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LESSONSeries : Getting Started Series of Ukulele Lessons
Getting Started with `Ukulele - Lesson Five
For Lesson Five we'll add and build on the lesson and material from lesson four.
In lesson five you’ll learn to following:
- Learning the Fingerboard, Secondary Key Fret (10)
- Four Finger, Single Note, Single String Fingering Drill Variations
- Secondary Chords - Key of D (Em, F#m and Bm)
- Common Chord Progressions for D Major
- Core Strumming Pattern Three
- Understanding Interval Inversion
In lesson five you’ll learn to following:
- Learning the Fingerboard, Secondary Key Fret (10)
- Four Finger, Single Note, Single String Fingering Drill Variations
- Secondary Chords - Key of D (Em, F#m and Bm)
- Common Chord Progressions for D Major
- Core Strumming Pattern Three
- Understanding Interval Inversion
NOTE: Although these lessons are presented as a weekly series, you can and should take as long as you like to master each week's lesson as there is a lot of material in each lesson in the series.
The individual lessons in this series are viewable from the Lessons button bar above.
The Fingerboard - Secondary Key Fret (10)
The second of the two secondary key frets, fret (10).
Recommended Lessons, Series & Resources
- LESSON: Learning the Fingerboard, C Tuning - Fret (10)
- LESSON: Learning the Fingerboard, C Tuning - Derived Frets
From this week’s fret (10) F A# D G you get fret (11) F# B D# G# and the fret (9) E A C# F#.
With the key and secondary frets and their derived higher and lower frets, this is the whole fingerboard.
Technique - Four Finger - Four Note Fingering Drills, Variations
Taking the four note single string fingering drills explore this lesson on create a simple variation.
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Secondary Chords - Key of D
Continuing with the common of key of D major and adding to the primary chords D, G, A and A7 from last week’s lessons. We can add the secondary chords Em, F#m, and Bm.
Recommended Lessons, Series & Resources
- Series: Key Signatures - D Major and B Minor
- LESSON: Secondary Chords of D Major
Common Progressions - Key of D
With the primary and secondary chords in the key of D.
Recommended Lessons, Series & Resources
Core Strumming Pattern Three
This is the third of the four core strumming patterns. Theses are some of the most famous strumming patterns used.
Recommended Lessons, Series & Resources
- LESSON: Strumming Pattern Three
Understanding Interval Inversion
Last week’s lesson explored Chromatic intervals. This week we explores inversion.
Recommended Lessons, Series & Resources
- LESSON: Understanding Interval Inversion
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