Ukulele

Essential chords, strumming techniques, and rhythms introduced for playing diverse songs.

Develops skills through setting goals, prioritizing consistent practice, and balancing new material with revision.

Tuning techniques and best practices for achieving optimal ukulele sound and playability are covered.

Accurately tuning your ukulele with an electronic tuner is a simple and affordable approach.

Proper ukulele holding techniques are covered, including sitting and standing positions, as well as using a pick with thumb and finger control.

The correct left-hand position and placement for improved guitar technique are covered.

The anatomy of the ukulele is examined, covering its key parts and structures.

The musical alphabet, staff layout, treble clef, note positioning, and ledger lines are introduced, covering essential concepts of music notation.

Introduces time signature concepts, covering common time and 3/4 time, as well as their effects on musical rhythm.

Introduces different note values and their rest forms, including durations and silences.

Recognizes and notates notes, rhythms, and rests in music, a foundation for grasping musical structure.

Covers fundamental techniques for reading chord diagrams and applying left-hand finger positioning.

Covers fundamental rhythmic concepts, including half note, quarter note, eighth note, and sixteenth note strums, as well as triplet and rest symbols.

The C Major Chord and basic strumming patterns are covered, featuring quarter note and whole note rhythms.

Dominant seventh chords, such as G7, are covered, along with half note strumming techniques applied across different time signatures.

Recognizes and plays chord progressions across different music genres.

The slide finger technique is applied to seamlessly move between C and G7 chords.

Rhythm patterns for simplified song strumming and enhanced ukulele play.

F major chord formation and strumming techniques are explained through a detailed diagram.

Pivot finger technique for smooth transitions between F and G7 chords is covered.

Open chord shapes and their characteristics are introduced, establishing a basis for exploring subsequent chord variations.

When The Saints Go Marchin' In, covers lead-in notes, incomplete bars, and chord changes.

The 12-bar blues pattern is explored, highlighting its repetitive chord progression and common usage in Rock and Blues music.

Eighth note rhythms are covered, with a focus on patterns and applications to chord progressions.

The D major chord is covered, and the song Sloop John B is played.

Explains the A Major and A Seventh chords, their diagrams, and exercises, as well as introduces classic songs using these chords.

The B Major Chord is introduced along with classic song examples from the 1920s and 30s.

Minor chords' basic shapes and finger placement are introduced, with practical application in a traditional Christmas song.

The three-four time signature, also known as waltz time, is covered, focusing on playing chords with emphasized downbeats.

Time rhythm patterns are practiced through applications of familiar songs like Scarborough Fair, Morning Has Broken, and Molly Malone.

The six-eight time signature is covered, with practical applications demonstrated through arrangements of popular songs.

Turnarounds are widely used common chord progressions in rock music, employed in hits by John Lennon and others.

Thumb strumming techniques are covered, focusing on the fundamental approach for playing the ukulele.

Silent strumming and continuous rhythms are explored, yielding advanced techniques for crafting intricate melodic patterns.

Silent strum symbols for up and down strokes are covered, along with their application to various chord progressions.

Rhythm variations and syncopation techniques for chord progressions are covered.

Covers fundamental chord progressions with focus on C, Bb, and B7, plus a practical application in song composition.

Timing rules for notes, rhythms, and rests are explored.

Introduces fundamental concepts of music notation, covering notes, rhythms, and rests.

Rhythm notation for ukulele covers fundamental concepts for representing strumming patterns and chord progressions.

Introduces quarter, half, and whole rest values and muted techniques for achieving silence.

Staccato chord playing incorporates rhythmic and dynamic elements into chord progressions.

The diminished chord's structure is covered, including its unique shape and how to name it from any note, with four possible variations.

Augmented chords' concept and application are covered, with focus on movable shapes and note variations.

Eighth note triplets are explored as a fundamental rhythmic pattern in jazz and blues music.

Tying notes together or replacing eighth-note triplets with quarter notes introduces the concept of creating swing rhythms.

Introduces the concept of major seventh chords and their role in music theory.

Introduces minor seventh chord shapes for Dm7, Am7, and Em7, along with corresponding strumming patterns.

Introduces jazz accompaniment techniques, covering chord recognition and sensitivity to musical nuances.

The Charleston rhythm is introduced as a punchy and versatile pattern applicable to early 20th-century songs.

Covers the harmonic structure and chord progressions of Rhythm Changes, a jazz standard.

Ninth chord voicings and applications in Swing, Jazz, Blues, and Ragtime genres are covered.

Covers reading sheet music notation for piano, including chord symbols and melodies, with applications for adapting songs to ukulele.

Introduces techniques for finding substitute chords to expand your harmonic vocabulary and improve improvisation skills.

Transposes sheet music to new keys using simpler chord shapes, enhancing ukulele accessibility.

Matching tunings with other instruments like pianos enables harmonious ukulele playing.

Tuning a ukulele without an electronic tuner, this approach eliminates the need for prior knowledge.

This lesson covers various chord types, including major, minor, augmented, diminished, seventh, ninth, and eleventh chords.