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Jazz Ukulele - Comping a.k.a. Accompaniment
Learning to play jazz on a ukulele. What are the jazz chords and scales and styles need to explore this form of music?
Comping or accompaniment is simply the art of playing along and supporting with a melody with a chord background.
The style of music determines the rhythmic patterns used. A Bossa Nova pattern would be different than a cut time then would be different that a Jazz Waltz.
The Songs area of the site has a section on learning the patterns and elements of various popular styles.
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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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