A collection of educational resources for beginners and beyond ...

• Song leaders wanted

  Here are Trudy's Guidelines for Jam Leaders. We encourage you to lead one song, a couple of songs or a jam.

  Our chart review committee (Larry, Paul, Ginny, Trudy) has approved these guidelines for song charts.

Brand new to the Ukulele?

• How to tune your Ukulele and use a clip-on tuner. by Bernadette Teaches Music.
• How to tune a Ukulele for total beginners by Andy Guitar. He does not use a clip on tuner, however, he explains it well.
• Your First Ukulele Lesson. A Beginners Guide to Playing Ukulele by Heidi Swedberg.
• Your First Ukulele Lesson (Taught by a music teacher!) by Bernadette Teaches Music.
• Ukulele Strumming for Absolute Beginners by Ukulele Go.
• 5 Effective Strumming Patterns for Beginners [Ukulele Lesson] by Ukulele Tricks.
• Uke Minutes 100 - How to Play the Ukulele in 5 min by Ukulele Underground. He starts out with a quick demo on tuning, then on to strumming.
• So You Just Got Your First Ukulele in a book format and more from Ukulele Hunt website.
• Chord Chart showing numbered finger placement
• Ukulele School C Major Scale Tutorial by Bernadette Teaches Music. Printed lesson plan on learning to play the C scale and then sing along with it.
• Craig Chee and Sara Maisel workshop, 25 Feb 2021, Brown-Eyed Girl

• Strum charts for Bob's class

  • Strum - 1
  • Strum - 2
  • Strum - 3
  • Strum - 4

• Chord diagrams - primary fingering for 13 different chords in twelve possible keys

• C F G7 G9 - alternate, stretch fingering

• Chord Harmony Charts for keys D, G, C, F, B♭ and for all 12 Major keys

• Twelve Bar Blues

• Ukulele G, G7 & D Sustained Licks

• 8 1/2 x 11 chord diagrams for teaching

  Click on a chord:
  • A A7 Am Bb C C6 or Am7 C7 D D7 D7 alt Dm E7 Em Em alt F F#m G G7 Gm
  • chord diagram template

• Ukulele Go - covers a wide range of basics and more

• So You Just Got Your First Ukulele and more from Ukulele Hunt website.

• Strumming

  Here is a great tutorial by James Hill on strumming. He has many free videos, like this one, on YouTube, so take advantage of the knowledge of this great player and teacher. You can subscribe to these on his website. They are free.

• Bob's Strumming Workshop

• How to read tablature 101

  plus eight more lessons

• Doctor Uke

  Lessons and songs

• Definitions and common misspellings

  AABA

  In a standard form 32 bar song, B is the 3rd 8 bar section, the bridge

  barre (not bar or barred) chords

  bridge

  canon (not cannon)

  a form of music composition

  chord (not cord)

  ritard (not retard)

  slow

  tacet (not tacit)

  indicates a portion that is not strummed

  tag

  to repeat the last phrase, line or two of a song

  vamp

  your

  you're (not "your")

  contraction for "you are"

• Famous ukulele players

  Plus tips, songs and more from gotaukulele.com

• Why is G6 the BEST ukulele chord? - James Hill

• Kimo Hussey Ukulele Video Series: Soft and Slow Ukulele

  Playing the ukulele softer and slower to really listen to the sound it produces. Kimo is one of Mark's mentors.

• Jam Sessions

  On Tuesdays a dozen or two ukulele players jam from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Sam Ash music store, open to all. Call to verify schedule. (602) 863-7746. 4402 W Cactus Rd, Glendale.

• Chord finder

  shows fingering for chords. First select "soprano - C" on the right. Click on a chord. Click again for alternate fingering. Check out the play along songs and videos. (ChordFinder apparently doesn't work on an iPad.)

• Treasury of Ukulele Chords by Roy Sakuma

  Mark recommends this book of advanced ukulele chords.

• It won't be long before you love to play, and play for fun.