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In this course, you will :
- demonstrates how to change chords, read standard music notation, and approach music theory concepts such as the major scale, intervals, and harmony
- Experiment with movable chords and left-hand mute strokes for reggae and soul, as well as the blues shuffle rhythm and strumming Hawaiian tunes, to discover the surprising range of this fun little instrument.
- Shows you how to play a fiddle tune, "Solider's Joy," and the beloved island standby, "Aloha 'Oe" to help you practise what you learn.
Syllabus :
1. Getting Started
- Know your uke
- Reading tablature
- The notes on the fretboard
2. Strum, Strum, Strum
- Your first chords
- Changing chords
- Play some real songs
- Spice up your strumming
- More chords more chords
- Minor chords
- Waltz time, 3/4
- Right-hand tools and techniques
3. Reading Standard Music Notation
- Rests
- Dotted half notes
- Natural notes on the 1st string
- The C major scale
- Eighth notes, of course
- Dotted quarter notes
- Sharps and flats
- Accidentals in a key signature
- Ties
- Navigating a musical map
4. Theory without Fear
- The major scale is your measuring stick
- Intervals are your building blocks
- Harmony and chords
5. Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes
- Strum patterns and a tune in G
- Accenting the backbeat, the E and E7 chords, and "Sally Ann" in A
- Fiddle tune form and "Soldier′s Joy" in D
6. Old School: The Swingin′ Ukulele
- How to swing
- Sixes and sevens and chords
- The circle of 5ths progression
- The triple strum
- The triple burst strum
7. Rocking Out the Uke
- The syncopated strum
- Adding percussion with mute strokes
- Moveable chord forms, or how I learned to be my own chord dictionary
- Using moveable chords, left-hand mute strokes, reggae, and soul
8. Taking It Home: Island Style
- "Aloha ′Oe"
- New strums
- Hula for Ho′opi′i
9. Ukulele Blues
- The 12-bar blues
- The blues shuffle rhythm
- The minor pentatonic scale
- Transposition
- Transposing the blues and the minor pentatonic scale
- Blues in a Minor Key
10. Introduction to Fingerstyle
- The right-hand position
- Arpeggio pattern t, i, m, a
- Middle and ring fingers together
- Fingerpicking in 3/4
- Alternating thumb pattern t, i, t, m
