Prepare yourself for the Battle Roya between Guitars and Ukuleles! Ukuleles look like mini guitars, but what are the main differences between them? If you can play one, does that mean you can play the other? Are the chords different? Are they tuned the same way? So, so many questions, and here we have the answers for you.
It is true that if you can play the guitar, you'll already have some key skills in place for when it comes to learning the ukulele and vice versa. But they are not the same instrument, and not just because of the size. The guitar and the ukulele are in fact different enough that you won’t be able to just pick one up and start playing. Well, Terry did. I know this because I was there. But that's a story for another time, and it's besides the point anyway.
Back on topic: there are a few important differences between the two instruments, and thus there are a few important fundamentals to cement into place before you can...
Hi! This tutorial is especially for Jazz fans1 I will teach you how to play ii – V – I chord progression in the key of A Major.
Ii – V – I refer to chords of a specific key. Since in this lesson we are in the A key, the Major Scale is A Major Scale: A – B – C# - D – E – F# - G# - A.
‘ii’ refers to B Minor which is the second chord in the A Major Scale. In this tutorial, we will be using the 7th chords, so it will be B Minor 7th chord.
Use your triads when you play pop and rock music! But as far as Jazz is concerned it will be the 7th chords!
‘V’ refers to the fifth chord in the A Major Scale- which is E. As we are using the 7th chords it will be the E7 chord. But I am using the E 13 chord in this tutorial.
The E13 chord will make your music “cooler” because it has some extra chords for that effect!
‘I’ refers to the first chord of A Major Scale which is A Major. We will be playing the...
This is so exciting because this is the very first book that I have published under Uke Like The Pros.
Although you can download the individual PDF's of each lesson in the Beginning Music Reading Course but this is an actual bound book.
Plus, I had a very good friend of mine and talented graphic artist redesign each and every lesson.
It took many months longer than we expected but the amount of work that we put in is well worth it.
To put it plainly, the book looks amazing.
What's cool is that the book is part of Amazon's Print On Demand.
That means as soon as you order your copy, they will print it immediately and ship it out to you.
You don't have to wait for me to get down to the post office and mail it. Plus if you have Amazon Prime you should get is within a few days.
I literally submitted the book yesterday and it already is up on Amazon.
So, who is going to get the first copy?
Buy Book "Beginning Music Reading"
Enjoy,
Terry
In this 4K ukulele tutorial I'll explain how to play the Major Chord, Minor Chord, Augmented Chord, and the Diminished Chord.
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I'm going to use the C bar chord shape for basis for all these chords. I'll show you how to play the Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished Chords as well as go over the notes for each chord.
There will also be ukulele chord diagrams on the screen to help you learn the chords.
All of the notes for each chord will come from the C Major Scale which is C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C.
The roots for all 4 of the chords will be the C note which can be on the 4th string 5th fret of the 1st string 3rd fret.
The C Major Chord is made up of the C - E - G notes which are the 1 - 3 - 5 degrees from the C Major Scale. Major Chords have a happy and bright sound.
The C Minor Chord is made up of the C - Eb - G notes which are the 1st - b3 - 5 degrees of the C Major Scale. Minor...
Ok, you may find this hard to believe but I actually had my first paying gig as a full time ukulele player last Saturday.
I know what you must be thinking, what the hell?
Your trusting me to teach you ukulele and you may have already done more paying ukulele gigs than I have.
I'm stocked myself, but when I really got to think about it, it's true.
Many of you know that I have spent my musical career as a educator, studio musician, and composer.
Even though I began playing ukulele back in the 90's, yikes, it has only been the last 2 1/2 years that I got completely dedicated to ukulele.
Then life happened which included twins, a up-rooting from Los Angeles after 20 years to move back to San Diego, a focus on my family and the Uke Like The Pros website.
I didn't really have the mindset to do a lot of gigs, I had responsibilities as a father and husband to be home and not be out late working.
So I essentially didn't take or look for a lot of gigs.
Now don't get me wrong,...
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