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1 ONENS OU HE UHORS INRODUION HPER he Wrld hrding t Uke Lessn : hery and Majr riad Inversins Lessn : Minr Inversins Lessn : Diminished and ugmented riads 8 Lessn : Dminant th hrds 8 Lessn : Diminished th hrds 9 Lessn : I IV V Prgressins Using Mveable Shapes Luie s Wild hing Lessn : I vi ii V here Must e ifty Ways (t Leave the ifties) here Must e ifty Ways (t Leave the ifties) in Lessn 8: i VII VI ll lng the Stairway ll lng the Stairway in D Minr HPER Expanding Yur Grve Palette Lessn : Grve ncepts Lessn : Rhythms Using riplets Lessn : ++ Lessn : Split Strum Lessn : Diddley eat, r lave Lessn : and ime Signatures 8 HPER Kind f lue 9 Lessn : -ar lues 9 Lessn : -ar lues Lessn : 8-ar lues Lessn : urnarunds Lessn : ircle f ths lues Prgressins Salty Dg lues Lessn : Jazzin the lues Lessn : -ar Ragtime lues lice s Red Ht Electric Rag HPER Meldic Playing 8 Lessn : Open-Psitin Scales 8 Lessn : Playing Meldies 9 mazing Grace 9 Red River Valley Lessn : Scales up the Neck Lessn : ura Lee ura Lee Lessn : Oh! Susanna Oh! Susanna Intermediate Ukulele

2 HPER rds and ths Lessn : rds Ode t Jy (Harmnized in rds) Lessn : ths Ode t Jy (Harmnized in ths) HPER ingerstyle Uke Lessn : ingerpicking Patterns Lessn : lice s Red Ht Electric Rag (ingerstyle Versin) lice s Red Ht Electric Rag (ingerstyle Versin) Lessn : anj Rlls 8 Rlling Dwn hat Lng Lnesme Rad 9 Lessn : ingerpicking in and ime Lessn : Huse f the Rising Uke Huse f the Rising Uke HPER On the Other Hand: ricks and echniques fr the retting Hand Lessn : Hammer-Ons Lessn : Pull-Offs Lessn : mbining Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs Lessn : Slides Lessn : ending Strings and Vibrat Lessn : shgrve (Using Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs) shgrve Lessn : Sitting n p f the Wrld (Using Sliding) Sitting n p f the Wrld HPER 8 hrd-meldy 8 Lessn : hrd-meldy Style 8 Oh! Susanna (hrd-meldy) 8 Lessn : mazing Grace (hrd-meldy) mazing Grace (hrd-meldy) Lessn : shgrve (hrd-meldy) shgrve (hrd-meldy) Lessn : Greensleeves (hrd-meldy) Greensleeves (hrd-meldy) HPER 9 Getting Jazzy Lessn : Everything Yu Wanted t Knw but Jazz Lessn : Has nybdy Seen My Uke? (-ar Prgressin) Has nybdy Seen My Uke? Lessn : Uke s Gt Rhythm hanges Uke s Gt Rhythm Lessn : Gypsy Jazz HPER Let s Jam Lessn : Jamming On the lues! Lessn : Pentatnic Scales 8 Lessn : Sling Using the Minr Pentatnic Scale Lessn : Sling Using the Majr Pentatnic Scale Lessn : mbining Majr Pentatnic, Minr Pentatnic, and lues Scales in a Sl ntents

3 LESSON : -R RGIME LUES Nw, were ging t play lice s Red Ht Electric Rag, a -bar blues and ragtime prgressin that uses the cunterclckwise circle f ths prgressin number f classic sngs use this same chrd prgressin, including essie Smith s Lectric hair lues, Rbert Jhnsn s Red Ht, Sippie Wallace s Wmen e Wise, and rl Guthrie s lice s Restaurant In, the V chrd is, the V f is, and the V f the is he naturally leads back t the, and the naturally leads back t the, ur riginal V chrd in In the first fur measures, we begin n, and then jump t t start wrking ur way back thrugh the cycle f ths t In the secnd fur measures, we again begin n, jumping t t cycle back t, which then leads us t the third line his third grup f fur measures is like a turnarund (I I IV IV ) and leads us t the final fur measures, which are the same as the first Nw, let s play lice s Red Ht Electric Rag LIE S RED HO ELERI RG 9 # dim hapter Kind f lue

4 LESSON : LIE S RED HO ELERI RG (INGERSYLE VERSION) Nw, we ll revisit lice s Red Ht Electric Rag, using a cuple f the fingerpicking patterns just cvered s yu becme prficient with this sng as written, try varying the patterns s that each pass thrugh sunds slightly different LIE S RED HO ELERI RG (INGERSYLE VERSION) # # n # # n 9 b b # dim # n # # n hapter ingerstyle Uke

5 SHGROVE (HORD-MELODY) b P Dmin Gmin H P P b b H P P H b Gmin Dmin H H H H H H H b n P Dmin Gmin H P P b b Œ H P P hapter 8 hrd-meldy

We ll use ne f them t create the meldic idea When we get t the V chrd, we vary the riginal meldic idea by mving it up a whle step inally, we end with ne f

6 LESSON : SOLOING USING HE MINOR PENONI SLE Using ur -bar blues prgressin in frm hapter, we ll play a sample sl based n the minr pentatnic scale ls, remember the syncpated rhythms using triplets that we cvered in hapter? We ll use ne f them t create the meldic idea When we get t the V chrd, we vary the riginal meldic idea by mving it up a whle step inally, we end with ne f the turnarunds in that we cvered in hapter Recycle and reuse! Swing 8ths J b J # j n b b w S ( 8) ( 8) ( ) b J b J b b b w ( 8) ( 8) 8 ( 8) 9 J b # j n J b n b b n 8 S 9 8 ( 8) 8 ( 8) ( ) ( ) ( ) Intermediate Ukulele

CONTENTS. About the Author 3 Introduction 4 Chapter 1: Music Review 5. Chapter 7: Using Single-String Scales to Work Out Melodic-Style Tunes 29

CONTENTS. About the Author 3 Introduction 4 Chapter 1: Music Review 5. Chapter 7: Using Single-String Scales to Work Out Melodic-Style Tunes 29 ONENS but the uthr Intrductin hapter : Music Review Lessn : w t Read ablature... Lessn : ime... Lessn : anj Fretbard... hapter : Music hery Lessn : Intervals... Lessn : he ircle f ths... hapter : hrd nstructin