Let's Play! The Ukulele Handbook for Beginners
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Happy strumming!
Melissa.
Watch the Videos
Part One
1.0 - Introduction
1.1 - How to Use a Clip-On Tuner
1.2 - How to Read a Chord Diagram
1.3 - Play Your First Chord!
1.4 - How to Hold Your Uke
1.5 - How to Strum
1.6 - How to Read a Strum Diagram
1.7 - The On-Beat Strum
1.8 - Frére Jacques with the On-Beat Strum
1.9 - Frére Jacques in the Key of F
1.10 - Frére Jacques in the Key of G
1.11 - The Nashville Number System
1.12 - The 1 and 4 Chords in the Key of C
1.13 - How to Play The Itsy, Bitsy Spider
1.14 - The 1 and 5 Chords in the Key of C
1.15 - How to Play The Farmer in the Dell
1.16 - The Shuffle Strum
1.17 - How to Play Hot Corn, Cold Corn
1.18 - Playing at Home, Part One
Part Two
2.1 - Play in the Key of F
2.2 - Play in the Key of G
2.3 - The Off-Beat Strum
2.4 - Frére Jacques with the Off-Beat Strum
2.5 - How to Play There Ain't No Bugs on Me with the Off-Beat Strum
2.6 - The Swing Strum
2.7 - Frére Jacques with the Swing Strum
2.8 - Finding the One
2.9 - How to Read Tablature
2.10 - TAB: The First Half of Frére Jacques in the Key of C
2.11 - Reentrant vs. Linear Tuning
2.12 - TAB: Frère Jacques in the Key of C
2.13 - TAB: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in the Key of C
2.14 - Simple Strumming Exercises
2.15 - How to Play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
2.16 - How to Play The Crawdad Song
2.17 - Playing at Home, Part Two
Part Four
4.1 - How to Play The More We Get Together
4.2 - How to Play Hush, Little Baby
4.3 - How to Play The ABCs and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
4.4 - How to Play Down by the Bay
4.5 - How to Play Oh, Susanna
4.6 - Playing the D Chord
4.7 - Frére Jacques in the Key of D
4.8 - Play the G and D Chords Together
4.9 - Play the C, G, and D Chords Together
4.10 - How to Play I've Been Working on the Railroad
4.11 - How to Play My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
4.12 - How to Play in Different Keys
4.13 - Swing Strum Variations
4.14 - Syncopated Strum Variations
4.15 - Playing at Home, Part Four
The Songbook
Play-along videos for each song, in the Key of C.
There's a Little Wheel a-Turnin' in My Heart
The ABCs and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
I've Been Working on the Railroad