A core set of basic `ukulele chords that ALL Ukulele players should know.

The “Four Chord, Pop Progression”

What better way than to start the new year off with learning a new ukulele chord every day of the year.

Six essential scale that can get through a wide variety of traditional and contemporary music.

The first, suggested lessons that ALL my private students and site members get.

Learn a new chord everyday of January.

Making the connection between the Mind, the Hands and the Ear.

A series of weekly ukulele lessons for learning your chords beyond the third fret.

The FIRST lesson on the series for getting started with `ukulele.

Major, Minor, Diminished, Augumented, Suspended, Add and Lydian chords.

It's a lot easier then your think.

An introduction to the series of lessons for building your core, essential 4-part chords.

Open position chords, movable form chords, 4-part "jazz" chords, and free form chords.

'Eh' – the Canadian chord.

Time to get off the memorizing your chords by shapes.

An alternate form of musical notation for fretted stringed instruments.

Different names and notation for the same pitch.

What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending?

The art and science of chord fingering. Learning your basic open position chords in common keys.

It's ALL About the Learning & Playing Songs!

Getting the most out of your practice sessions.

Ear Training is the development of the active and passive capability to relate to music aurally.

Knowing what the chords of a song or chord progressions are and when the when the change.

The best known syle of Brazian music popularized in the 1950s and 1960s.

The only scale containing ALL 12 notes available withing in one octave.

Sometimes called the learning key, the key of C Major is one of the easiest keys to memorize and begin using.

The basic `Ukulele chord diagram explained.

Not all seventh chords are actually "Dominant" seventh chords.

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

The magical, mysterious, and mystical Cycle of Fifths.

Major Quick Four progression.

Efficiency is the key to proper fretting hand technique.

A practical approach to learning the Blues and Pentatonic scales on `ukulele.

The most important scale in ALL of music.

A Guide to Advanced Chords Series

A core set of basic chords that ALL Ukulele players should know in common keys.

The question is NOT whether to use a metronome - it's HOW to use a metronome.

An alternate approach to determining the chord tones of any chord.

There is no way around it. A musician must be able to play in time.

An Introduction to Scales and Soloing on `Ukulele using the C Pentatonic Scale.

Chords of ALL 15 major and minor keys.

The traditional approach for learning the chord tones of chords with a little twist to make it a bit easier.

Just what are the fingers of the plucking and fretting hand called.

These are the chords do not typically show up in chord dictionaries or song books.

Related Lessons, Books, and Assets

A chart in standard music notation of the natural, sharp and flat notes of the ukulele fingerboard.

The Andalusian cadence is a term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression comprising four chords descending stepwise.

Learn a new chord everyday of January.

Buying and supplying your UAS ( `Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome ).

Learn a new chord everyday of January.

These more sophisticated, contemporary chord voicings find their way into a wide variety of music.

The art and craft of strumming – playing rhythm on `Ukulele.

A summary of the sharps or flats in a Major or its relative Natural Minor scale.

The FIRST chord every `ukulele player learns is C or C major.

Learn a new chord everyday of March.

All possible single and multiple ukulele string combinations.

The foundation for the understanding of how music works.

The Alternating Thumb part of the Alternating Thumb Fingerstyle style - The Foundation.

Every Finger, Every String

One of the most basic strumming patterns.

Major triads using strings 1 2 3.

The `Ukulele is not as Black'n'White as the piano.

No system - Your know the notes of the fingerboard and the notes of chords and can create these as needed.

A complete lesson on what is Standard Music Notation.

Exploring fingerpicking and fingerstyle `ukulele.

All the Videos for January's Chord A Day Lessons

You CAN now master that crazy notes layout of the `ukulele.

Switching chords are all about finger independence and working together.

256 Songs For Better Living

A chord or scale grid is an alternate, visual why of showing a scale pattern.

Learn a new chord everyday of January.

A core set of basic ukulele chords that ALL Ukulele players should know. For Lefties!

Movable form chords

La prefera leciono de Fred.

There are three traditional voicings for Major and minor triads on string 1 2 3.

Music notation is the Lingua franca of amateur and professional musicians alike

Basic one, two, three and four note single string drills for ukulele for developing finger strength and independence.

Typically Two To Four Basic, Full Diatonic Triads From One Scale

A Form of Musical Notation Using Numbers and Letters on a Staff.

My wacky C chord with only C notes.

There are two approaches when learning a musical instrument like the ukulele or guitar.

Learn a new chord everyday of January.

Developing physical strength, agility, flexibility and coordination.

For scale selection and chord substutition.

Guidelines for creating melody and chord arrangements.

A guest lesson/article by internationally renowned jazz guitarist and educator Chuck Anderson.

Developing your core `ukulele strumming vocabulary.