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Ukulele for Guitar Players
A guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar player to the ukulele.

Category: Ukulele Instrument: Guitar Subjects(s): Chords • Beginner • Intermediate • Scales • Transposing

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Ukulele for Guitar Players
A guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar player to the ukulele.
Product Info

Product Code: UKEGTR
Author(s): Curt Sheller
Publisher(s): Curt Sheller Publications
Published: Jul 12, 2006
Updated: Jul 12, 2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-001-0
Size*: ANSI A
Pages: 98
Hard Copy Price: $19.95
PDF Price: $9

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You already know more than you think!

A guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar player to the ukulele.

Covers chords, scales, reading and the three most common ukulele tunings.

This book is for current and former guitar players discovering the ukulele for the first time or returning to the instrument

Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele. Or exploring the possibilities that the ukulele offer. Covers chords, scale and an introduction to reading standard music notation on ukulele.

The ukulele is both a different instrument than the guitar and at the same time a lot like the guitar.

Guitar players that also play the ukulele find that it gives them a different and fresh look at how they also approach the guitar.

Regarding my book Ukulele For Guitar Players

Ex-Beatle George Harrison received a gift from his good friend Tom Petty shortly before his death - a ukulele. Paul McCartney also gifted Harrison a ukulele. That''s when I knew ukuleles were going mainstream. No more Don Ho jokes. No more Arthur Godfrey jokes. Ukuleles were cool. Ukulele For Guitar Players by Curt Sheller bets there''s a new wave of guitar players discovering the uke for the first time, or returning to the instrument. Modern virtuosos include Jake Shimabukuro, James Hill, and ukulele jazz legend Lyle Ritz. The book enables guitar players to make the transition to the ukulele by using basic open-position chords, movable-form chords, triads, advanced-jazz chords, and essential scales. An introduction to reading standard music notation on ukulele, Sheller highlights both the similarities and the differences between the instruments. One gets the feeling if George Harrison was still with us, he''d be getting this book as a gift. ( illinoisentertainer.com, Posted on March 30th, 2006 in Monthly, Gear)

Table of Contents
Ukulele for Guitar Players
  • Introduction
  • Ukulele History
  • Common Ukulele Sizes
  • Common Ukulele Tunings
    • “C” Tuning
      • C Tuning, High “G”
      • C Tuning, Low “G”
    • “D” Tuning
      • D Tuning, High “A”
      • D Tuning, Low “A”
    • “G” Tuning
      • G Tuning
      • G Tuning, High “D”
      • Summary
  • Open Position Chords
    • The Ukulele Chord Diagram
    • “G” Tuning
      • “G” Tuning Open Position Chords
      • Baritone Ukulele & Guitar
      • Transferring Chords to “G” Tuning
    • “C” Tuning
      • “C” Tuning Open Position Chords
      • “C” Tuning Relative to Guitar
      • Transferring Chords to “C” Tuning
    • “D” Tuning
      • “D” Tuning Open Position Chords
      • “D” Tuning Relative to Guitar
      • Transferring Chords to “D” Tuning
    • Tuning Transposition Chart
    • Transposing Chords
    • Summary
  • Movable Chord Forms
    • “G” Tuning F Movable Form Chords
    • “G” Tuning Bb Movable Form Chords
    • “C” Tuning Bb Movable Form Chords
    • “C” Tuning Eb Movable Form Chords
    • “D” Tuning C Movable Form Chords
    • “D” Tuning F Movable Form Chords
  • Triads
  • 4-Part Jazz Chords
    • Major Triads
    • Minor Triads
    • Diminished Triads
    • Augmented Triads
    • Seventh Chords
  • Scale Interval Formula Chart
  • The Fifteen Major Scales (Keys)
  • Essential Scales
    • The Pentatonic Scale
    • Additional Blues Scale Shapes
    • The Pentatonic Scale
    • Additional Pentatonic Scale Shapes
    • Identifying the Names of the Notes
    • Getting More Information
    • What Are a Scale’s Associated Chords?
    • Blues vs. Minor Pentatonic
    • Expanding the Blues Scale
  • Reading Standard Music Notation
    • Round the Mulberry Bush
    • The Third Uke Man
    • Second Story Uke
  • Learning The Ukulele Fingerboard
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A Selection of Books & Reference Charts that are recommended for creating a solid foundation with your chosen instrument and music in general.
These are books & reference charts that apply to a majority of all lessons on LearningUkulele.com / Learning Ukulele with Curt.
Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard – C Tuning

Finally, learn the names of the notes of the fingerboard.

Six Secrets of the Ukulele Fingerboard – C Tuning

Learn the six fingering principles to navigating the ukulele fingerboard. Fingering is one of the most universal topics.

Harmonic Analysis for Scale Selection and Chord Substitution

Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition.

Ukulele – Reading Music Series – Primer

Learn to read single note melodies in the first/open position is a lot easier than you might think.

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 additional Handy, Dandy Reference Charts.

Reference Charts
Ukulele Fingerboard Chart for C Tuning, Low or High G - G C E A

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

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

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

Circle of Fourths and Fifths – ANSI A & A4 sizes

A handy reference chart of all 15 major and relative minor key signatures. US Letter 8.5 x 11 sized (ANSI-A), A4

Checkout the Books for additional Handy, Dandy Reference Charts.

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Related Songs for Ukulele for Guitar Players.
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Brown Eyed Girl

Brown Eyed Girl is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin' Your Mind!. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the Cashbox charts, and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

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