Beginning Ukulele

Contents:

BEGINNING UKULELE

• About the Authors
• Introduction

Chapter 1---Getting Started

• Lesson 1: Know Your Uke
• Lesson 2: Reading Tablature
• Mary Had a Border Collie
• Lesson 3: The Notes on the Fretboard

Chapter 2---Strum, Strum, Strum

• Lesson 1: Your First Chords
• Lesson 2: Changing Chords
• Lesson 3: Play Some Real Songs
• Oh! Susanna
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Lesson 4: Spice Up Your Strumming
• Lesson 5: More Chords More Chords
• My Dear, Dear Mama from Madeira
• Wai O Ke Aniani (Crystal Water)
• Lesson 6: Minor Chords
• It's Only a Minor Inconvenience
• Lesson 7: Waltz Time 3/4
• Amazing Grace
• Lesson 8: Right-Hand Tools and Techniques

Chapter 3---Reading Standard Music Notation

• Lesson 1: The Notes and the Staff
• Lesson 2: The Natural Notes on the 3rd and 2nd Strings
• Lesson 3: Time
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Lesson 4: Rests
• Lesson 5: Dotted Half Notes
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Lesson 6: Natural Notes on the 1st String
• Lesson 7: The C Major Scale
• Lesson 8: Eighth Notes (Of Course)
• Lesson 9: Dotted Quarter Notes
• Ode to Joy
• Lesson 10: Sharps and Flats
• Raised by Gypsies
• Lesson 11: Accidentals in a Key Signature
• Red River Valley
• Lesson 12: Ties
• King on the Beach
• Lesson 13: Navigating a Musical Map

Chapter 4---Theory Without Fear, or a Little Knowledge Can Get You Jamming

• Lesson 1: The Major Scale Is Your Measuring Stick
• Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths
• Lesson 3: Intervals Are Your Building Blocks
• Lesson 4: Harmony and Chords

Chapter 5---Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes

• Lesson 1: Strum Patterns and a Tune in G
• This Hammer's Too Heavy
• Lesson 2: Accenting the Backbeat, the E and E7 Chords, and Sally Ann in A
• Sally Ann
• Lesson 3: Fiddle Tune Form and Soldier's Joy in D
• Soldier's Joy

Chapter 6---Old School: The Swingin' Ukulele

• Lesson 1: How to Swing
• Lesson 2: Sixes and Sevens and Chords
• Lesson 3: The Circle of 5ths Progression
• How Will I Ever Learn to Charleston If I Can't Even Tie My Own Shoes?
• Lesson 4: The Triple Strum
• The Secret Handshake Rag
• Lesson 5: The Triple Burst Strum
• Hitch in My Git-Along Rag

Chapter 7---Rocking Out the Uke

• Lesson 1: The Syncopated Strum
• My Feet Hurt (Oy! Sole Blisters!)
• Autoharp Sale (Replace Old Zithers!)
• Dreams of Summer on a Gloomy Day (Haze, Cold, Misters)
• Lesson 2: Adding Percussion with Mute Strokes
• Lesson 3: Moveable Chord Forms, or How I Learned to Be My Own Chord Dictionary
• In My Spare Time with No Money Down!
• Lesson 4: Using Moveable Chords, Left-Hand Mute Strokes, Reggae, and Soul
• Who Wants a Cool Beverage?
• Uke Got Soul

Chapter 8---Taking It Home: Island Style

• Aloha 'Oe
• Lesson 1: New Strums
• Hula for Ho'opi'i

Chapter 9---Ukulele Blues

• Lesson 1: The 12-Bar Blues
• Lesson 2: Memorizing the 12-Bar Blues
• Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle Rhythm
• Shufflin' Through the Blues in A
• Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Lesson 5: Transposition
• Lesson 6: Transposing the Blues and the Minor Pentatonic Scale
• 12-Bar Blues in C (a Bouncy C!)
• Lesson 7: Blues in a Minor Key
• Nunmoor Blues: A 12-Bar Blues in A Minor

Chapter 10---Introduction to Fingerstyle

• Lesson 1: The Right-Hand Position
• Lesson 2: Arpeggio Pattern T-I-M-A
• Hi'ilawe
• Lesson 3: Middle and Ring Fingers Together
• Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4
• Lesson 5: Alternating-Thumb Pattern T-I-T-M
• Ukaleidoscope

Chapter 11---Getting Ready for the Next Level

• Musical Expression
• Appendix
• Low-G Tuning
• How to Practice
• Organizing a Practice Session
• Buy a Metronome
• Conclusion and Resources for Further Study