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Information on the four common ukulele sizes. The Soprano, Concert, Tenor and Baritone ukuleles.

• Selecting a Ukulele

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There are three common tunings in use today: C, G and D tuning.

• Common Ukulele Tunings

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There is nothing that can propel you learning to the next level like really, and I mean really knowing the names of the notes of the ukulele fingerboard for your tuning. This is not that same as reading music but simply know the names of each fret and string.

• Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard

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What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele?.

• Which Way is Up?

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Introducing the Major Scale

The Major Scale, sometimes called the learning scale , is a great scale to base all you other scale one.

All music comes from scale. The chords, the melody, lick riffs and more.

• Introducing the Major Scale

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Learning this essential Blues Scale

One of the first scales typically learn by beginning players. This is the most common scale used in rock music.

• Learning the Blues Scale

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`Ukulele Doodling with C Pentatonic

Licks, riff, 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 this Ukulele Doodling! Just like an artist can just doodle around drawing whatever they fancy. We can do the same on ukulele.

• `Ukulele Doodling

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From just two scales you can derive your basic set of scales that are used in a wide variety of music.

• Reference Scales

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The term scale and mode are used interchangeably and in a strict theory sense there is a big difference between a scale and a mode or modal scale. They are NOT the same, even if they are the same notes.

Music is best explored and explained in context. This lessons provides that context.

• Members Lesson

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The Major (Ionian) and Natural Minor (Aeolian) scales. From these two scales other basic scale can be derived.

• Members Lesson

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Basic strums and variations.

• Strums, Getting Started

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An interval is the distance between two notes. An interval has a name and a type. Intervals can be played melodically, ascending or descending. Or played harmonically by playing both notes at the same time. An interval can be inverted. Intervals can be diatonic to a scale or chromatic and not from a scale.

• Intervals

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Playing by ear, Passive Ear Training, Active Ear Training, Where the Ear Fits In.

• Ear Training

  Passive and Active, Ascending and Descending Intervals

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What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele?.

• Which Way is Up?

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Reading Standard Music Notation on ukulele.

The Basics

• Note Recognition

Introduction

• Introduction, Tuning Your Ukulele, Basic Rhythm and Downloadable Flash Cards

  Introduction to reading standard music notation on Ukulele in open position.

  The Introduction includes a section on Tuning your Ukulele, Basic Rhythm and downloadable Flash Cards to drill with.

Reading Standard Music Notation on Ukulele - Primer

• String One in Open Position
• String Two in Open Position and String one and two review
• String Three in Open Position
• Strings One, Two and Three Review in Open Position
• Alternate Note Locations in Open Position
• Ties and Rests
• Drills and Exercises
• String Four in Open Position
• Songs

Sharps and Flats in Open Position

• Introducing Sharps and Flats coming soon
• Key Signatures - Sharps coming soon
• Key Signatures - Flats coming soon

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C Tuning comes in two common variations. High "G" and low "G".

This tuning is common for Soprano, Concert and Tenor ukuleles.

• C Tuning Notation

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D Tuning comes in two common variations. High "A" and low "A".

This tuning is common for Soprano, Concert and Tenor ukuleles.

This is a common tuning in Canada.

• D Tuning, Natural and Sharp Notes, high "A"

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G Tunings comes in two common variations. High "D" and low "D". With the low "D" variation the most common and the same as the thin-high four string of a standard tuned guitar.

G Tuning with a high "D" is one of the tunings that Lyle Ritz uses the most.

This tuning is common for Tenor & Baritone ukuleles.

• G Tuning, Natural and Sharp Notes, high "A"

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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 instrumen. Theses number tell a player which fret to place their fingers on rather than which pitches to play.

• Trouble with TAB

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Alternate Note Names - Any note on the ukulele fingerboard can have up to five different names.

An Enharmonic Equivalent is where a music pitch can have different names depending on the context in which it is functioning. An example is G# producing the same pitch as Ab. Different note but the same pitch.

Enharmonic Equivalents are used for the correct spelling and notation of keys, melodies, intervals, scales and chords.

• Enharmonic Equivalents

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The basics of reading. Clefs, time signatures, repeats, dynamics and more...

• Reading Basics

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Alternate Music Notation - Reading TAB and Chord Grids on the ukulele

• Alternate Music Notation

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It is critical that you develop the finger strength and independence to explore your full musical potential. By developing a great left hand you will be able to explore more challenging musical situations.

• Fretting Hand Finger Gymnastics, Basic Single Note Drills

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Strings can be plucked, picked, strummed and any combination of the same to get the strings moving.

This lesson gets your started on the basic and what the possibilities are for using your fingers to get the string moving.

• Fingerstyle Basics