Learning the Ukulele
Learning the Ukulele (learning.html) | Updated: 04-Jan-2009 - 23:01
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Club and Teacher discounts available for all Curt Sheller ukulele publications. See the Teacher Discount page on the main Curt Sheller Publications web site.
Books
There quite a few ukulele books available for learning to play the ukulele. From easy beginner books for introducing one to playing the uke to advanced books covering more advance "jazz" chords.
Jim Beloff's Flea Market Music has a great selection song books.
My publications and books are available on the Curt Sheller Publications web site and at several select dealers.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...
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A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
The volume covers the key of C major and C minor, including detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substitutions. In “C” and “G” tuning.
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A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I
Commonly referred to as “jazz” chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Beyond learning open and barre chords, most ukulele players struggle with advanced chords. Commonly called “jazz” chords, these more sophisticated voicings find a wide use in all forms of music.
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Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring “Jazz” Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
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The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele - Volume I
Volume I features the priniciples of voice leading applied to chord progressions. These priniciples are explained using chords from volume I of The Advanced Guide to Ukulele Chords. Chapters with common major and minor full diatonic, partial diatonic and chromatic chord progressions are also included to further explore voice leading.
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Ukulele Chords - “C” Tuning
Mini ukulele chord book of basic open position and movable form chords. Great for your uke case. “C” Tuning, high or low G
Hard Copy Book & PDF: $9.95 - Buy Now
The Private Music Teacher's Guide
The successful private music teacher needs a teaching philosophy and psychology, knowledge and organization of music, and the business skills of marketing and finance. It is fundamentally a business of self employment and as such, requires the attitudes and energies of an entrepreneur.
Hard Copy Book & PDF: $29.95 - Buy Now
QuickStart Scale Fingerings for Tenor & Baritone Ukulele, Volume I, Key of “G” Tuning
Six essential scales for G tuned ukuleles. Blues, Pentatonic, Dorian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Ionian scales are covered in all keys with fingerings.
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Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard
Finally learn names of the notes of the ukulele fingerboard. Learning the notes of your own instrument allows you the flexibility of having to remember so many shapes. There are way too many chord, scale and notes patterns to remember all the shapes.
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Songs
Here are a few links to songs to get a uke player rollin'
A lot of the clubs listed on the Ukulele Clubs page have a list of the songs that the club performs when they get together.
- WidipediA: Three Chord Song
- WidipediA: Common Chord Progressions
- Three Chord Songs
Songs that can be played all the way through using only the I, IV, and V7 chords of the key in which the tune is being performed.
- Three Chord Trick, Olav Torvund's Guitar Site
By just knowing three chords, the I, IV and V7, you can play thousands of songs.
- google spreadsheet: Three Chord Song List: Sheet1
- Two and Three Chord Songs ( PDF file )
Web Sites
There are many web site around the world with ukulele content for learning the uke. Here are a few, starting with my my site, naturally.
- Curt Sheller Publications Online Ukulele Lessons
- Ukulele Links
This page contains a MASSIVE list of ukulele sites around the world.
Ukulele TABs and Transcriptions
- Dominator Ukulele Tabs - link
- ezFolk - link
- NEW Richard Gillmann's Free Ukulele Tab Links - link
- NALU music - link
- Joseph Todaro Todaro's Music - link
- UkeLand - www.UkeLand.com - UkeCast is your source for new ukulele music, news, reviews, interviews and more!
- NEW UkeTalk - UkeTalk Ukulele Music
- Ukulele Zoo - www.ukulelezoo.com
Ukulele Fingerboard Charts
FREE ukulele fingerboard charts are available on my web site at: Ukulele Charts
Ukulele Chord Site's and Charts
- Curt Sheller's Chord Charts - link
- Accords de Ukulele - link
- Brook Adams, Ukulele Chords for the G C E A tuning - link
- Brian's Huge Chordlist Collection - link
- Printable Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo Chord Generator - link
Over 1,000,000 chords by Jim Cranwell
- GravityBoy.com, Ukulele Mandolin Banjo Chord Generator - link
- Japanese Chord Site - link
In Japanese - but usefull for any language.
- KauaiRainbow.com, Chord Magic & Chord Theory - link
- NSA Software - link
- Sheep Entertainment : Laiya and Louis Ukulele Ukulele Chordfinder - link
- Stefans Ukulele Chord charts in English - link
- UCHORD - link
A Java program for reading in ChordPro fomatted files and adding ukulele chords for the chords in the song.
- Uke Strummer's Chord Collection and Ukulele Chords - link
A collection of over 2500 ukulele chords for use with a word processor to create song sheets. GCEA & DGBe tunings.
- UkeChords 2.1, Palm OS applications - link
- Ukulele Vault - link
- Ukulizer - link NEW
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Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Strums & Rhythmic Patterns
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) strums. From rock and waltz strums to reggae and broken chord strums.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
The Advanced Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Guitar
Each volume of The Advanced Guide to Blues Progressions for Guitar features basic to advanced blues chord progressions. to be used with the chord voicings from volume I, II & III of The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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