n Rock! HOHNER Ukulele Instructional Booklet

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So pick up your new Hohner Kids uke and let s get started!

2 Aloha! Thank you for choosing the Hohner Kids HU212 as your first ukulele. The ukulele is a fun instrument that is very easy to play. This booklet will instruct you on the basics of how to hold the instrument, tuning, strumming and fingering. Kids of all ages can strum one finger chords along to their favorite songs. So pick up your new Hohner Kids uke and let s get started! Parts of the Ukulele Headstock E A Nut rets Top Lower Bout Tuning Machines G Neck Saddle Upper Bout Using your electronic tuner: Brand new strings do take time to stretch out before they will hold their tune, so it is not uncommon that you will have to re-tune often at the beginning. *Watch out!* Tightening the string too much may cause the string to break. Using your electronic tuner is the quickest, easiest way to get your ukulele up to pitch. Keep a close eye on the display when you pluck the individual strings. The tuner will automatically register the note that you are playing. Increase or decrease the tension until the display shows the proper note of the string you are tuning. Once you are in the proper range you can fine tune the string. If you are showing that the note is flat (b) increase the tension on the string until the center light shows green. If you are sharp (#) release tension on the string until the center light shows green. The chart to the right will tell you what notes and relationships the strings are to each other. Side Bridge 2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any matter whatsoever without advance written permission, except in the instance of brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews. All songs Public Domain/Traditional HK_Ukulele_songbook.indd 2 7/16/10 12:53:28 PM

3 Tuning Your Ukulele By Ear If a tuner is not available, it can be tuned by ear. Tune the first string to E, as best you can. You can use a pitch pipe, piano or other instrument for reference. Tune each string as shown below [See igure 1]. Press and hold the 5th fret of the 2nd string and tune to equal the pitch of the first string by turning the 2nd string tuning peg clockwise to raise the pitch or counter-clockwise to lower [See igure 2]. Standard Ukulele Tuning 4th string 3rd string 2nd string 1st string = G = = E = A Repeat the above process for strings 3 & 4 the 4th fret of the 3rd string should be equal to the pitch of the 2nd open string; the 2nd fret of the 4th string should be equal to the open 1st string. igure 1 igure 2 How To Play Your Ukulele Place your left hand on the fretboard. Use the index finger for fret #1, middle finger for fret #2, ring finger for fret #3, and pinky for fret #4. ollow the fretboard diagrams throughout this book to form chords. Strum Patterns A Downward strum (designated in song notation as / ) is produced by beginning with the fourth string (closest to the player) and strumming all four strings with the right hand in a downward (toward the floor) motion. Use your index finger or a pick for best results. An Upward Strum ( V ) is produced beginning at the first string and strumming upward over the soundhole. Now You re Ready To Play! 3 HK_Ukulele_songbook.indd 3 7/16/10 12:53:28 PM

4 Row, Row, Row Your Boat / / / V / Row Row Row your boat, / V / V / / Gently down the stream, /V/ /V/ /V/ /V/ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, G7 / V / V / / Life is but a dream He s Got The Whole World In His Hands G / V / // /V/ / V / / He s got the whole world in his hands D7 / V / // /V/ / V / / He s got the whole world in his hands G / V / // /V/ / V / / He s got the whole world in his hands D7 G / V / // /V/ / V / / / V / He s got the whole world in his hands 4 HK_Ukulele_songbook.indd 4 7/16/10 12:53:29 PM

5 Are You Sleeping / / / V / / / / V / / / / V / / / / V / Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, brother John, brother John, / V / V / / / V / V / / Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing 7 7 / / / / / / / / Ding, Dong, Ding Ding, Dong, Ding Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star G7 G7 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Twinkle, twinkle lit-tle star, how I wonder what you are G7 G7 G7 G7 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Up a-bove the world so high, like a diamond in the sky, G7 G7 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Twinkle, twinkle lit-tle star, how I wonder what you are 5 HK_Ukulele_songbook.indd 5 7/16/10 12:53:30 PM

6 Amazing Grace G G7 G / / V / /V / / / / V / / / / A ma zing Grace! How sweet the sound D D7 / / V / /V / / / / / V / / / V / That saved a wretch like me! G G7 G /V / / /V / / / / / V / / I once was lost, but now I am found D7 G / / V / / V / / / / / V / Was blind but, now I see When Irish Eyes Are Smiling / /V / / / / V / / V / / When Ir-ish eyes are smiling / / / V / / / V / / / V / / Sure its like a morn in Spring / / / / V/ / V/ / / V / / In the lilt of Ir-ish laughter A7 D7 G7 / / / V / / / V / / / V / / You can hear the angels sing G7 / /V / / / / V / / V / / When I-rish hearts are happy / / / V / / / V / / / V / / All the world seems bright and gay / / / V/ / / / V / / V / / And when Ir-ish eyes are smiling A7 D7 G7 / / / V / / / V / / / V / / Sure they steal your heart a - way 6 2nd Verse: When we ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun! We ve no less days to sing God s praise, Than when we first begun HK_Ukulele_songbook.indd 6 7/16/10 12:53:31 PM

7 or more music fun check out these other Hohner Kids products! Toy accordion (U102R) Harmonica starter package (PH 81) Wood Tone drum (HO825) Rhythm band set (HRM 6) HK_Ukulele_songbook.indd 7 7 7/16/10 12:53:36 PM

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Ukulele Styles. How To Tune Your Ukulele

Ukulele Styles. How To Tune Your Ukulele Ukulele Styles SOPRANO ONERT TENOR How To Tune Your Ukulele The easiest, fastest way to tune your ukulele is to use a Lanikai Tuner, model LUT (available at your authorized Lanikai dealer). The LUT is