CONTENTS. 2 Mastering Ukulele

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1 ONENS bout the uthors... 4 INRODUION... 5 hpter he World hordng to Uke 6 Lesson : he Hrmonzed Mjor Scle...6 Lesson : our ypes of 7th hord Inversons...7 Lesson : Mjor nd Mnor 6th Inversons...8 Lesson 4: Suspended hords...9 Lesson 5: Wht re ll hose Other Numbers, nywy?... Lesson 6: V I Progresson... hpter rrngng hord-melody Style Up the Neck Lesson : hord Scle... Lesson : When the Snts Go Mrchng In (hord-melody)... When the Snts Go Mrchng In (hord-melody)... Lesson : he Str-Spngled nner (hord-melody)... 4 he Str-Spngled nner (hord-melody)... 4 Lesson 4: Jzzn the lues (hord-melody)... 5 hpter Yet More Strums nd echnques 6 Lesson : Revewng rples, ursts, nd Splt Strums... 6 Lesson : he n Stroke... 7 Lesson : he n Stroke ontnued... 8 Lesson 4: One-nger remolo... 8 Lesson 5: Rsguedos... g lmenco Workout... hpter 4 Old-School ncy: rdtonl Rgtme, Jzz, nd Hwn Lesson : loh Oe... loh Oe... Lesson : Rggn on th Street... 4 Rggn on th Street... 4 Lesson : une n the ormby Style... 6 George on Holdy... 6 Lesson 4: utumn Hs Left... 8 utumn Hs Left... 8 Lesson 5: Hs nybody Seen My Uke?... Hs nybody Seen My Uke?... Lesson 6: New rple Strum from the Islnds... he reeze hrough the rees lows wth Ese... hpter 5 Scles nd rpeggos: Postons Up the Neck 4 Lesson : Mjor Scle Postons... 4 Lesson : À L Mode... 5 Lesson : Mjor nd Mnor Penttonc Scles... 7 Lesson 4: rpeggos... 8 Lesson 5: Scle nd rpeggo Prctce Ides... 4 Msterng Ukulele

2 hpter 6 ngerstyle 4 Lesson : House of the Rsng Sun (hord-melody)... 4 House of the Rsng Sun (hord-melody)... 4 House of the Rsng Sun (Vrton )... 4 House of the Rsng Sun (Vrton ) Lesson : ross-strng ngerng...45 Lesson : rpegg-uke (ross-strng) rpegg-uke (ross-strng) Lesson 4: ross-strng Rg ross-strng Rg Lesson 5: Mss McLeod s Reel... 5 Mss McLeod s Reel... 5 hpter 7 Rockn the Uke 5 Lesson : Song for George... 5 Song for George... 5 Lesson : ody Percusson Lesson : unky unk Strummng Lesson 4: uldng Groove by Lyers Gloves Off hpter 8 Jzz Improvston 58 Lesson : Improvsng over Domnnt 7th hords Lesson : Improvsng over Other ypes of 7th hords... 6 hpter 9 World Rhythms nd Scles 6 Lesson : Odd me Sgntures... 6 Lesson : Hrmonc Mnor nd Its Modes... 6 Lesson : lkn Up the Wrong ree! lkn Up the Wrong ree! ontents

3 LESSON : HE N SROKE LE EX he fn stroke s one of mny specl strums mde fmous by George ormby n mny flms. It s type of trple strum tht lso cretes vsul effect for your udence. he best wy to MP lern t s to brek t down nto three steps. SEP Strt wth your hnd n norml strummng poston, redy to do downstroke on ll four strngs. Your fngers should be curled n slghtly, s they normlly would be. he frst prt of the fn stroke could be done wth the pnky (s ormby dd), or the rng fnger, whch mkes more consstent sound. We wll use the rng fnger here. Use your rng fnger (lbeled n musc s ) to mke downstroke cross the strngs, somewhere over the fretbord. s you mke the downstroke, llow your fngers to fn out n crculr moton. If your uke ws clock, nd the neck ws t o clock, the pth of your rng fnger would be roughly : to :. s you mke the stroke, let your thumb stck out you ll need t next. Step : Rng-fnger downstroke. SEP ollow the rng-fnger downstroke wth downstroke of the thumb ( ). ollow the sme pth of : to : s n Step, llowng the thumb moton to push the rest of your hnd frther round the crcle. Your fngers wll nturlly curl bck nto your plm. Step : humb downstroke. SEP nsh the fn stroke wth n upstroke of your ndex fnger (), followng pth of 4: to 7: round your mgnry clock. hs prt of the stroke s hrd to see from the front nd helps crete the lluson tht you re mkng mgcl sounds hppen just by whrlng your hnd round the strngs n crcle. he fn stroke cn be used lke trple strum to mke vrous rhythms, or t cn be done n sold strem of fst trplets for tremolo or rollng effect. ry prctcng the fn stroke n slow qurter notes, then n trplets. Mke sure ech prt of the strum s dstnct rhythmc sound. 7 EX LE MP 4Û Û Û Û Û Û Step : Index-fnger upstroke. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ hpter Yet More Strums nd echnques 49 Msterng Ukulele.ndd 7 7 // 9:5 M

4 LESSON 4: ross-strng Rg Now, we ll ply rgtme pece, ross-strng Rg, whch utlzes cross-strng fngerng technques s demonstrted wth the Mjor scle on pge 45. Mke sure to hold down notes whenever possble so tht they keep sustnng s you re plyng consecutve notes. P L E E X M crss-strng rg œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ P P H H 9 6 ( ) œ œ œ œ P H P P P 48 Msterng Ukulele

5 hpter 8 LESSON : mprovsng over domnnt 7th chords Jzz Improvston Incorportng chord tones nto your mprovston s gret wy to mke your solos sound more nterestng. We ll prctce ths concept wth Hs nybody Seen My Uke? usng the rpeggos we covered n hpter 5. Except for the I chord,, for whch we ll use n mj6 rpeggo, we ll use domnnt 7th rpeggos to mprovse over the rest of the chords. Here s smple solo over n eght-br secton of the song. fter you ply ths, try comng up wth your own solos over the full progresson usng these rpeggos. 9 b 4 4 œ œ œ œ j œ œ. 7 œ # œ œ j œ œ œ. #œ D7 œnœ œ œ J œ. # œ œ œ j œ œ œ. P L E E X M ( ) 4 ( ) 5 ( ) b œ nœ œ œ j œ œ. œ œ œ 5 ( ) ( ) ( ) Lookng deeper nto these rpeggos, we dscover some nterestng possbltes for melodc movement. Here re the notes contned wthn ech chord: 7 ( # E G) D7 (D # ) (G D ) 7 ( E G b ) 6 ( D) Notce tht #, the rd of the 7 chord, moves down hlf step to, the 7th degree of the D7 chord. hs movement contnues through the progresson, lterntng rds nd 7ths. he n the D7 chord moves down hlf step to, the rd of the chord. he moves down hlf step to b, the 7th of the 7 chord. nlly, the b moves down hlf step to, the rd of the chord. Now look t the 7th of the 7 chord, the G moves down hlf step to #, the rd of the D7 chord. he # moves down hlf step to, the 7th of the chord. moves down hlf step to E, the rd of the 7 chord. nlly, E moves down whole step to D, the 6th of the 6 chord. Pretty fscntng! 58 Msterng Ukulele