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Two Finger Slide Fingering Drills for `Ukulele • Updated: 03 Dec 2021
Slide is used when the passage cannot be played within a single 4 fret span or when more notes per string required to produce a particular effect. I's also used in situations where a gradually ascending or descending diagonal motion best solves the physical and musical demands of the passage.

Three Finger Slide Fingering Drills for `Ukulele • Updated: 23 Jul 2013
Slide is used when the passage cannot be played within a single 4 fret span or when more notes per string required to produce a particular effect. I's also used in situations where a gradually ascending or descending diagonal motion best solves the physical and musical demands of the passage.

Two Finger Pass Fingering Drills for `Ukulele • Updated: 23 Jul 2013
Pass maximizes the number of notes per string, making the timbre consistent. It's used to move up or down the neck to cope with a passage in which the range is unusually large. The pass provides an effective way to move straight up the first string. It's particularly useful in developing 3 octave fingerings and in playing melodies with an adjacent drone string.

Four Finger Slide Fingering Drills for Ukulele • Updated: 03 Dec 2021
Slide, used when the passage cannot be played within a single 4 fret span or when more notes per string required to produce a particular effect. I's also used in situations where a gradually ascending or descending diagonal motion best solves the physical and musical demands of the passage.

Six Essential Scales for `Ukulele - Major Scale Five Position Summaries • Updated: 01 May 2014
The five "Major/Ionian" scale positions — a summary. The five basic positions are simply the expansion above and below the root and octave of the one octave scale fingerings using the notes that are available in that position. This lesson explores that on the lowest note of the position with every finger.

Basic `Ukulele Chord Fingering • Updated: 22 Oct 2021
The art and science of chord fingering. Learning your basic open position chords in common keys. We have four fingers and there're all not equal. Some shorter then others and some stronger that others. Everybody's hand is a little different. This does play a role in fingering chords.

Four Finger, Single Note, Single String Gymnastic Variations • Updated: 26 Dec 2014
All the basic single string one, two, three and four finger gymnastics can be revisited and variations created by moving note to higher strings. Rhythmic variation are also possible.
This lesson takes the original four finger-four notes single string gymnastics and creates adjacent string variations.

Major Arpeggios in Five Positions • Updated: 30 Mar 2015
Five major arpeggio positions on the ukulele. This akin to the “CAGED” fingering position on the guitar. This is a good starting point to quickly learn a position. However, the objective is to be able to navigate the entire fingerboard and not be “caged” into any one particular position.

Repeating Note Single String Fingering Drills • Updated: 26 Feb 2013
Building on the single note 1, 2, 3, and 4 finger basic gymnastics. Now with a repeating note or two. This series of lessons although the examples are shown for ukulele are appropriate for any fretted string instrument like guitar, banjo or mandolin.