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Jazz Ukulele - Welcome to my Jazz Ukulele World
Learning to play jazz on a ukulele. What are the jazz chords and scales and styles need to explore this form of music?
- “Jazz” Chords
A “Jazz” chord is simply a 4-part chord used in a wide variety of contemporary music.
Largely associated with “jazz” players, anyone can use these cool chords.
- Scales
Essential scales for ALL jazz musicians.
Traditional, Contemporary and Modal scales are all in a jazz musicians bag of tricks.
- Comping a.k.a. Accompaniment
Playing background chords in support of a singer or soloist.
- Jazz Styles
Swing, Bossa, Latin, Jazz Waltz, Ballads and more…
- Lessons
Jazz ukulele lessons right here on my site.
- Ukulele Jazz Players
- Instruments
- Creating Solo Chord Melody Arrangements on Ukulele
Jazz is a music genre that 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. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. Its West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note. (from WidipediA)
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Ukulele for Guitar Players
This book is for current and former guitar players discovering the ukulele for the first time or returning to the instrument.
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele. Or exploring the possibilities that the ukulele offer. Covers chords, scale and an introduction to reading standard music notation on ukulele.
The ukulele is both a different instrument than the guitar and at the same time a lot like the guitar.
Guitar players that also play the ukulele find that it gives them a different and fresh look at how they also approach the guitar.
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