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A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z

The Blues are at the heart of all American music. It has influenced Country, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Bluegrass and just about every form of American music we listen to today.

Studying the blues chord progressions presented in this book will open a wealth of creative possibilities for exploring chord progressions in all styles of music, not just blues.

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.

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A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords - Volume I

A highly organized and efficient approach to the mysterious subject of advanced chords.

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A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z

26 blues progression in C and G tuning, progressing from basic to advanced jazz progression, with chord grids and substutitions explained.

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords for Lefties

Covering the basic ukulele chords that ALL ukulele players SHOULD know. Plus, an introduction to movable chord forms, rock chords, how to transpose chords, jazz chords and more. FOR LEFTIES.

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords, 2nd Edition

A Guide to Ukulele Chords, Second Edition is designed as a guide to ukulele chords. Covering the basic ukulele chords that ALL ukulele players SHOULD know. A Guide to Ukulele Chords covers movable chord forms, rock chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and includes an introduction to 4-part, a.k.a jazz chords and more...

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Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele

Exploring jazz chords using 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 principles of voice leading applied to chord progressions using the chords from The Advanced Guide to Ukulele Chords.

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Ukulele Chords

Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. Movable chords are covered in every key.

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Ukulele for Guitar Players

A guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar player to the ukulele.

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A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords - Volume I

Beyond learning basic Ukulele chords most players struggle with advanced chords. Commonly called “jazz” chords, these more sophisticated voicings find a wide use in all forms of music.

A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele presents a highly organized and efficient approach to the mysterious subject of advanced chords. Chord dictionaries are not the answer. Even chord theory does not offer any insight into unraveling the complexity of Ukulele chord voicings.

If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele is your answer.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-9714044-8-9 Published: March 2003 Pages 70

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A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z

The Blues are at the heart of all American music. It has influenced Country, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Bluegrass and just about every form of American music we listen to today.

Studying the blues chord progressions presented in this book will open a wealth of creative possibilities for exploring chord progressions in all styles of music, not just blues.

This volume covers the key of C major and C minor. Each example includes detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and its chord substitutions.

A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z starts with a basic three chord, 12 bar blues and progresses up to a sophisticated jazz blues with multiple chord substitutions.

All examples are shown in C and G tuning. Suitable for Soprano, concert, tenor and baritone ukuleles. Get through this book and you'll have a solid jazz chord foundation to build on.

Tunings: C and G. Low or high string four variations.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-9714044-4-1 Published: March 2005 Pages 80

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords for Lefties

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... FOR LEFTIES

Tunings: C, G, or D Tunings. Low or high string four variations.

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ISBN-13: 0-9714044-7-X Published: January 2009 Pages 54

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A Guide to Ukulele Chords, 2nd Edition

A Guide to Ukulele Chords, Second Edition is designed as a guide to ukulele chords. Covering the basic ukulele chords that ALL ukulele players SHOULD know. A Guide to Ukulele Chords covers movable chord forms, rock chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and includes an introduction to 4-part, a.k.a jazz chords and more...

From a few core, basic chord shapes and a understanding of how chords are constructed. Your chord vocabulary can be dramatically increased without memorizing countless chord shapes. There are too many chord shapes to memorize.

This book will take the mystery out playing and understanding chords on the ukulele, whether it is a standard, concert, tenor or baritone ukulele in C tuning, low or high string four.

Tunings: C Tunings. Low or high string four variations.

Lefties of the world! Don't feel left out. There is a version for you: A Guide to Ukulele Chords for Lefties

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ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-047-8 Published: November 2011 Pages 50

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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.

Building a Solid Jazz Chord Foundation using Seventh, Major Seventh, Major 6, Minor Seventh, Minor Sixth, Diminished Seventh, Minor Seventh Flat Five and Augmented Seventh chords.

Tunings: C and G. Low or high string four variations.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-007-2 Published: January 2007 Pages 52

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The Advanced Guide to Chord Progressions for Ukulele - Volume I

Volume I features the principles of voice leading applied to chord progressions. These principles 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 principles presented in the book.

Tunings: C Tuning with a low or high G - (GCEA or gCEA).

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ISBN-13: 978-0-9714044-9-6 Published: January 2004 Pages 80

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Ukulele Chords

This mini (1/2 size) chord books are the perfect size for every ukulele gig bag or case and a great addition to you music book library.

SPECIAL: $4.97 for Hard Copy This is the same price as the PDF download.

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.

Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.

Tunings: C with low or high G - (GCEA or gCEA).

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ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-000-3 Published: March 2007 Pages 44

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Ukulele for Guitar Players

You already know more than you think!

A guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar player to the ukulele.

Covers chords, scales, reading and the three most common ukulele tunings.

Tunings: C, G, or D Tunings. Low or high string four variations.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-001-0 Published: July 2006 Pages 98

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