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How About More Uke?
This song appears on my jazz ukulele CD, How About More Uke?
How About More Uke? is a selection of jazz standards in the classic guitar ukulele, bass and drums jazz trio.
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- Georgia
- I’ll Remember April
- My Favorite Things
- Rain Shine
- Satin Doll
- Summer Dawn
- Summertime - Blue Skies
- Sway
- The Girl From Ipanema
- Yesterday - Michelle
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Blue Skies
Low "G", C Tuning: GCEA
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Blue Skies - "Blue Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin in 1926.
The song was composed in 1926 as a last minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical, Betsy. Although the show only ran for 39 performances, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star, Belle Baker. During the final repetition, Ms. Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front row.
In 1927, the music was published and Ben Selvin's recorded version was a #1 hit. That same year, it became one of the first songs to be featured in a talkie, when Al Jolson performed it in The Jazz Singer. 1946 was also a notable year for the song, with a Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film taking its title, and two recorded versions by Count Basie and Benny Goodman reaching #8 and #9 on the pop charts, respectively. Crossing genres, Willie Nelson's recording of "Blue Skies" was a #1 country music hit in 1978. The fact that it became a No. 1 country song (especially by a Texan artist) was not entirely surprising as it clearly was a major western swing and country standard as a 1939 version by Moon Mullican and a 1962 Jim Reeves interpretation have shown.
"Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song -- Nothing but bluebirds all day long."
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Jazz Chord Lessons for Ukulele
The following lessons are a great starting point for diving into the mysterious subject of “jazz” chords. From six core chords you can derive all your other chords. No more chord charts, software, dictionaries, watching other players or looking up chords. These lessons take the mystery out of these chords. Not longer solely the realm of only jazz musicians. There are just contemporary chords that find their way into a wide variety of music.
Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation
Lesson Code: UL42
Published: 2005-01-02
Updated: 2011-09-21
Lesson Info
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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Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 1st Voicing
Lesson Code: UL42a
Published: 2011-09-18
Updated: 2011-09-21
Lesson Info
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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Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 2nd Voicing
Lesson Code: UL42b
Published: 2011-09-18
Updated: 2011-09-21
Lesson Info
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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Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 3rd Voicing
Lesson Code: UL42c
Published: 2011-09-18
Updated: 2011-09-21
Lesson Info
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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Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 4th Voicing
Lesson Code: UL42d
Published: 2011-09-18
Updated: 2011-09-21
Lesson Info
Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the Big Six core chords. The core chrods are: maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug 7.
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Jazz Chord Books for Ukulele and Guitar
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The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords - Volume I
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords Series provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Beyond learning open and barre chords, most guitarists struggle with advanced chords. Commonly called jazz chords, these more sophisticated voicings find a wide use in all forms of music.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-9714044-3-4 Published: January 2004 Pages 68
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AGCUKE1
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A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords - Volume I
Beyond learning basic Ukulele chords most players struggle with advanced chords. Commonly called “jazz” chords, these more sophisticated voicings find a wide use in all forms of music.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele presents a highly organized and efficient approach to the mysterious subject of advanced chords. Chord dictionaries are not the answer. Even chord theory does not offer any insight into unraveling the complexity of Ukulele chord voicings.
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele is your answer.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-9714044-8-9 Published: March 2003 Pages 70
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AGCUKE1
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AGCUKE1STD
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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.
Building a Solid Jazz Chord Foundation using Seventh, Major Seventh, Major 6, Minor Seventh, Minor Sixth, Diminished Seventh, Minor Seventh Flat Five and Augmented Seventh chords.
Tunings: C and G. Low or high string four variations.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-007-2 Published: January 2007 Pages 52
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AGCUKE1STD
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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.
Building a Solid Jazz Chord Foundation using Seventh, Major Seventh, Major 6, Minor Seventh, Minor Sixth, Diminished Seventh, Minor Seventh Flat Five and Augmented Seventh chords.
Songs include: All of Me, All of Me - Variation, Autumn Leaves, All the Things You Are, Days of Wine and Roses, There Will Never Be Another You, Back Home In Indiana, Someday My Prince Will Come, Have You Met Miss Jones, Summer Samba, Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Georgia Brown - Variation, Yesterday, and It’s Only A Paper Moon
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