - especially Em.

Part of my Cool Chords series for ukulele, this chord is strange in that an alternate fingering produces the same notes, different TAB but the same notes. Comes in handle when createing melody and chord arrangements on ukulele and for shord improvisation.

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UL105

Cool Ukulele Chords - G7

A cool chord is most likely a Free Form chord. These free form chords typically include open strings, wide stretches, displaced chord tones and or chord voicings. Plus they just sound cool.

Here is a cool sounding G7 chord.

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UL42a

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 1st Voicing

Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.

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UL42b

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 2nd Voicing

Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.

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UL42c

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 3rd Voicing

<p>Taking a movable <strong>F7</strong> chord, you can derive each of the &ldquo;big six&rdquo; essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.</p>

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UL42d

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 4th Voicing

<p>Taking a movable <strong>F7</strong> chord, you can derive each of the &ldquo;big six&rdquo; essential chords. maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.</p>

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UL42

Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation

Core Chords is a series of lessons for building your 4-part chords. These chords commonly called jazz chords, are really just 4-part chords used in a wide range of musical styles.

The Big Six chords include: Seventh 7, Major Seventh maj7, Minor Seventh m7, Half Diminished Seventh or Minor Seven Flat Five diminished 7 (m7b5), Diminished Seventh o7 and Augmented Seventh +7. These six chords form a core set of chords.

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UL01

Creating Introductions and Turnarounds for Ukulele

Introductions are a composed or improvised piece of music that introduces - sets the stage for - a song or composition. Introductions, or intro for short, are used in all types of music. In this lesson, the focus is on introductions in contemporary music.

Intros can be various lengths but are typically four measures long. They are mainly harmonic in nature, using chords without a melody. Single notes and intervals can be added for melodic color.

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ML04

Demystifying Cut Time by Chuck Anderson

Cut Time is a source of confusion for many musicians. What exactly does it mean and how do you apply it?

Too often cut time is thought of as having two beats in a measure. There are not two beats in a measure of cut time - there are four beats in a measure of cut time. So what makes cut time any different than common time 4/4 time?

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GL04

Developing Your Single Note Picking

Developing you single note picking starts with holding the pick properly, choosing the proper size and material and actually working on picking on your guitar.

Picks come in all shapes, sizes and materials. I suggest you use a medium to heavy pick.

Picks are categorized by their thickness with a Thin being the lightest and a Heavy being the heaviest. A medium to heavy pick offers the most versatility in a wide range of musical situations.

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UL25b

Diminished Scale for Ukulele - C Tuning

The Diminished scale is a symmetrical scale with a repeating pattern of whole steps and half steps. You only need to learn the Diminished scale in three keys to cover all 15 keys.

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UL108

Dominant Seventh Chords?

Not all seventh chords are actually "dominant" seventh chords.

This lesson covers when is a Dominant Seventh Chord NOT really a Dominant seventh?

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ML03

Ear Training

Ear Training is the development of the active and passive capability to relate to music aurally. This includes the ability to recognize melodic and harmonic intervals, chords, chords progressions, rhythm, melody and harmony.

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UL10

Ear Training

Ear Training is the development of the active and passive capability to relate to music aurally. This includes the ability to recognize melodic and harmonic intervals, chords, chords progressions, rhythm, melody and harmony.

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UL19

Enharmonic Equivalents

An Enharmonic Equivalent is where a musical pitch can have different names depending on the context in which it is functioning. An example is G# produces the same pitch as Ab.

Enharmonic equivalents will sound the same but are notated differently using standard music notation.

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UL123

Exploring Jazz Ukulele

Wikipedia defines Jazz as a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The style's West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note.

At a minimum to explore jazz or contemporary music on a ukulele you need a core set of chords and scales. It's this foundation or core that you can build on.

This lesson contains links and resources for developing as a jazz ukulele player. And, a great overview of what is needed as far as chords, scale and the essential elements that are needed to explore jazz on a ukulele.

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UL111

Fingering an Open Postion D Major Ukulele Chord

There are several ways to finger an open position D major chord. Depending on the context of how the chord is being used one fingering might be better than another.

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UL113

Fingerstyle - Travis Picking for Ukulele

This style of fingerpicking on guitar is called Travis Picking.

Travis Picking is a fingerstyle made famous by country guitar legand, Merle Travis. This style is commonly played on steel string acoustic guitars. Patterned picking is the use of "preset right-hand patterns" while fingerpicking, with the left hand fingering standard chords.

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UL112

Fingerstyle Basics for Ukulele - Single String Exploration

Exploring fingerstyle on ukulele. This lesson covers the common terms used for identifing the fingers used. And, presents a series of single string exercises for exploring and developing the techniques needed for this style.

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UL112a

Fingerstyle on Ukulele - Single and Multi String Exploration

Exploring fingerstyle on ukulele. This lesson covers the common terms used for identifing the fingers used. And, presents a series of single and multi string exercises for exploring and developing the techniques needed for this style.

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UL08

Four Finger, Single String Gymnastics for Ukulele

To play the ukulele effectively, your fingers need physical strength, agility, flexibility and coordination. This series of drills is designed to get your hands in shape. These exercises work no matter what style of ukulele you play or want to play.

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UL127

Hearing the Changes

Hearing The Changes are knowing what and when the chords of a chord or chord progressions occur. this lessons gets you on the raod to developing this abaility.

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UL09

Key Signatures

There is a load of information in traditional Key Signatures. Unlocking the principles in this circle leads to a better understanding of music and how think work.

A key signature is a series of sharp or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating the notes that are to be consistently played higher or lower than the equivalent natural notes. Key signatures are generally written immediately after the clef at the beginning of a line of musical notation. Each major and minor key has an associated key signature that sharpens or flattens the notes which are used in its scale.

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UL47

Key Signatures - A Major and F Sharp Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for A Major and F Sharp Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL55

Key Signatures - Ab Major and F Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for Ab Major and F Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL49

Key Signatures - B Major and G Sharp Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for B Major and G Sharp Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL53

Key Signatures - Bb Major and G Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for Bb Major and G Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL58

Key Signatures - C Flat Major and A Flat Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for Cb Major and Ab Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL44

Key Signatures - C Major and A Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for C Major and A Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL51

Key Signatures - C Sharp Major and A Sharp Sharp Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for C Sharp Major and A Sharp Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL56

Key Signatures - D Flat Major and B FLat Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for Db Major and Bb Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL46

Key Signatures - D Major and B Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for D Major and B Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL48

Key Signatures - E Major and C Sharp Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for E Major and C Sharp Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL54

Key Signatures - Eb Major and C Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for Eb Major and C Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

108

UL52

Key Signatures - F Major and D Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for F Major and D Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

106

UL50

Key Signatures - F Sharp Major and D Sharp Sharp Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for F Sharp Major and D Sharp Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL57

Key Signatures - G Flat Major and E Flat Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for Gb Major and Eb Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL45

Key Signatures - G Major and E Minor

Learn the recognize the key signature for G Major and E Minor. Learn their corresponding Major and Natural Minor scales with basic ukulele chords for each scale.

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UL119

Learning Core Seventh Chords on Ukulele

Beyond basic open position chords, basic movable form chords and a core set of 4-part chords. There are just too many chords shapes too memorize. Learning the principles of how chords are constructed and the ukulele fingerboard are the way to go. Then you can create more advanced chords like 9#11, 7#5-9, 13b5, 7+9 on the fly as needed.

Seventh chords are the chords that have the most possible variations. 9th, 11th, 13th, b5, #5, b9, #9. And, combinations of the same.

From these four core seventh chords you can build ALL your altered seventh chords. From these core seventh chords you can build ANY 4-part chord you will even need.

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UL13

Learning The Blues Scale on Ukulele

Learn the Blues and Pentatonic scales on ukulele.

A practical approach to learning theses two essential scales using the Blues scale.

Scales like chords, are typically learned as shapes using chord grids, TAB or any number of methods. They show a fingerboard shape, what strings to play and possibly the fingers that are used to play the scale. But what are the names of the notes? What chords can I use them with? You are usually left to fend for yourself.

The five note Major Pentatonic and Blues or Minor Pentatonic scales are two of the most common scales used in contemporary music. This lesson focuses on the blues scale in the common key of D.

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UL07

Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard (Finally!!!)

Finally learn the notes of you favorite ukulele tuning.

Most players struggle with learning the names of the notes of the ukulele fingerboard. There doesn't seem to a pattern and notes repeat. There is an easy way and...

...it's easier that you think!

Learning, really learning the notes of the neck is one of those break through moments in a musician's or player's learning that returns more bang for the buck. Well worth the little effort it actually takes.

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UL41

Learning Ukulele - Recipe for Success

This is the workshop/lesson handout that I give ukulele players attending my Learning Ukulele - A Recipe for Success beginner workshop.

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UL11

Learning Ukulele Strums - A Recipe for Success

Learning Strums, A Receipe for Success covers how to go about learning the various rhythmic patters that are strums.

A strum is the execution of a rhythmic pattern - in a specific style at tempo.

Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum.

This series of lesson's focus is on the execution.

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UL200

Movable Ukulele Chords

A series of weekly ukulele lessons presented throughout 2009 on movable ukulele chords.

Beyond memorizing a core set of basic open position, a couple of movable form chords and a basic set of 4-part chords. You can't possibly memorize all the possible chord shapes available on the ukulele. You need to be able to create chords on the fly as needed. With a basic knowledge of how chords are constructed and knowing the notes of the ukulele fingerboard this is possible. So throw out the chord dictionaries, software programs and your chord charts and get started on REALLY knowing chords.

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UL20

Naming Chords on Ukulele

A Chord can have alternate names based on how it is being used. A chord's function is an important determining factor in naming a chord. So unless you know the harmonic function you might not be able to accurately name it.

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UL23

Natural, Sharp and Flat Notes of the Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning

Standard music notation, the natural, sharp and flat notes of the ukulele fingerboard for C tuned ukuleles. Covers both high C and low G tuning variations.

20

UL106

Natural, Sharp and Flat Notes of the Ukulele Fingerboard - D Tuning

Standard notation - the natural, sharp and flat notes of the ukulele fingerboard for D tuned ukuleles. Both high A and low A variations.

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UL116

Natural, Sharp and Flat Notes of the Ukulele Fingerboard - G Tuning

Standard notation - the natural, sharp and flat notes of the ukulele fingerboard for G tuned ukuleles. Both high D and low D variations.

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UL71

Open Position A and It's Movable Forms

Open position A and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL85

Open Position A7 and It's Movable Forms

Open position A7 and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL78

Open Position Am and It's Movable Forms

Open position Am and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL86

Open Position B7 and It's Movable Forms

Open position B7 and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL73

Open Position C and It's Movable Forms

Open position C and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL87

Open Position C7 and It's Movable Forms

Open position C7 and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL79

Open Position Cm and It's Movable Forms

Open position Cm and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL76

Open Position D and It's Movable Forms

Open position D and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL88

Open Position D7 and It's Movable Forms

<p>Open position <strong>D7</strong> and its movable form and variations.</p> <p>Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.</p>

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UL81

Open Position Dm and It's Movable Forms

Open position Dm and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL77

Open Position E and It's Movable Forms

Open position E and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

83

UL89

Open Position E7 and It's Movable Forms

Open position E7 and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL82

Open Position Em and It's Movable Forms

Open position Em and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL74

Open Position F and It's Movable Forms

Open position F and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL90

Open Position F7 and It's Movable Forms

<p>Open position <strong>F7</strong> and its movable form and variations.</p> <p>Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.</p>

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UL83

Open Position Fm and It's Movable Forms

Open position Fm and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL75

Open Position G and It's Movable Forms

Open position G and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

85

UL91

Open Position G7 and It's Movable Forms

Open position G7 and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL84

Open Position Gm and It's Movable Forms

Open position Gm and its movable form and variations.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

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UL06

Playing Ukulele by Ear

A art of hearing a melody or chord progression (song) and reproduce it without needing the written music.

51

UL18

Practice Cycles and Sequences

Sequences and cycles for practicing scales, intervals, melodic sequences and arpeggios.

These sequences also help in learning where any interval is of a given note, the chord tones of chords and aide in memorizing scales.

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QS01

QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Lesson Series

QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Fingerings are a highly organized, efficient system of scale and arpeggio fingerings. Each fingering pattern is shown with a fingerboard shape, TAB and standard music notation. Related chords are also explained for each scale. Master these fingerings and unlock your potential for solos and improvisation.

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UL300

Reading Music on Ukulele Series

This series of lessons will allow you finally, to check that Reading item off your music To Do list.

Learning to read standard music notation opens a world of music to you. Music notation is the Lingua franca of amateur and professional musicians alike.

There is a distinction between reading and sight reading. Reading is not as hard as you think with the right plan of attack. Especially on a ukulele.

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UL22

Reading Ukulele TAB - Alternate Notation

TAB or Tablature is a form of musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument rather than which pitches to play.

Generally speaking, tablature is commonly used by informally trained musicians in folk, popular and rock music.

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UL128

Selecting a Ukulele

The ukulele (pronounced oo-koo-lele) comes in four sizes: Soprano (sometimes called Standard), Concert, Tenor and Baritone. The Baritone is tuned just like the four thin strings of a standard tuned guitar and called "G" tuning (D G B E). The Soprano, Concert and Tenor is typically tuning in a "C" Tuning (G C E A) or "D" tuning (A D F# B). The Tenor can also be tuned like the Baritone ukulele.

18

UL04

Six Essential Scales for Ukulele

The six essential scale are: Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian.

There are two scales that can be the memorized and all other essential scales referenced from these two. These two scales are the Major and Natural Minor scales. The Major and Natural Minor scales are traditional scales and common scales in all forms of contemporary music. This lesson explores the Major and Natural Minor scales and their derivations.

From these two scales the Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydiand and Dorian scale can be created.

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UL17

Standard Music Notation

Rather than do a complete lessons on standard music notation. Whay reinvent the wheel. There are lot of great resources online and books in music stores that already exsist.

However, here is a link to a greate pdf download from:.

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UL115

Tetrachords

Traditionally, a tetrachord is a series of four tones filling in the interval of a perfect fourth. In modern usage a tetrachord is any four-note segment of a scale or tone row. The term tetrachord derives from ancient Greek music theory. It literally means four strings.

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GL22

The A/Bb Movable Barre Form Chord

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GL21

The E/F Movable Barre Form Chord

The E/F Movable Barre Form chords are movable form barre chords based on the open position E, Em, E7 and Em7 chords. With the root on string six, these chord can be transposed to ANY key.

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UL450

The Learning Process - The Mind, Hands and Ears

For music and learning an instrument like the ukulele or guitar, it's all about the making the connection between the Mind, Hands and Ear.

When listening to music, we enjoy it at the tempo the composer or artist intended, in real time. Only the ear is involved in listening. This is passive listening and enjoying the music. This is what we do everyday. It's what draws us to want to learn a musical instrument.

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UL124

The Major Scale

The Major Scale or Ionian scale is a diatonic scale, made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first one octave higher. In solfege these notes correspond to the syllables "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti/Si, (Do)", the "Do" in the parenthesis at the end being the octave of the root.

The simplest major scale to write or play on the piano is C major, the only major scale that does not require sharps or flats. The C major scale uses only the white keys on the piano keyboard.

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UL43

The Trouble with TAB

TAB, short for tablature is a form of musical notation using numbers and letters on a staff that that corresponds to the number of strings of fretted string instrument. Theses number tell a player which fret to place their fingers on rather than which pitches to play.

TAB has a history with lute music from centuries ago and has found wide use in the music publishing industry catering to the guitarist who can't or doesn't want to learn to read. TAB doesn't exist in mainstream music, primarily by some music magazines and on the internet.

Learning to read TAB can be accomplished in minutes. Learning to read standard music notation takes a little longer.

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UL05

Transposing Chords

Transposition is the process of moving note, chord, scale or any musicial passage from one key to another key. All music can be transposed, from a single note to a complex musicial score. This lesson deals with transposing chords. This lessons covers transposing chords.

With the supplied ukulele fingerboard chart and knowing thenames of any chord. You can tranpose a chords to different keys.

3

UL02

Tuning Your Ukulele

Various methods of tuning your ukulele. From tuning by ear to using an electronic tuner.

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UL114

Types of Ukulele Chords

The types of chords possible on ukulele.

Open position chords, movable form chords, 4-part, a.k.a. jazz chords and free from chords.

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Ukulele Blues, Example D

Major Quick Four Progression - Example D

From the book A Guide to Blues Progressions for Ukulele from A to Z

To break up the monotony of six measures of a I chord when the progression is repeated. A V chord is added to measure twelve turning the progression back to the I chord. A IV chord is added to measure two, returning to the I chord in measure three. This change is often referred to as aQuick Four change. A IV chord can also be added to measure ten.

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UL121

Ukulele Blues, Example J

Diminished Seventh Passing Chord - Example J

From the book A Guide to Blues Progressions for Ukulele from A to Z

A common linking substitution is to use a diminished chord as a passing chord on beats three and four of measure six.

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UL107

Ukulele Doodling - An Introduction to Scales and Soloing on Ukulele

An Introduction to Scales and Soloing on Ukulele using the C Pentatonic Scale

Licks, riffs, leads, spontaneous melodies, solos... In the guitar world, this is called Lead Guitar. In the ukulele world, we can call it whatever we want.

I call it Ukulele Doodling! Just as an artist can doodle around and draw whatever he or she fancies, we can do the same on ukulele. Anyone can have hours of fun just doodling around and exploring the ukulele's possibilities.

This lesson explores the Major Pentatonic scale and its related chords.

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UL126

Ukulele Strums - Getting Started

A Strum is the execution of a specific rhythmic pattern, at tempo in a particular style.

Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum.

Though strumming looks natural to the casual observer, it is anything but natural to the beginning ukulele player. Even experienced players have difficulty in identifying and executing certain strums. Though this is one of those topics that is typically taken for granted, there is much to learn about rhythmic feels, accents, dynamics, strum direction, feel, percussive accents, idiomatic styles and tempo variation.

First and foremost, the subject of strumming is inseparably linked to rhythm. Though an ability to read rhythm is helpful, it's not necessary to profit from these lessons.

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UL104

Understanding a Ukulele Chord Diagram

The basic chord diagram as used for ukulele is explained.

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UL31b

Understanding Chromatic Intervals

An interval is the distance between two notes. An interval has a name and a type.

Chromatic Intervals are NOT taken from a major scale. They are derived from the diatonic intervals.

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Understanding Interval Inversion

Inverting intervals using the Rule of Nine.

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UL31

Understanding Intervals

An interval is the distance between two notes. An interval has a name and a type.

Simple Diatonic Intervals are taken from a major scale.

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UL109

Upper Partial Chord Tones

Upper Partials or extensions are the 9th, 11th, and 13ths of a chord. The 9, 11 and 13 can be altered chord tones depending on chord type: examples b9, #9, #11, b13.

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UL61

Using Songs to Learn Ukulele

There are two approaches when learning a musical instrument like the ukulele or guitar. One approach that is very popular with the ukulele goes right along with its "easy" to play reputation. This approach uses songs to learn the ukulele.

A second approach is to learn what would be consider the "basics" before attempting songs. This would be akin to the apprenticeship system developed in the Middle Ages. An apprentice would develop his or her skills at the foot of a master for several years before going on their own. My personal opinion when learning a musical instrument is to seek out a master teacher or two and study with them one-on-one.

Both approaches involve exploring and mastering the technical and musical aspect of your chosen instrument. In this case the ukulele.

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UL120

Using Triads on Ukulele

Triads can be used harmonically, as chords and melodically, as single notes.

Triads are a great way to get started with creating solos and improvising.

These lessons explores using triads as a basis for creating melodies and improvising.

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UL110

What is the different between a Scale and a Mode?

A scale and mode can contain exactly the same notes. So when it is a scale and when is it a mode?

This lesson explores the content that determine when a scale is a mode.

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UL32

Which Way Is Up? - Up, Down, Ascending, Descending, etc...

What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele? Up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending should refer to musical pitch and not to direction as we know it. Up and higher refers to the raising of musical pitch. Down and lower refer to the lowering of musical pitch. Top refers to the upper note of a chord voicing or musical phrase and bottom refers to the lowest note.

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UL25

Whole Tone Scale for Ukulele - C Tuning

The Whole Tone scale is a symmetrical scale with an equal distance been each note or scale degree. Each scale degree is a whole step from the previous. You only need two whole tone scales to cover all keys.

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UL117

Your First Ukulele Chord

Your first ukulele chord is typically an open position C major chord. It's only one finger and ukulele players love to so this, the easiest, usable ukulele chord to new players. Especially someone coming from guitar where an open position C major is three fingers and not that easy as the first chord.