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First thing is to get a ukulele. Get a few, they come in four sizes and all different shapes, wood, finishes, acoustic, electric, solid body, archtop. There is even a banjo and bass ukulele. Plus they are fun, any size
You can take you ukulele playing to any level. From a few simple basic chords to complicated solo ukulele arrangements like I have available right here.
For selecting a ukulele take a look at over 100 ukulele manufactures and builders I've collected. And, a page of dealers to get you started.
Here are a few more ukulele lessons to get you stated. Lessons on the common ukulele tunings of ukulele, various ukulele sizes, basic chords, strums and more...
With over 100 lessons for ukulele there's sure to be a lesson or two to fits what your looking for.
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The ukulele (pronounced oo-koo-lele) comes in four sizes: Soprano (sometimes called Standard), Concert, Tenor and Baritone.
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Any tuning is possible on a ukulele as long as the construction supports it and a string is available. Here are the most common tunings for the Ukulele shown in concert pitch.
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TAB or Tablature Tablature is a form of musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument rather than which pitches to play.
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Rather than do a complete lessons on standard music notation. Why reinvent the wheel. There are lot of great resources on-line and books in music stores that already exsist. Here is my take on several of the offerings.
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A key signature is a series of sharp or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating the notes that are to be consistently played higher or lower than the equivalent natural notes. Key signatures are generally written immediately after the clef at the beginning of a line of musical notation. Each major and minor key has an associated key signature that sharpens or flattens the notes which are used in its scale.
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The art and science of chord fingering. Learning your basic open position chords in common keys.
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Natural, Sharp and Flat Notes of the Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning
Lesson Code: UL23
Published: 2005-09-23
Updated: 2005-09-23
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Standard music notation, the natural, sharp and flat notes of the ukulele fingerboard for C tuned ukuleles. Covers both high C and low G tuning variations.
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Which Way Is Up? - Up, Down, Ascending, Descending, etc...
Lesson Code: UL32
Published: 2005-01-02
Updated: 2011-07-05
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What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele? Up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending should refer to musical pitch and not to direction as we know it.
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Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard (Finally!!!)
Lesson Code: UL07
Published: 2005-01-02
Updated: 2011-03-13
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Most players struggle with learning the names of the notes of the ukulele fingerboard. There doesn’t seem to a pattern and notes repeat. There is an easy way and...
...it’s easier that you think!
Most players know the names of the open strings for their tuning. In “C” tuning the open strings are named G C E A, no sharps or flats.
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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.
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Not all seventh chords are actually "dominant" seventh chords. This lesson covers when is a Dominant Seventh Chord NOT really a Dominant seventh?
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Fingerstyle Basics for Ukulele - t i m r, ( p i m a )
Lesson Code: UL112
Published: 2005-01-02
Updated: 2011-10-17
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Exploring fingerstyle on ukulele. This lesson covers the common terms used for identifing the fingers used. And, presents a series of single string exercises for exploring and developing the techniques needed for this style.
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The Major Scale or Ionian scale is a diatonic scale, made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first one octave higher. In solfege these notes correspond to the syllables "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti/Si, (Do)",
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TAB, short for tablature is a form of musical notation using numbers and letters on a staff that that corresponds to the number of strings of fretted string instrument. Theses number tell a player which fret to place their fingers on rath
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