Head Tuners (Friction pegs) Nut Fret Neck Fret wire Dot inlays Strings Sound hole Body Top Bridge Side Back RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 1 www.ukulele.de 2007
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1 2 3 4 3. Fret 4 3 5. Fret 1. Fret 4. Fret 2. Fret 1 2 RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 3 www.ukulele.de 2007
low high Octave Octave C# D# F# G# A# C# D# F# G# A# C D E F G A B C D E F G A B 4 3 2 1 G C E A Ukulele fretboard 4 3 2 1 G C E A G# C# F A# A D F# H A# D# G C RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 4 www.ukulele.de 2007
Microphone up down up down C F# 440 up down up down G C E A 4 3 2 1 C# D# F# G# A# C# D# F# G# A# C D E F G A B C D E F G A B RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 5 www.ukulele.de 2007
Too low Too high Mark the note for the 1st Ukulele string. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# H A Look at the tuner. What has to be done? Tighten the string Loosen the string Keep it like this Mark the note for the 2nd Ukulele string. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# H E Look at the tuner. What has to be done? Tighten the string Loosen the string Keep it like this Mark the note for the 3rd Ukulele string. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# H C Look at the tuner. What has to be done? Tighten the string Loosen the string Keep it like this Mark the note of the 4th Ukulele string. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# H F# Look at the tuner. What has to be done? Tighten the string Loosen the string Keep it like this RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 6 www.ukulele.de 2007
C-Chord Frere Jacques F[C]rere Jacques, Frere Jacques, dormez-vous, dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines, ding ding dong, ding ding dong. F-Chord Memphis, Tennessee [F] Long d[c]istance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She c[f]ould not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 'Cause my u[c]ncle took the message and he wrote it on the w[f]all RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 7 www.ukulele.de 2007
G-Chord Country: I can t stop lovin you [C] I can't stop l[f]oving you, I've made up my m[c]ind To live in m[g]emories of the lonesome t[c]imes Rock: Rockin all over this world And I l[c]ike it, I like it, I like it, I like it, I l[f]i-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it Here we g[c]o, r[g]ockin all over the w[c]orld Soul: Everybody needs somebody [G], [C], [F], [C] Everybody needs somebody Everybody needs somebody to love (someone to love) Sweetheart to miss (sweetheart to miss), Sugar to kiss (sugar to kiss) I need you you you, I need you you you, I need you you you in the morning I need you you you when my souls on fire Rock n Roll: Great balls of fire You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain, too much love drives a man insane You broke my will, but what a thrill, goodness, gracious, great balls of fire I made me love and I thought it was funny, you came along and moved me honey I've changed my mind, this girl is fine, goodness, gracious, great balls of fire Kiss me baby, ooooh feels good, hold me baby, I'm gonna love you like a lover should, you re fine, so kind Got to tell this world that your mine mine mine mine RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 8 www.ukulele.de 2007
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Reading chord charts and tablatures Reading chord charts 1 2 Chart starts at 4th fret 2nd string is played open 4 3 Play 4th string 4th fret Play 3rd string 6th fret Use 1st finger for 4th string Play 1st string 6th fret Use 4th finger for 1st string Use 3rd finger for 3rd string Chord name Play this string open nut 1st fret X = Don t play this string O = Play this string open 2nd fret 3rd fret 4th fret Play 1st and 2nd string with one finger 5th fret 4th=G 3rd=C 2nd=E 1st=A Reading tablatures Instrument tuning: Each horizontal line represents a string 1st=A, 2nd=E, 3rd=C, 4th=G Play the 3rd fret on the 3rd string Play the 1st fret on the 2nd string Repeat the section between these two signs Time signature: 4 beats with a length of a quarter note per measure Quarter rest Two eighth notes Play 1st string, 4th fret 2nd string, 2nd fret 3rd string, 4th fret 4th string, 3rd fret Quarter note Vertical lines separate two measures RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 10 www.ukulele.de 2007
The cock is dead : The cock is dead, the cock is dead, : : He will never cry cocodi, cocoda, : : Cocococococococodi, cocoda. : RISA Musical Instruments GmbH 11 www.ukulele.de 2007
Chord charts RISA Appendix Musical Instruments GmbH 12 www.ukulele.de 2007
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