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Index of the songs in The Daily Ukulele book. 365 Songs for a Better Living.

Locating the downbeats, pulse, and especially beat one is really important in music. Tracking the downbeats on a strumming instrument like ukulele is really important as it relates to the stroke direction and weak and strong part of downbeats and upbeats. These strong and weak parts of the beat need to be reinforced and telegraphed in order for listeners and fellow musicians to play and follow along.

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Dreidel Song".

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Drunken Sailor".

The "E/F Movable Barre Form" chords are movable form chords based on the open position E, Em, E7, and Em7 chords. With the root on string six, these chords can be transposed to ANY key.

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Erie Canal".

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Farmer In The Dell".

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The First Noel".

This is the most popular chord progression in use today. It has replaced the most common chord progression that was used in the 50s, the 1 6 2 5 chord progression.

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Girl From Ipanema".

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Glory Of Love".

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: "The Glow Worm".

The "Major Scale" or Ionian scale is a diatonic scale, made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first one octave higher. In solfege these notes correspond to the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti/Si, (Do), the Do in the parenthesis at the end being the octave of the root.

The Hawai'ian Turnaround is a II7 V I chord progression in a major key. The II7 V I refers to the chord’s harmonic function within that key and a way of comparing like chord progressions, songs and harmonic cells.

The I II7 V7, the "Hawaiian Turnaround" in key C Major. A classic chord progression utilized in Hawaiian tunes.

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)

Harmonic Analysis (RMA) Worksheet for the song: The Hukilau Song.

Just, what is the Island Strum?

For music and learning an instrument like the ukulele or guitar, it's all about the making the connection between your Mind, your Hands, and your Ear. When listening to music, we enjoy it at the tempo the composer or artist intended, in real time. Only the ear is involved in listening. This is passive listening and you're simply enjoying the music. This is what we do every day and it's what draws us to want to learn a musical instrument.

Called the "learning scale" for a reason. The major scale is a great scale for learning how music and chords work. It’s a core scale from which a majority of your core, essential scales can be derived. There are 15 major scales.