1. Getting Started
Know your uke
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Reading tablature
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The notes on the fretboard
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2. Strum, Strum, Strum
Your first chords
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Changing chords
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Play some real songs
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Spice up your strumming
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More chords more chords
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Minor chords
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Waltz time, 3/4
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Right-hand tools and techniques
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3. Reading Standard Music Notation
Rests
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Dotted half notes
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Natural notes on the 1st string
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The C major scale
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Eighth notes, of course
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Dotted quarter notes
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Sharps and flats
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Accidentals in a key signature
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Ties
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Navigating a musical map
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4. Theory without Fear
The major scale is your measuring stick
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Intervals are your building blocks
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Harmony and chords
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5. Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes
Strum patterns and a tune in G
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Accenting the backbeat, the E and E7 chords, and "Sally Ann" in A
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Fiddle tune form and "Soldier²s Joy" in D
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6. Old School: The Swingin′ Ukulele
How to swing
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Sixes and sevens and chords
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The circle of 5ths progression
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The triple strum
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The triple burst strum
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7. Rocking Out the Uke
The syncopated strum
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Adding percussion with mute strokes
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Moveable chord forms, or how I learned to be my own chord dictionary
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Using moveable chords, left-hand mute strokes, reggae, and soul
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8. Taking It Home: Island Style
"Aloha ²Oe"
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New strums
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Hula for Ho²opi²i
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9. Ukulele Blues
The 12-bar blues
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The blues shuffle rhythm
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The minor pentatonic scale
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Transposition
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Transposing the blues and the minor pentatonic scale
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Blues in a Minor Key
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10. Introduction to Fingerstyle
The right-hand position
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Arpeggio pattern t, i, m, a
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Middle and ring fingers together
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Fingerpicking in 3/4
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Alternating thumb pattern t, i, t, m
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Conclusion
Conclusion
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End credits
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Bonus Movies
Daniel Hos ukuleles
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*Bicycle Holiday* performance
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*Living in Paradise* performance
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Ex_Files_Beginning_Ukelele.zip
(1.7 MB)