Sing it, Play it: The Best Way to Learn Scales on Ukulele
One of the most important parts of learning to play ukulele is ear training and becoming familiar with the intervals of the major and chromatic scales.
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Learn to Improvise the Blues on Ukulele with Chords, Licks, and Solos
The blues is really play-it-as-you-feel-it music, so in this lesson we’ll look at how to improvise on the ukulele with blues chords, licks and solos.
Make the Most of Your Practice with These Ukulele Scale Variations
In this beginner ukulele lesson you will learn some scale variations for C major & G mixolydian scales. This will help make the most out of your ukulele practice.
Learn to Play the Pentatonic Scale on Ukulele
Whether you’re a strummer, a hummer, a picker, or a singer, you need to know the pentatonic scale. Let's explore this often-overlooked musical wonder on ukulele.
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Learn All The Notes in Advance: A Chromatic Scale Solfege Ukulele Lesson
Did you know there are 5 other syllables in beyond do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do that add up to create the 12-tone chromatic scale? Learn them in this ukulele lesson!
Ukulele Lesson: Learn to Play in Every Key with the Perpetual 5ths Exercise
Playing in the key of C major can be a very comfortable trap for ukulele players. But learning to play in all 12 keys is easy using the Perpetual 5ths Exercise.
Uke Lesson: Where Do Chords Come From?
All we need to play songs on ukulele are the essential 7 chords of the major scale. Here's how to play them, and how they go together.
Ukulele Lesson: Understanding Chord Progressions
This ukulele lesson will help you recognize common chord progressions, which will help you learn songs faster when you hear them in a song.
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Unlock the Truth of A Song with Only 3 Chords
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard wrote and co-wrote thousands of three-chord country gems including “Heartaches by the Number,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “I’ve Got a Tiger by the…
Uke Lesson: It’s Easier Than it Looks— the Circle of Fifths
BY JIM D’VILLE | FROM THE SPRING 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE At this year’s Halloween uke jam I went dressed as the Circle of 5ths. I won the prize for scariest costume. Most of the ukulele players I meet in…