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Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced Òoo-koo-leleÓ) 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 ÒjazzÓ chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
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.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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Upper Partial Chord Tones
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Upper Partial Chord Tones
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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.
Example: Cmaj7 (1 3 5 7 of a C major scale is C E G B)
C Major Scale | ||||||||||||
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
A |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
The 8, 10 and 12 are not used as extensions or upper partials as they are fundamental chord tones and duplicate the 1, 3, and 5 of the chord.
C Major Chord Tones | ||||||||||||
C |
E |
G |
B |
D |
F |
A |
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1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
13 |
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Applied to Ukulele
From any voicing of a Cmaj7 chord. You can then use the upper partial as a passing tone or just add it to the Cmaj7 creating new Cmaj type chord.
Here are four voicings of Cmaj7 from A Guide to Advance Chords for Ukulele
- 0 0 0 2
- 4 4 3 3
- 5 7 7 7
- 9 11 8 10
The top note (string 1) of each chord is called a melody note.
- 0 0 0 2 - top note B
- 4 4 3 3 - top note C
- 5 7 7 7 - top note E
- 9 11 8 10 - top note G
The D F and A can be added to the four Cmaj7 voicings to make new chords. Making a Cmaj9, Cmaj11 (rare) and a Cmaj13 (rare).
Adding the 9th - D
- 0 0 0 2
- 0 0 0 4 Cmaj9
Adding the 11th - F
- 5 7 7 7
- 5 7 7 8 Cmaj11 very rare and typically for major chord types the 11 is an augmented 11 (#11): 5 7 7 9)
Adding the 13th - A
- 9 11 8 10
- 9 11 8 12 (Cmaj13, Another rare chord. Typically C6 is called for.
- 0 0 0 0
- 2 4 3 3
- 5 7 5 7
- 9 9 8 10
Basically add the note not in the original chord to create a new chord voicing.
This is the same principle used to harmonize any melody note. An example is to harmonize a D melody when a Cmaj7 chord is called for. A D melody note and a Cmaj7 chord creates a Cmaj9 chord. Find the Cmaj7 with a C as the highest note on the voicing and move the C note to D. For a modern sound play the voicing with E as the top note and lower the E to D for more contemporary sounding chord.
This principle can be applied to melody note, not just notes from the scale that the chord came from. Just find the closed chord voicing to the melody note and raise or lower the chord tone on that string to get the melody note.
Upper Partials Summary
A little theory or a lot of theory depending on where one is in their development goes a long way.
One of the most influential musicians in my development says "Tools not rules". Learn the principles behind music and it is a liberating experience.
For complete study of 4-part chord voicings and how to create them, (Blatant self promo coming), see my Advanced Chord Series of books for Guitar and Ukulele:
Guitar
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords - Volume I
Basic, core string families. How to remember and build any chord you will ever need. This is how the pros do it.
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The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords - Volume II
Basic, core string families. How to remember and build any chord you will ever need. This is how the pros do it.
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The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords - Volume III
For 7 string guitar tuned A E A D G B E
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Ukulele
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.
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