Contents:

The bass ukulele

• The tuning
• The Kala UBass Series
• Bass ukulele manufacturers
• The secret of the bass ukulele: Pahoehoe strings
• Maintenance of strings
• “Thundergut” Strings
• The bass ukulele: Live.

The parts of your UBass

• The scale
• The octave
• scale and octave

Tune your bass ukulele

• The tuning
• Tuning with a tuner
• Tuning by ear
• Tuning with harmonics
• Stretching and dwindling tension

Playing posture

Fundamentals

• Left and right hand
• Fingering
• Basic fingering

Playing methods

Before you start to play

• Notes and TAB
• Exercises 1/2: Boogie-Woogie

Interview with Martin ‘Bassmati' Schroeder

Range and fret board,

• Identical tones
• Examples of identical tones

Basics of music theory

• Whole tone steps - half tone steps
• Accidentals and key signature
• Modes
• Accidentals
• Validity of accidentals

Rhythm and Measure

• Introduction
• Rhythm notation
• Measure
• Rhythm exercises
• The metronome
• Timing
• Beats per minute
• Tempo indication
• Rests
• Counting in
• Pickup
• Eight note and dotted quarter note

Scales in first position

C-major – second position

• D major scale – position change

To play ‘by ear'

• Main harmony-tonic, subdominant, dominant

Comping in practice

Comping with chord symbols

Overview

Common bass accompaniment patterns

• Jazzy walking bass line
• Latin bass line
• Latin-Calypso
• Fast dance tune
• Rock
• Pop Song
• Rhumba
• Boogie/ Rock‘n Roll
• Latin
• Chords

Special techniques

• The Slide
• Hammer on, pull off
• Ghost Notes

Play in a band

• Rock
• Rock Ballad
• Boogie-Woogie
• Blues Rock.
• Rhythm‘n Blues.
• Latin
• Rock‘n Roll
• Country

Solo Pieces for the bass ukulele

• The Monkey
• Sammy‘s Boogie
• Walking With You
• VoilÀ
• Calypso

Duets for 2 UBasses

• Keep Cool, Man
• Blues for Paul

Songs

• Old Mac Donald
• Camptown Races
• Clementine
• Michael, Row The Boat Ashore

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