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Learning Ukulele Strums - A Recipe for Success
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A strum is the execution of a rhythmic pattern - in a specific style at tempo.
Learning Strums, A Receipe for Success covers how to go about learning the various rhythmic patterns that are strums.
Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum.
This series of lesson's focus is on the execution.
Six Essential Scales for Ukulele
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The six essential scale are: Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian.
There are two scales that can be the memorized and all other essential scales referenced from these two. These two scales are the Major and Natural Minor scales. The Major and Natural Minor scales are traditional scales and common scales in all forms of contemporary music. This lesson explores the Major and Natural Minor scales and their derivations.
From these two scales the Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydiand and Dorian scale can be created.
Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 1st Voicing
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Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.
Featured Books 
Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning
Beyond knowing the names of the open strings most ukulele players find it hard to learn the whole fingerboard.
If your goal is to finally learn the names of the notes on the ukulele fingerboard. Then "Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard" is your answer. "Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning" has a step by step approach to finally mastering the ukulele fingerboard. FREE download.
The Blues Scale
Learn to play the Blues scale on ukulele. Available in "C" Tuning. Scale diagrams in the QuickStart format and chords chart for all keys. This book is a FREE download.
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 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.
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.
Featured Song/TAB
Blue Bossa
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Blue Bossa is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972). It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961. The tune has since been recorded numerous times by different artists, making it a jazz standard.
Includes: Play-along Lead Sheet, Ukulele TAB of Melody, Melody and Chord Ukulele rrangement, example chords and scales for accompanment and improv.
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- WidipediA: Al Caiola
- www.spaceagepop.com/caiola.htm
Artist Info
Al Caiola's Tuff Guitar album was one of my favorite albums as a kid back in the late 60's when I first got into guitar. I would love to record my versions of these songs.
(from Wikipedia) Al Caiola (born Alexander Emil Caiola, September 7, 1920, Jersey City, New Jersey) is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He has been both a studio musician and stage performer. He has recorded over fifty albums and has worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th Century, including Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett. During World War II Caiola played with the United States Marine Corps 5th Marine Division (United States) Band that also included Bob Crosby. Caiola served in the Battle of Iwo Jima as a stretcher bearer.
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Larry Carlton Performed by Larry Carlton. DVD. DVD (Digital Video Disk). Size 5.5x7.5 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (320412) See more info... |
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Charles Chapman is a Professor in the Guitar Department at Berklee College of Music where he has taught since 1972. He is a versatile jazz guitarist with extensive performing and recording experience. Charles holds a Bachelors degree from Berklee College and a Masters of Education from Cambridge College. He performed four tunes on Mel Bay’s compilation CD “Anthology of Jazz Guitar Solos”, all tracks on the CD that accompanies the text “Guitar Solos” by George Van Eps (Mel Bay Pub.). Two tracks on the “Just Jazz Guitar” CD (JJG magazine) and recorded all three CD’s included with the very popular Modern Method Guitar Series by William Leavitt (Berklee Press Pub). His most recent recording is a solo CD titled: Come Sunset. Charles has published eight texts with Mel Bay and two with Miller Freeman Publishing and now performs on a regular basis at Guitar Shows and jazz festivals internationally. As a music journalist he has interviewed many of the most prominent guitarists in the field and is a frequent contributor to Guitar Player, Guitar Shop, Acoustic Guitar, Frontline, 20th Century Guitar and Just Jazz Guitar magazines with over 400 published articles and reviews.
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Andrew Cheshire is one of a (regretfully) not-so-endangered species: the undervalued contemporary jazz musician. His music defies easy categorization; while he's performed and/or recorded with top-flight bebop musicians like Marvin "Smitty" Smith and Kenny Barron, he's also comfortable playing in free contexts with such uncompromising avant-gardists as drummer Jay Rosen and Cecil Taylor-sideman Dominic Duval. Cheshire's long, lissome improvised melodies float in and out of time, yet he's possessed with a firm, aggressive touch and profound sense of swing that serves him well in any context. Cheshire is not a "lick" or pattern-based player so much as he is an inventive and spontaneous melodicist.
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- Charlie Christan - Legand of Jazz Guitar
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Charlie Christian was born in Bonham, Texas, USA but his family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA when he was a small child. Both of his parents were musicians and he had two brothers, Edward, born 1906 and Clarence, born 1911 who were both musicians, all taught music by their father, Clarence Henry Christian. The elder Christian was struck blind by fever and in order to support the family he and the boys would work as buskers, on what the Christian's called "busts." He would have them lead him into the better neighborhoods where they would perform for cash or goods. When Charles was old enough to go along he first entertained by dancing. Later he would learn guitar, and inherited his father's instruments after his death when Charles, as the family called him, was 12. He attended Douglass School in Oklahoma City, and was further encouraged in music by instructor Zelia Breaux. Charles wanted to play tenor saxophone in the school band, but she insisted he try trumpet instead. After learning you get a disfigured upper lip from playing trumpet, he quit, and pursued his interest in baseball, at which he excelled. Clarence Christian told Charlie Christian biographer Craig McKinney in an interview in 1978 that in the 1920's and 30's Edward Christian led a band in Oklahoma City as a pianist and had a shaky relationship with trumpeter James Simpson. After a rivalry with a certain girl, Simpson had the urge to get even with the egotistical Christian. Around 1931, he took guitarist "Bigfoot" Ralph Hamilton and began secretly schooling the younger Charles on jazz. They taught him to solo on three songs, "Rose Room," "Tea for Two," and "Sweet Georgia Brown." When the time was right they took him out to one of the many after hours jam sessions along "Deep Deuce," Northeast Second Street in Oklahoma City.
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Since he joined the Mel Bay Publications, Inc. team as Senior Music Editor and advisor to Product Development in 2001, Corey Christiansen has over forty publications with Mel Bay and has conducted countless guitar clinics and concerts across the country and beyond. This highly productive output may sound extraordinary, but it is no accident that he plays and writes with such facility. Corey began playing the guitar at the age of five and has been perfecting his technique ever since.
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Kevin has some FREE transcriptions and charts available.
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Jazz Guitar Written by Larry Coryell. Guitar tablature songbook and examples CD for guitar. 96 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.330432) See more info... |
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Larry Coryell Jazz Guitar Exercises, Scales, Modes, & Techniques. Taught by Larry Coryell. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Grossman Audio. Blues. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 24 pages. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop. (99468BCD) See more info... |
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Larry Coryell's Power Jazz Guitar Extending Your Creative Reach. Book (not sheet music). Size 8.5x11 inches. 80 pages. Published by Backbeat Books. (330934) See more info... |
| Larry Coryell's Jazz Guitar, Volume 1 Taught by Larry Coryell. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Methods. Grossman-Gtr Workshop. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. DVD. Size 5.25x7.5. Duration 84 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop. (GW949DVD) See more info... |
| Larry Coryell's Jazz Guitar, Volume 2 Taught by Larry Coryell. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Methods. Grossman-Gtr Workshop. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. DVD. Size 5.25x7.5. Duration 70 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop. (GW950DVD) See more info... |
| Larry Coryell's Jazz Guitar, Volume 3 Taught by Larry Coryell. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Methods. Grossman-Gtr Workshop. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. DVD. Size 5.25x7.5. Duration 83 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop. (GW951DVD) See more info... |
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| Learning Tunes Workout By Tim Cummiskey. For Guitar All. improvisation. Workout. Jazz. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (20527) |
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Central Ohio guitarist Tim Cummiskey performs as both a leader and a sideman throughout the Midwest. Tim currently leads several groups ranging from solo jazz and classical guitar to group configurations including duos, The Tim Cummiskey Trio, and The Tim Cummiskey Quartet. As a sideman, Tim has performed and/or conducted clinics with John Abercrombie, Howard Alden, Carl Allen, Gene Bertoncini, Chris Buzzelli, Benny Golson, Tim Hagans, Ingrid Jensen, Hank Marr and Frank Vignola. Tim also regularly works with veteran Ohio musicians including Hank Marr, Vince Andrews, Chris Berg, Paul Brown, Tom Carroll, Jimmy Cook, Bobby Floyd, Don Hales, Jeff Halsey, Ola Hansen, Jim Masters, Tony Monaco, Gene Parker, Kim Pensyl, Dave Powers, Guy Remonko, Russ Schmidt, Stan Smith, Gene Walker and others. In addition, Tim has conducted clinics at the annual convention of The International Association of Jazz Educators, Bowling Green State University, The Ohio State University, Capital University, Denison University and Kenyon College.
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