Recommended and Alternate Chord Fingerings

Fingerings are not shown. Any fingering would only be a recommended fingering and not mandatory. For many chords there are alternate fingerings, with any particular fingering dependent how the chord is being used in relationship to its previous chord and the next chord.

A guide to reading a `ukulele chord diagram is available right here on my site.

What Are Slash Chords?

Slash chords are chord indications where the composer or arranger wants a particular note as the lowest note of a chord voicing.

Slash chord notation is indicated by the chord name, followed by a slash and ANY other single note.

Slash chords typically are part of an ascending or descending bass part of the chord.

On instruments capable of a wider range of notes for selecting their chord voicings, actually complying with those wishes is possible. For the ukulele, it's not always possible. A lot of times those lower bass notes covered by a piano, guitar or bass - if present.

For ukuleles in the common rentrant tuning you can pretty much play the chord, not worrying about the particular voicing.

As a “jazz” standard Moon River uses 4-part contemporary, a.k.a "jazz" chords. Moon River uses a wider range of chords than your typical rock, pop or folk song. You'll definitely need to venture beyond the third fret of your instrument to play this arrangement.

When venturing in solo ukulele and “jazz” chords, a core set of chords and a solid foundation on how chords are constructed is needed to be successful.

How I Learned these “Jazz” Chords... Learning these more advanced chords doesn't take some mythical secret knowledge. All it takes is knowing how chords are created - where they come from. I learned them over many years. Using the information I ultimately put down in my book A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele. Study how to make any chord you will ever need to play using the tried and true chord formulas that the pros use. They're all in this book.

A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords - VOLUME I Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

Beyond learning the basic Ukulele 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.

This volume of A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords 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 advanced chords.

NEW 2nd Edition includes example chord progressions based on standard chord progressions and songs.

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

For more information and samples checkout the A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords book information.