Top 100 Popular, Available Lessons
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Basic Open Position `Ukulele Chord Chart
A core set of basic `ukulele chords that ALL Ukulele players should know.
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Songs Using a Common 1 5 6 4 Chord Progression
The “Four Chord, Pop Progression”
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Chord a Day, January 1st - C
What better way than to start the new year off with learning a new ukulele chord every day of the year.
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Six Essential Scales for `Ukulele
Six essential scale that can get through a wide variety of traditional and contemporary music.
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Getting Started with Ukulele - Introduction
The first, suggested lessons that ALL my private students and site members get.
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The Learning Process - The Mind, Hands and Ears
Making the connection between the Mind, the Hands and the Ear.
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Chord a Day, January 9th - Cadd2
Learn a new chord everyday of January.
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Getting Started with `Ukulele - Lesson One
The FIRST lesson on the series for getting started with `ukulele.
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Movable `Ukulele Chords
A series of weekly ukulele lessons for learning your chords beyond the third fret.
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Core `Ukulele Chords, Traditional and Contemporary Triads
Major, Minor, Diminished, Augumented, Suspended, Add and Lydian chords.
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Open Position Chords
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Learning the `Ukulele Fingerboard (Finally!!!)
It's a lot easier then your think.
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Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation
An introduction to the series of lessons for building your core, essential 4-part chords.
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Exploring Jazz Chords on `Ukulele, Standard Example - Autumn Leaves
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A - Open Position and Movable Forms
'Eh' – the Canadian chord.
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Whoo!!!, Too Many Chord Shapes to Memorize!!!
Time to get off the memorizing your chords by shapes.
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Types of `Ukulele Chords
Open position chords, movable form chords, 4-part "jazz" chords, and free form chords.
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Reading Ukulele TAB - Alternate Notation
An alternate form of musical notation for fretted stringed instruments.
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Enharmonic Equivalents
Different names and notation for the same pitch.
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Which Way Is Up? - Up, Down, Ascending, Descending, etc...
What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending?
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Basic `Ukulele Chord Fingering
The art and science of chord fingering. Learning your basic open position chords in common keys.
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Practice Principles
Getting the most out of your practice sessions.
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Bossa Nova
The best known syle of Brazian music popularized in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Hearing the Changes
Knowing what the chords of a song or chord progressions are and when the when the change.
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Remembering Songs
It's ALL About the Learning & Playing Songs!
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Ear Training - Pitch Recognition
Ear Training is the development of the active and passive capability to relate to music aurally.
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Key Signatures - C Major and A Minor
Sometimes called the learning key, the key of C Major is one of the easiest keys to memorize and begin using.
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The Chromatic Scale
The only scale containing ALL 12 notes available withing in one octave.
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Understanding a `Ukulele Chord Diagram
The basic `Ukulele chord diagram explained.
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Dominant Seventh Chords?
Not all seventh chords are actually "Dominant" seventh chords.
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Proper Fretting Hand Placement
Efficiency is the key to proper fretting hand technique.
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Key Signatures and the Circle of Fifths and Fourths
The magical, mysterious, and mystical Cycle of Fifths.
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`Ukulele Blues, Example D
Major Quick Four progression.
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What is the Difference Between a Scale and a Mode?
The term scale and mode are used interchangeably and in a strict theory sense there is a big difference between a scale and a mo
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Learning The Blues Scale on `Ukulele
A practical approach to learning the Blues and Pentatonic scales on `ukulele.
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Advanced Guide to Chords - Chord Building Chart
A Guide to Advanced Chords Series
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The Major Scale
The most important scale in ALL of music.
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Basic Open Position `Ukulele Chord Chart - Baritone Tuning
A core set of basic chords that ALL Ukulele players should know in common keys.
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Introduction to Scales and Soloing on `Ukulele - Major Pentatonic
An Introduction to Scales and Soloing on `Ukulele using the C Pentatonic Scale.
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Chord Spelling - An Alternate Approach
An alternate approach to determining the chord tones of any chord.
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The Harmonized Major and Minor Scale Charts
Chords of ALL 15 major and minor keys.
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`Ukulele Chords and Progressions
Related Lessons, Books, and Assets
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Playing in Time
There is no way around it. A musician must be able to play in time.
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What Finger is What?
Just what are the fingers of the plucking and fretting hand called.
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Chord Spelling - Triads
The traditional approach for learning the chord tones of chords with a little twist to make it a bit easier.
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Creating Cool `Ukulele Chords
These are the chords do not typically show up in chord dictionaries or song books.
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Natural, Sharp and Flat Notes of the `Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning
A chart in standard music notation of the natural, sharp and flat notes of the ukulele fingerboard.
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How and Why To Use Metronome
The question is NOT whether to use a metronome - it's HOW to use a metronome.
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The Andalusian Chord Progression
The Andalusian cadence is a term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression comprising four chords descending stepwise.
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Chord a Day, January 8th - Cadd9
Learn a new chord everyday of January.
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Selecting a `Ukulele
Buying and supplying your UAS ( `Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome ).
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Core Ukulele Chords - Triads, Suspended Chords
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Chord a Day, January 2nd - F
Learn a new chord everyday of January.
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`Ukulele Strums - Getting Started
The art and craft of strumming – playing rhythm on `Ukulele.
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Chord a Day, March 17th - F9
Learn a new chord everyday of March.
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Your First `Ukulele Chord
The FIRST chord every `ukulele player learns is C or C major.
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Building a Solid Jazz Chord Foundation for `Ukulele
These more sophisticated, contemporary chord voicings find their way into a wide variety of music.
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Ukulele String Combinations
All possible single and multiple ukulele string combinations.
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Quarter Note Strum
One of the most basic strumming patterns.
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Key Signatures - Introduction
A summary of the sharps or flats in a Major or its relative Natural Minor scale.
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`Ukulele • Piano Comparison
The `Ukulele is not as Black'n'White as the piano.
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Alternating Thumb Style, Building a Solid Foundation - The Basics
The Alternating Thumb part of the Alternating Thumb Fingerstyle style - The Foundation.
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Music Basics
The foundation for the understanding of how music works.
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Ukulele Chords - Triads, Strings 1 2 3
Major triads using strings 1 2 3.
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Navigating the C Major Scale
Every Finger, Every String
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Getting Started with `Ukulele - Lesson Two
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Standard Music Notation
A complete lesson on what is Standard Music Notation.
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Three Chord Progressions
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Fingerstyle Basics for `Ukulele - t i m r, ( p i m a )
Exploring fingerpicking and fingerstyle `ukulele.
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Chord a Day Videos - January
All the Videos for January's Chord A Day Lessons
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4-part Contemporary Chords, a.k.a. Jazz Chords
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Free Form Chords
No system - Your know the notes of the fingerboard and the notes of chords and can create these as needed.
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Six Essential Scales - Blues/Minor Pentatonic Chords
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Six Essential Scales for `Ukulele - Pentatonic Scale Five Position Summaries
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Chord Switching - Double Stops
Switching chords are all about finger independence and working together.
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Learning the Fingerboard, C Tuning - 10 step Program
You CAN now master that crazy notes layout of the `ukulele.
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The Four Chord Pop Progression
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The Daily Ukulele a.k.a., The "Yellow" Book Song Index
256 Songs For Better Living
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`Ukulele Scale Diagram Explained
A chord or scale grid is an alternate, visual why of showing a scale pattern.
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Basic Movable Form Chords
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Chord a Day, January 3rd - G
Learn a new chord everyday of January.
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Basic Single Note Drills for `Ukulele
Basic one, two, three and four note single string drills for ukulele for developing finger strength and independence.
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Basic Open Position `Ukulele Chord Chart for Lefties
A core set of basic ukulele chords that ALL Ukulele players should know. For Lefties!
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Reading Music on `Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position
Music notation is the Lingua franca of amateur and professional musicians alike
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Drills and Exercises
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Barre Chords
Movable form chords
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Leciono Uno for TeStInG - CSP
La prefera leciono de Fred.
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Fifties (1950s) Chord Progressions
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Core `Ukulele Chords, Major and Minor Triads, Strings 1 2 3
There are three traditional voicings for Major and minor triads on string 1 2 3.
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Using Songs to Learn `Ukulele
There are two approaches when learning a musical instrument like the ukulele or guitar.
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One Finger-One Note Basic Single String Fingering Drills for `Ukulele
Developing physical strength, agility, flexibility and coordination.
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The Ultimate C Chord
My wacky C chord with only C notes.
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The Trouble with TAB
A Form of Musical Notation Using Numbers and Letters on a Staff.
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Practice, Play and Rules (Theory) - The Three Words
A guest lesson/article by internationally renowned jazz guitarist and educator Chuck Anderson.
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Four Famous Core `Ukulele Strums - Pattern - Review
Developing your core `ukulele strumming vocabulary.
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Simple - Basic Chord Progression
Typically Two To Four Basic, Full Diatonic Triads From One Scale
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Melody and Chord Tips
Guidelines for creating melody and chord arrangements.
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Chord Shapes and Learning `Ukulele Chords
Even memorizing a few hundred is time-consuming and not practical.
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Learning the Bo Diddley Strum
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Chord a Day, January 4th - G7
Learn a new chord everyday of January.