Getting Started with `Ukulele - Lesson Five

An Enharmonic Equivalent is where a musical pitch can have different names depending on the context in which it is functioning. An example is G# produces the same pitch as Ab.

To play the ukulele effectively, your fingers need physical strength, agility, flexibility and coordination. This four finger-four note drill is designed to get your hands in shape. These exercises work no matter what style of ukulele you play or want to play.

There is nothing that returns more value when learning a fretted musical instrument like the ukulele than really, and I mean really knowing the names of the notes of the fingerboard. This is not the same as learning to read music — but simply knowing the name of any note on the fingerboard.

Fret (10) is a Secondary Key fret. From the key and secondary key frets, adjacent frets can be memorized relative to that fret.

For ukulele there are four core, basic strums that will get you started. This is the third of the four core patterns.

Inverting intervals using the Rule of Nine. An interval is the distance between two notes. An interval has a name and a type. Intervals can be played one note (melodic) or two notes (harmonic) at a time, ascending or descending.

Common chord progressions for the key of D.

Using the primary and secondary chords for the key explore these common chord progressions for the key of D. D is one of the common keys that include C, G, D, A, and E.

The primary chords for any major key are the I, IV, and V chords of its corresponding major scale. For D Major the primary chords are: D, G, A, and A7.

From the primary and secondary chords of a major key countless songs and chords progressions can be played.