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QuickStart Scale Fingerings for Ukulele, Volume I, C Tuning
Product Code: QS1UKES
Author(s): Curt Sheller
Publisher(s): Curt Sheller Publications
Published: Sep 23, 2002
Updated: May 16, 2023
ISBN-13: 978-0-97140-6-5
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: 108
Price: Hard Copy: $19.95
Price: PDF: $9

Learn to create exciting solos in a variety of contemporary styles! Scales are used to improvise, create melodies and riffs. With broad knowledge of the essential scales that are used in contemporary music and a mastery of the ukulele's fingerboard and fingering principles, you're well on your way.
QUICKSTART - Scale Fingerings for Ukulele is a concise, well organized book ideal for any ukulele player beginning to explore improvisation. Scale Fingerings for Ukulele keeps a sharp focus on six critical scales, their fingerings and their related chords. All material is covered in every key.
Whether your interest is in Blues, Rock, Jazz, Country or somewhere in between Scale Fingerings for Ukulele is a valuable addition to your musical library.
Six essential scales for C tuned ukuleles. Blues, Pentatonic, Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Ionian scales are covered in all keys with one octave scale fingerings starting on any finger.
Master these fingerings and unlock your potential as a ukulele player!
The QuickStart series of scale fingering books are available in a variety of tunings for ukulele, guitar and bass guitar.
Tunings: C with low or high G - (GCEA or gCEA).
QUICKSTART — Scale Fingerings for Ukulele
Learn to create exciting solos in a variety of contemporary styles!
Scales are used to improvise, create melodies and riffs. With a broad knowledge of the essential scales that are used in contemporary music and a mastery of the ukulele's fingerboard and fingering principles you're well on your way.
Available for Standard Soprano, Concert and Tenor ukuleles tuned to (G C E A) - Key of C tuning and Tenor and Baritone ukuleles tuned to (D G B E) - Key of G tuning.
Whether your interest is in Blues, Rock, Jazz, Country or somewhere in between Scale Fingerings for Ukulele is a valuable addition to your musical library.
Introduction
QUICKSTART - Scale Fingerings for Ukulele is 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 as a ukulele player.
Individual Scale Books Available
Don't need all six essential scales in one book - then try the individual scale books for:
- Blues - This book is FREE download
- Pentatonic - This book is FREE download
- Dorian - the Minor scale
- Mixolydian - the Dominant scale
- Aeolian - the Natural Minor scale
- Ionian - the Major scale
- Diminished
- Whole Tone
Table of Contents
QuickStart Scale Fingerings for Ukulele, Volume I, C Tuning
Six essential scales for advanced ukulele players...
- Forward
- Introduction
- Getting Beyond Shapes
- Scales-Chords-Progressions
- Blues Scales
- Shapes
- Chords
- Pentatonic Scales
- Shapes
- Chords
- Dorian Scales
- Shapes
- Chords
- Mixolydian Scales
- Shapes
- Chords
- Aeolian Scales
- Shapes
- Chords
- Ionian Scales
- Shapes
- Chords
- Blues Scales
- Additional Info
- Practice Tips
- Final Thoughts
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Errata
QuickStart Scale Fingerings for Ukulele, Volume I, C Tuning
- 2023-05-15 – NEW expanded 2nd Edition, with fixes to a few of the TAB and fingerings.
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Related Lessons
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Navigating the CMajor Scale - Low G
Updated: 19 Sep 2018
The first lesson on Navigating the C Major Scale did not include string four when using C Tuning - High G. I mentioned that mastering the positions and scale using strings three, two and one would set you up for expanding any position to the lower string four.
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Comments
Comments regarding for QuickStart Scale Fingerings for Ukulele, Volume I, C Tuning.
CS, Man, I broke the code!!! I‘ve had you books for quite a while and never understood them. I live on the island of Lanai in Hawaii and a large number of guys can jam and they have tried the help, but could not read or understand the music. A new young guy moved here from Oahu and started teaching lessons. I started taking lessons from him and again, he did not understand what you books were all about. Being a teacher myself I knew there was a great deal of knowledge in your books and I could help him in setting up his lesson plans for his classes. I also told him that you basic books would be great for his students. After my 3rd lesson I broke out you Quickstart Book and it took us about 45 minutes to break the code. The power of reading!?!?!?!?! I will continue to tell lessons just because the local sound is so fresh but, this blue stuff w/ local music will be off the hook. Thank again. I will be buying more books and I will try to get h is contact information. ! His uncle was Bratha "IZ" - Kevin L. Humphrey