It s time to take a look at another classic song you must know how to play on the ukulele.

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chords: To play a C major chord, place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the bottom string. The remaining strings ring completely open.

1 It s time to take a look at another classic song you must know how to play on the ukulele. In this lesson, learn: how to apply multiple strumming patterns we ve learned throughout one song a song: Ain t She Sweet You need to know the following chords: To play a C major chord, place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the bottom string. The remaining strings ring completely open. To play a G7 chord, place your ring finger on the 2nd fret of the first or bottom string. Place your index finger on the 1st fret of the second string. Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the third string. Let the top string ring completely open. 1

While these strings are barred, place your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the first or bottom

To play an E7 chord, place your ring finger on the 2nd fret of the first or bottom string, your

2 This is a chord you want to barre. To play a D7 chord, lay your index finger across all four strings on the 2nd fret. While these strings are barred, place your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the first or bottom string. To play an E7 chord, place your ring finger on the 2nd fret of the first or bottom string, your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the third string, and your index finger on the 1st fret of the fourth or top string. Let the second string ring completely open. To play an A7 chord, place your index finger on the 1st fret of the third string. Let all the other strings ring completely open. 2

To play a Dm7 chord, place your pinky on the 3rd fret of the bottom string, your index finger on the 1st fret

finger on the 1st fret of third string. Let the second string and top string ring completely open.

3 To play a Dm7 chord, place your pinky on the 3rd fret of the bottom string, your index finger on the 1st fret of the second string, your ring finger on the 2nd fret of third string, and your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the top string. To play a C#dim7 chord, place your ring finger on the 1st fret of the bottom or first string and your middle finger on the 1st fret of third string. Let the second string and top string ring completely open. The superscript circle indicates a diminished chord. To play an F9 chord, use your index finger to barre all strings on the 2nd fret, and then use your middle finger to barre the bottom three strings on the 3rd fret. 3

4 Ain t She Sweet Before you try playing this song, just listen to me play through it a couple times in the video, and see if you can identify which strumming patterns I switch to in different parts of the song. Then, give the song a try for yourself and see what you can come up with. C C#dim7 G7 See her coming down the street. G7 Look her over once or twice.!! F9 C Just cast an eye in her direction. F9 C Dm7 G7 Oh, me! Oh, my! Ain t that perfection? I re - peat C!! C#dim7 G7 Don t you think that s kind of neat? And I ask you very confidentially 4

5 Strumming Patterns Explained Down below, you can see a new chord chart of Ain t She Sweet with the chords color-coded to what strumming pattern I used for different parts of the song. If you see a blue chord, I used strumming pattern #4: If you see a green chord, I used strumming pattern #5: If you see a red chord, I used strumming pattern #6: These are just some strumming patterns I defaulted to when I played this song. I really encourage you to experiment and see what strumming patterns sound best to you! 5

6 Ain t She Sweet C C#dim7 G7 See her coming down the street. G7 Look her over once or twice.!! F9 C Just cast an eye in her direction. F9 C Dm7 G7 Oh, me! Oh, my! Ain t that perfection? I re - peat C!! C#dim7 G7 Don t you think that s kind of neat? And I ask you very confidentially 6

7 Practice Objectives Focus your practice on these things before you move to the next lesson: listen to me play through Ain t She Sweet a couple times see if you can identify the strumming patterns I m using throughout the song try to come up with a strumming pattern yourself that works for Ain t She Sweet --it can be one you ve already learned test out the strumming patterns I used for this song keep practicing your rhythm exercises every day What strumming patterns worked best for you? Don t forget you can post your comments and questions in the member s discussion area for this lesson. 7

So far, you ve learned a strumming pattern with all quarter notes and then one with all eighth notes. Now, it s time to mix the two.

So far, you ve learned a strumming pattern with all quarter notes and then one with all eighth notes. Now, it s time to mix the two. In this lesson, you re going to learn: a versatile strumming pattern