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Just What is “Jazz” Ukulele

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Wikipedia defines Jazz as a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The style’s West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note.

At a minimum to explore jazz or contemporary music on a ukulele you need a core set of chords and scales to start. It is this foundation or core that you can build on.

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Technique

Technique is the physical control and coordination needed to play an instrument or sing. It is involves position, efficiency of motion and effort, as well as exercises to develop specific physical skills.

Theory

Theory is the body of principles behind music. It includes scales and chord building, intervals, progressions, resolution, harmony, motion, power, color, chord substitution, keys and time signatures, rhythm, melody, etc.

Ear Training

Ear Training is the development of the active and passive capacity to relate to music aurally. It includes the ability to regains melodic and harmonic intervals, chords, chord progression, rhythm, melody and harmony.

Reading

Reading is the ability to reproduce music from written notation. It includes five phases; note recognition / alternate note locations, rhythm recognition, fingering considerations, communication terminology and interpretation.

Repertoire

Repertoire includes the songs within the performance ability of the student. These songs maybe memorized or read. They may be literal reproductions or creative interpretations.

Improvisation

Improvisation is the ability to spontaneous to create melody over a predetermined chord progression. It involves scales, alternate fingerings, arpeggios, intervalic development, sequences, embellishments, superimposition, rhythm, motifs, development techniques and idiomatic considerations.

Musical Idioms

Musical Idioms is the study of music musical style it involves well developed categories as; Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical, Folk, Urban and Fusion. It also includes subdivisions of specializations.

Songwriting

Songwriting is the creation of original music based on a single melodic line with a chord progression. Lyrics may or may not be included.

Arranging

Arranging involves the choice of instruments, tempo, rhythmic feel, form, intro, ending, interludes, solos, harmonies, and instrumental accompaniment of a song.

Composition

Composition is the creation of original music based on multiple simultaneous and compatible melodies. It historically involves the classical forms but frequently includes more sophisticated levels of contemporary music.

Orchestration

Orchestration involves the choice of instruments for a composition. This choice is based on the ranges and colors of the instruments which best represent the mood and creative intent of the composer.

Interpretation

Interpretation involves the ability to perform a song or composition in a unique and personal way. These skills involve a interrelated set of disciplines which include, theory, ear training, technique, dynamics, embellishments, phrasing, and rhythmic flexibility.

The Fingerboard

If there is one thing that really opens up the ukulele. It is really, and I mean really knowing the notes of the ukulele fingerboard. This needs to be second nature with no conscience thought.

This is separate from learning to read standard music notation. Which, is an essential skill to develop.

Jazz Chords

Regardless of the style of jazz that you venture into. You need a core foundation of chords and scales. Open position, movable form chords and just plain old knowing the notes of chords and scales.

Building a solid chord foundation is essential in your development as a musician and jazz musician - ANY instrument.

Jazz Scales

There are seventeen essential jazz scales.

From the major and natural minor scales you can build theses essential scales.

Just What is “Jazz” Ukulele

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4-Part Movable 7th Chord Forms

Based on the open position seventh chords. These movable form versions allow  you to transpose the open position chords to any key.

UL37d: Published: April 2, 2013, 9:55 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:52 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Altered Seventh Chords on Ukulele

Beyond basic open position chords, basic movable form chords and a core set of 4-part chords. There are just too many chords shapes too memorize. Learning the principles of how chords are constructed and the ukulele fingerboard are the way to go. You can then create more advanced chords like 9#117#5-913b57+9 on the fly as needed from your core set of chords.

UL102: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 18, 2013, 10:52 am | Author: Curt Sheller

Alternate Fingerings for F7

Alternate fingerings for F7 in C tuning. The same fingerings would apply to C7 in G tuning and G7 in D tuning.

UL118: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 14, 2013, 3:36 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

An Introduction to Creating Solo Ukulele Arrangements

Creating a solo ukulele chord arrangement is as simple as harmonizing a melody by playing a chord that has the melody note as the top note of the chord. This style of playing is called Chord Melody or Melody and Chord. The hard part comes with - What chor

UL125: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 9, 2013, 12:34 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Classic Endings for Ukulele

Two Feel, bVImaj7 bIImaj7, Basie Ending, Single, Double and Triple Tags, Chromatic, Take the 'A' Train Ending, Shave and a Hair Cut, Lawrence Welk Ending, . . . These are common songs ending that are used over and over in the standard song repetoire.

UL03: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: May 6, 2013, 2:48 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Cool Ukulele Chords - G7

A non traditional fingering for the G7 chord using the knowledge that the notes of a G7 chord are G B D F.

UL34a: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: May 8, 2013, 10:25 am | Author: Curt Sheller

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 1st Voicing

Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.

UL42a: Published: September 18, 2011, 11:21 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:51 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 2nd Voicing

Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.

UL42b: Published: September 18, 2011, 11:25 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:51 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 3rd Voicing

Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.

UL42c: Published: September 18, 2011, 11:27 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:51 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 4th Voicing

Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.

UL42d: Published: September 18, 2011, 11:28 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:51 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation

Core Chords is a series of lessons for building your 4-part chords. These chords commonly called jazz chords, are really just 4-part chords used in a wide range of musical styles.

UL42: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: May 6, 2013, 4:08 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Creating Cool Ukulele Chords

Cool Chords - These are the chords do not typically show up in chord dictionaries or song books. These are the chords players ask, “What is that chord?”

UL34: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: May 8, 2013, 10:05 am | Author: Curt Sheller

Creating Introductions and Turnarounds for Ukulele

Introductions are a composed or improvised piece of music that introduces - sets the stage for - a song or composition. Introductions, or intro for short, are used in all types of music. In this lesson, the focus is on introduction

UL01: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: May 6, 2013, 2:52 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Diminished Scale for Ukulele - C Tuning

The Diminished scale is a symmetrical scale with a repeating pattern of whole steps and half steps.

UL25b: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 30, 2013, 10:50 am | Author: Curt Sheller

Essential Jazz Scales for Ukulele

After you mastering the six essentials scales below and start to explore more advances styles of music, especially jazz. There are a few more scales that are needed to cover the broader harmonic palette that a typical jazz tune draws from.

UL04j: Published: October 5, 2012, 11:29 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:53 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - All of Me

Using the jazz standard All of Me to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-A: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:50 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - All of Me

Using the jazz standard All of Me to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-B: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:45 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - All the Things You Are

Using the jazz standard All the Things You Are to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-D: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:45 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Autumn Leaves

Using the jazz standard Autumn Leaves to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-C: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:45 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Back Home in Indiana

Using the jazz standard Back Home in Indiana to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-G: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Have You Met Miss Jones

Using the jazz standard Have You Met Miss Jones to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-I: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - It's Only a Paper Moon

Using the jazz standard It's Only a Paper Moon to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-N: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:47 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Satin Doll

Using the jazz standard Satin Doll to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-P: Published: March 14, 2013, 12:26 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:47 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Satin Doll

Using the jazz standard Satin Doll to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-O: Published: March 14, 2013, 12:26 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:47 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Someday My Prince Will Come

Using the jazz standard Someday My Prince Will Come to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-H: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Summer Samba

Using the jazz standard Summer Samba to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-J: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Sweet Georgia Brown

Using the jazz standard Sweet Georgia Brown to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-K: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Sweet Georgia Brown

A variation of the previous lessons using the jazz standard Sweet Georgia Brown to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-L: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Take the A Train

Using the jazz standard Take the A Train to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-Q: Published: March 14, 2013, 12:26 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:47 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - The Days of Wine and Roses

Using the jazz standard The Days of Wine and Roses to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-E: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - There Will Never Be Another You

Using the jazz standard There Will Never Be Another You to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-F: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:46 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele, Standard Example - Yesterday

Using the jazz standard Yesterday to explore jazz chords on ukulele.

UL601-M: Published: March 14, 2013, 11:52 am | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:47 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Exploring Jazz Ukulele

Wikipedia defines Jazz as a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The style's West

UL123: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 14, 2013, 3:36 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Naming Chords on Ukulele

A Chord can have alternate names based on how it is being used. A chord's function is an important determining factor in naming a chord.

UL20: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 14, 2013, 3:35 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Practice Cycles and Sequences

Sequences and cycles for practicing scales, intervals, melodic sequences and arpeggios. These sequences also help in learning where any interval is of a given note, the chord tones of chords and aides in memorizing scales

UL18: Published: January 6, 2011, 11:00 am | Updated: April 14, 2013, 3:36 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Six Essential Scales for Ukulele

The six essential scales are: Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian. These six can get you through a wide variety of traditional and contemporary music.

UL04: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:53 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Tetrachords

Traditionally, a tetrachord is a series of four tones filling in the interval of a perfect fourth. In modern usage a tetrachord is any four-note segment of a scale or tone row. The term tetrachord derives from ancient Greek music theory.

UL115: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 14, 2013, 3:35 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

The Big Six Core Chords - F6, Four Voicings

Core Chords - F6, four voicings. This is the level,II of the core chords.

UL42-6: Published: February 6, 2013, 2:17 pm | Updated: April 22, 2013, 3:51 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

The Big Six Core Chords - F7, four voicings - Chord Tones

The Big Six Core Chords - F7, four voicings. Learning the locations of the chord tones - the 1 3 5 b7.

UL42-7n: Published: February 6, 2013, 2:17 pm | Updated: May 6, 2013, 7:38 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

The Big Six Core Chords - F7, four voicings, Chord Intervals

The Big Six Core Chords - F7, four voicings. Learning the locations of the chord intervals - the 1 3 5 b7.

UL42-7i: Published: February 6, 2013, 2:17 pm | Updated: May 6, 2013, 7:38 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

The Big Six Core Chords - F7, four voicings, Learning Proccess

The Big Six Core Chords - F7, four voicings. From shape to chord tones to intervals and back again. Really, learning what a chord is made of.

UL42-7p: Published: February 6, 2013, 2:17 pm | Updated: May 6, 2013, 7:38 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Transposing Ukulele Chords

Transposition is the process of moving note, chord, scale or any musical passage from one key to another key. All music can be transposed, from a single note to a complex musical score. This lesson deals with transposing chords.

UL05: Published: January 6, 2011, 11:00 am | Updated: April 28, 2013, 4:39 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Upper Partial Chord Tones

Upper Partials or extensions are the 9th, 11th, and 13ths of a chord. The 9, 11 and 13 can be altered chord tones depending on chord type: examples b9, #9, #11, b13

UL109: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 14, 2013, 3:35 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

What is the different between a Scale and a Mode?

The term scale and mode are used interchangeably and in a strict theory sense there is a big difference between a scale and a mode or modal scale. They are NOT the same, even if they are the same notes. A scale and mode can contain exactly the same notes.

UL110: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 19, 2013, 1:20 pm | Author: Curt Sheller

Whole Tone Scale for Ukulele - C Tuning

The Whole Tone scale is a symmetrical scale with an equal distance been each note or scale degree.

UL25: Published: January 2, 2005, 12:00 pm | Updated: April 30, 2013, 10:54 am | Author: Curt Sheller

Ukulele Chords, Movable Form Chords

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I constantly read online and hear. "Is, where, what site, what software is there for this or that chord or all the chord voicings." Well camper! It's not here. Chord dictionaries, software, web sites are not the answer. Even chord theory does not offer any insight into unraveling the complexity of chord voicings.

Learning basic open position chords and the basic movable form chords presented in the Chord of the Week Lessons I presented in 2007 will set you up for the more advanced chords, typically called “jazz” chords.

These Movable Form Chords lessons have been updated, enhanced and now reside in the Members Subscription area for all basic and Members.

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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.

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Modular Phonetic Rhythm, The Foundation and Workbook 1

Modular Phonetic Rhythm represents a significant advance in the teaching and application of rhythm. Eliminating many inefficient aspects of rhythm education, Modular Phonetic Rhythm streamlines the traditional educational approach, resulting in a reflexive reaction to rhythm.

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