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The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele - Volume I
Exploring voice leading and chord magnetism.
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Product Code: AGCPUKE1
Author(s): Curt Sheller
Publisher(s): Curt Sheller Publications
Published: Jan 2, 2004
Updated: Apr 15, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-0-9714044-9-6
Size*: Book ANSI A (8.5 x 11 in), PDF A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Pages: 69
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Before individual chords become the background of songs, they must be put into orders called chord progressions. The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele organizes progressions according to string family, position, voice leading and chord magnetism. The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele is an excellent preparation for the art of melody and chord on the ukulele and more advanced accompaniment.
Volume I features the principles of voice leading applied to chord progressions. These principles are explained using chords from The Advanced Guide to Ukulele Chords &nmdash; Vol 1. Chapters with common major and minor Full Diatonic, Partial Diatonic, and Chromatic chord progressions are also included to further explore voice leading principles presented in the book.
Table of Contents
The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele - Volume I
- Forward
- Introduction
- Voice Leading Technique
- Common Tone Location
- Non Common Tone Location
- Voice Leading Examples - Connecting Chords
- Two Chord Example
- Three Chord Example
- How To Practice Chord Progressions
- Written and Transposed Keys
- Transposition Charts
- Progressions
- Full Diatonic Progressions
- Major
- Minor
- Partial Diatonic Progressions
- Major
- Minor
- Chromatic Progressions
- Major
- Minor
- Common Major Progressions
- Common Minor Progressions
- Progressions using Upper Partial Chords
- Progressions using Altered Chords
- Mixed Upper Partial and Altered Chords
- Add and Sus Chords
- Slash Chords
- Full Diatonic Progressions
- Advanced Techniques
- Beyond Strict Voice Leading
- Harmonic Rhythm
- Major & Minor Scale Harmmonized Chord Charts
- Major Keys
- Minor Keys
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Errata
The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele - Volume I
- 2024-04-12 – NEW UPDATED and Expand Edition.
- 6/2/2006 – Updated ISBN number to new ISBN-13 number.
- 12/10/2004 – Fingerboard charts had mixed sharps with flats on the Natural Notes and Flats Notes charts and needed to be all flats.
- 11/20/2004 – Page 10 The G7 chord has the wrong graphic (chord grid). Move the note from string 4 to 2 and the note one string 2 to string 4.
- 4/1/2004 – New color cover
- 12/26/2003 – Added a voice leading sample for two of the common progressions.
- 12/16/2003 – Errata Created
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