Daily Practice Material for the Contemporary Ukulele

An organized collection of daily practice and reference material for the contemporary ukulele player.

Published: 12 Jul 2004 Updated: 28 Sep 2021Visits: 413Code: PMG1UKE

INSTRUMENTS: Practice Main: Ukulele Others: Ukulele
Subjects: Intermediate • Scales • Advanced • Jazz • Practice • Intervals

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Daily Practice Material for the Contemporary Ukulele

An organized collection of daily practice and reference material for the contemporary ukulele player.

Product Code: PMG1UKE
Author(s): Curt Sheller
Publisher(s): Curt Sheller Publications
Published: Jul 12, 2004
Updated: Sep 28, 2021
ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-010-2
Size*: ANSI A
Pages: 68
Hard Copy Price: $12.95
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Daily Practice Material for the Contemporary Ukulele Player is an organized collection of daily practice and reference material for the contemporary ukulele player. This material can be used to develop the vocabulary and knowledge necessary for single note playing.

Material includes: Scales, Intervals, Arpeggios and Sequences, the source material for improvisation.

Note: Each of the books is the same with different covers. The additional available on the book page is specific for that instrument.

Scales and Modes

Scales should be viewed as a collection or stream of notes and explored in as many keys as possible. This section covers essential scales needed by the contemporary ukulele player as well as some additional scales that are useful for more advanced improvisation.

What is the difference between a scale and mode?

First some history...

Pythagoras (569BC- 475BC) - discovered the numerical ratios which determine the intervals of the musical scale. Theses are the seven tones of the C Ionian or C Major scale. Pythagoras noticed that vibrating strings produce harmonious tones when the ratios of the lengths of the strings are whole numbers, and that these ratios could be extended to other instruments. In fact Pythagoras made remarkable contributions to the mathematical theory of music. He was a fine musician, playing the lyre, and he used music as a means to help those who were ill.

Table of Contents

Daily Practice Material for the Contemporary Ukulele

  • Introduction
  • Scales, Intervals, Arpeggios and Sequences
  • Scales & Modes
  • Scale & Mode History
  • Modal Scales
    • Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Mixolydian
    • Lydian, Aeolian, Locrian
  • Traditional Scales
    • Harmonic Minor, Tonic (Melodic or Jazz) Minor
    • Diminished, Whole Tone
  • Contemporary Scales
    • Blues, Pentatonic
    • Altered Scales
    • Mixolydian +4, Mixolydian -2 -6
  • Additional Mixolydian Altered Scales
  • Altered Scale Choices
    • Locrian, Tonic Minor, Major, Diminished
  • Summary
  • Additional Scales
    • Bebop Scales
  • Applying Scales
  • Improvisation
  • Tonal Centers
  • Target Practice
  • Practicing
  • Scale Diary
  • Melodic Analysis
  • Intervals
    • What is an Interval?
    • Simple Intervals
    • Compound Intervals
    • Chromatic Intervals
    • Inversions
    • Famous Melodic Intervals
    • Ascending
    • Descending
    • Notation Intervals
    • Ascending
    • Intervalic & Functional Notation
    • Interval Qualities and Resolution Tendencies
    • Diatonic & Chromatic
    • Interval Examples
      • Seconds
      • Thirds
      • Fourths
      • Fifths
      • Sixths
      • Sevenths
      • Octaves
      • Ninths
      • Tenths
      • Elevenths, Twelths, Thirteenths
  • Sequences
    • Intervalic
    • Seconds, Thirds, Fourths, Fifths
    • Sixths, Sevenths, Octaves, Ninths
    • A One Octave Thirds Example
    • A Two Octave Thirds Example
  • Arpeggio Sequence Examples (triads)
  • Sequence Examples by Starting Interval
    • Seconds
    • Thirds
    • Fourths
    • Fifths
    • Sixths
    • Sevenths
    • Octaves
  • Practice
    • Cycles and Sequences
    • Key Signatures
  • Charts
    • Chord Building Chart
    • Major & relative Minor Keys Full Diatonic Tonality Chart<
  • 6 String Guitar Fingerboard Charts
  • Introduction
  • Scales, Intervals, Arpeggios and Sequences
  • Scales & Modes
  • Scale & Mode History
  • Modal Scales
    • Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Mixolydian
    • Lydian, Aeolian, Locrian
  • Traditional Scales
    • Harmonic Minor, Tonic (Melodic or Jazz) Minor
    • Diminished, Whole Tone
  • Contemporary Scales
    • Blues, Pentatonic
    • Altered Scales
    • Mixolydian +4, Mixolydian -2 -6
  • Additional Mixolydian Altered Scales
  • Altered Scale Choices
    • Locrian, Tonic Minor, Major, Diminished
  • Summary
  • Additional Scales
    • Bebop Scales
  • Applying Scales
  • Improvisation
  • Tonal Centers
  • Target Practice
  • Practicing
  • Scale Diary
  • Melodic Analysis
  • Intervals
    • What is an Interval?
    • Simple Intervals
    • Compound Intervals
    • Chromatic Intervals
    • Inversions
    • Famous Melodic Intervals
    • Ascending
    • Descending
    • Notation Intervals
    • Ascending
    • Intervalic & Functional Notation
    • Interval Qualities and Resolution Tendencies
    • Diatonic & Chromatic
    • Interval Examples
      • Seconds
      • Thirds
      • Fourths
      • Fifths
      • Sixths
      • Sevenths
      • Octaves
      • Ninths
      • Tenths
      • Elevenths, Twelths, Thirteenths
  • Sequences
    • Intervalic
    • Seconds, Thirds, Fourths, Fifths
    • Sixths, Sevenths, Octaves, Ninths
    • A One Octave Thirds Example
    • A Two Octave Thirds Example
  • Arpeggio Sequence Examples (triads)
  • Sequence Examples by Starting Interval
    • Seconds
    • Thirds
    • Fourths
    • Fifths
    • Sixths
    • Sevenths
    • Octaves
  • Practice
    • Cycles and Sequences
    • Key Signatures
  • Charts
    • Chord Building Chart
    • Major & relative Minor Keys Full Diatonic Tonality Chart<
  • 6 String Guitar Fingerboard Charts

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  • 3/10/2004 — (03102004.1330) changes to sample intervals page and fixing various typos
  • 12/16/2003Errata File Created

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Daily Practice Material for the Contemporary Ukulele

An organized collection of daily practice and reference material for the contemporary ukulele player for developing the vocabulary and knowledge necessary for single note playing.

Checkout the Books for ALL available books.

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Ukulele Fingerboard Chart for G Tuning, Low or High A – D G B E

Key Signatures — Circle of Fourths and Fifths – ANSI A & A4 sizes

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