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Basic one, two, three and four note single string drills for ukulele to develop finger strength and independence.

It is critical that you develop the finger strength and independence to explore your full musical potential. By developing a great left hand, for right hand players, you will be able to explore more challenging musical situations.

To develop this great left hand technique there is a series of graduated drills or finger gymnastics/exercises that will allow you to play at higher and higher levels and increase your the comfort zone of usable technique.

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• Basic Single Note Drills for Ukulele

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Transposition is the process of moving a musicial passage from on key to another key. All music can be transposed. From a single note to a complex musicial score. This lesson deals with transposing chords.

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• Transposing Chords and Scales

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Basic ukulele strums and variations to get you started.

This is the place to start if you are jsut getting started with ukulele. Or, want to know how to teach basic strums and always have success.

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• Basic Ukulele Strums and Variations

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A strum is the execution of a specific rhythmic pattern, at tempo in a particular style.

One of the first skills a ukulele player learns is the art and craft of strumming, playing rhythm. This refers to an accompaniment technique suitable for the singer, singer - songwriter or someone who plays a support role for another instrument.

Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum. It is this 3rd skill that is our focus in “A Guide to Ukulele Strums”.

Though strumming looks natural to the casual observer, it is anything but natural to the beginning ukulele player. Even experienced players have difficulty in identifying and executing certain strums. Though this is one of those topics that is typically taken for granted, there is much to learn about rhythmic feels, accents, dynamics, strum direction, feel, percussive accents, idiomatic styles and tempo variation.

First and foremost, the subject of strumming is inseparably linked to rhythm. Though an ability to read rhythm is helpful, it’s not necessary to profit from these lessons.

Topics and information covered in these lessons cover:

• Basic Strums
• Your Rhythm Engine
• Basic Variations
• Six Rhythmic Syllables
• 36 Rhythmic Syllable Pairs

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• Ukulele Strums - Getting Started

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What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele?. This UkuleleLesson focuses on clearing up what these terms refer to and should refer too. Up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending should refer to musical pitch and not be related to gravity as we know it. Up and higher refers to the raising of pitch and down and lower refer to the lowering of pitch. Top refers to the upper note of a chord voicing or musical phrase and bottom the lowest note.

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• Which Way Is Up? - Up, Down, Ascending, Descending, etc...

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The ukulele (pronounced oo-koo-lele) comes in four sizes: Soprano (sometimes called Standard), Concert, Tenor and Baritone. The Baritone is tuned just like the four thin strings of a standard tuned guitar and called "G" tuning (D G B E). The Soprano, Concert and Tenor is typically tuning in a "C" Tuning (G C E A) or "D" tuning (A D F# B). The Tenor can also be tuned like the Baritone ukulele.

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• Selecting a Ukulele

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Licks, riffs, leads, spontaneous melodies, solos... In the guitar world, this is called Lead Guitar. In the ukulele world, we can call it whatever we want.

I call it Ukulele Doodling! Just like an artist can doodle around and draw whatever he or she fancies, we can do the same on ukulele. Anyone can have hours of fun just doodling around the ukulele – exploring its possibilities.

This lesson explore the Major Pentatonic scale and it's chords.

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• Ukulele Doodling - Introduction to Scales and Soloing

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A chord substitution is when one chords replaces another chords or is used in addition to a current chord.

A substitution can superimposable and non-superimposable. A chord substitution can have note substitutions, additions, alterations, or upper partials.

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• Chord Substitution on Ukulele

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TAB or Tablature is a form of musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument rather than which pitches to play.

Generally speaking, tablature is commonly used by informally trained musicians in folk, popular and rock music.

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• Reading Ukulele TAB - Alternate Notation

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Wikipedia defines Jazz as a musical art form which 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. The style’s West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note.

At a minimum to explore jazz or contemporary music on a ukulele you need a core set of chords and scales. It is this foundation or core that you can build on.

This lesson contains links and resources for developing as a jazz ukulele player. And, a great overview of what is needed as far as chords, scale and the essential elements that are needed to explore jazz on a ukulele.

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• Exploring Jazz Ukulele

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Learn the Blues and Pentatonic scale on ukulele.

A practical approach to learning essential scales using the Blues scale.

Scales like chords are typically learned as shapes using chord grids, TAB or any number of methods. They show the fingerboard shape, what strings to play and possibly the fingers that are used to play the scale. But what are the names of the notes? What chords can I use them with? You are usually left to fend for yourself.

The five note Major Pentatonic and Blues or Minor Pentatonic scales are two of the most common used in contemporary music. This lesson will focus on the blues scale in the common key of D.

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• Learning The Blues Scale on Ukulele

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Various methods of tuning your ukulele. From tuning by ear to using an electronic tuner.

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• Tuning Your Ukulele

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QuickStart Scale & Arpeggio Fingerings are a highly organized, efficient system of scale fingerings. Each fingering pattern is shown with a fingerboard shape, TAB and standard music notation. Related chords are also explained for each scale. Master these fingerings and unlock your potential for improvisation.

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• QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Lesson Series

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Any tuning is possible on a ukulele as long as the construction supports it and a string is available.

Here are the most common tunings for the Ukulele shown in concert pitch.

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• Common Ukulele Tunings

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From two scales you can derive other essential rock, jazz and contemporary scales.

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• Core Jazz Scales for Ukulele

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