the Leaving of Liverpool - Key: G Chords: G, C, D7 It's A Small World After All - Key: G Chords: G, C, D7, (G7) I’ll Tell Me Ma - Key: G Chords: G, D7, C I Am Weary, Let Me Rest (2G simpl.) - Key: G Chords: G, C, D7 Goin Up the Country (Canned Heat) - Key: G Chords: G, C, D7 Dorothy the Dinosaur - Key: G Chords: G, C, D7 the Court of King Caractacus - Key: G Chords: G, D7, C Botany Bay - Key: G chords: G, C, D7 (Em) L.2 the Boa Constrictor Song - Key G chords: G, D7, C Angels We Have Heard On High - Key G chords: G, C, D7 L.2.- L.13 Achy Breaky Heart - easy 2-chord song Key: various Chords: C,G/ D,A /F,C/ G,D Achy Breaky Heart - easy 2-chord song Key: C Chords: C, G If you need to play left-handed, you would need to reverse the strings on the ukulele and 'mirror' the chord formations). strumming with the right hand, making the chord forms with the left hand on the fingerboard. (* Note- these chord patterns are for right-handed playing, i.e. Even a toddler will enjoy just strumming when I ran a creche group, the littlies just loved "playing" my small guitar - and a uke is a perfect size for them. You can buy cheap ukuleles for under $30 (but make sure that you can tune them and don't expect them to sound brilliant). They need to be old enough to be able to press the strings down on the fingerboard,and to remember the tunes and chord formations, but you can teach them an easy song or two and they will have lots of fun. Ukulele is an ideal instrument for children's little hands. It will become easier when you've been playing for a while. Don't stress too much about the rhythm try to keep it nice and natural, with a loose wrist. strum "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and", where the 1,2,3,4 beats are down-strokes and the "and" beats are up-strokes. Up-strokes: In between the down-strokes, you can flick the strings lightly upwards with your thumb or fingers, e.g. (Listen to the song in a recording, or sing a bit of the melody, to hear the timing). Think about the rhythm of the song- is it a 3/4 (waltz) time or a 4/4 time? Strike the first beat, downwards, a little stronger on each bar: 'ONE 2, 3, ONE 2, 3' etc for 3/4 time or 'ONE,2,3,4, ONE,2,3,4' etc if the song is in 4/4 rhythm. You can just strum with your right hand use your thumb and/or fingers to get an even up-down rhythm. It can be changed to work with different instruments, and it even has a built-in metronome if you want to practise sticking to a regular beat.Ĭ) you develop some hardness in your fingertips! I bought a cheap clip-on "Eno" tuner online for around $10, and it seems to work fine. There are also apps for Android phones etc. It's very effective and useful (just note that it's difficult to get a string to vibrate to an exact frequency, but try to get it in the "green" zone). You need to select your instrument and tuning type (e.g.ukulele standard), then the string. You can install this on your computer, iphone etc. You can also download a free audio tuner that uses a microphone from, HERE. If you don't have a tuner/piano etc to tune with, you can find a free online tuner at, HERE (you need to click on each note, listen to the sound and then tune your string to the same sound). Tuning: Note that the strings on a ukulele with standard tuning are tuned to G, C, E, A (from the top as you are holding it), so the G string is higher in pitch than the next 2 strings. you can see the pattern if you look at it, and this will help if you want to change a song to a different key (and also to work out which keys have easier chords to play on uke!). The Main Chord Table is laid out in a pattern so that each key is next to its neighbour on the Circle of Fifths. There are other chord charts available on the Internet for extra chords, but I wanted to have all the main chords, on one page, arranged in their keys. These are the chords mainly used in simple melodies. Here is a handy chart I've made with the 4 main chords in each key (Tonic, Sub-Dominant, Dominant 7th and Relative Minor).
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