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Ukulele for Guitar Players

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Author: Curt Sheller
Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications - (98 pages)
Published Date: March 1, 2006
ISBN 10: 1-60321-001-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-60321-001-0
Product Code: UKEGTR
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (coil binding)
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Transfer Your Guitar Knowledge and Experience to the Ukulele

This book is for current and former guitar players discovering the ukulele for the first time or returning to the instrument.

Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.

Ukulele for Guitar Players explores the possibilities that the ukulele offers. Covering basic open position chords, movable form chords, triads, advanced "jazz" chords, essential scales. An introduction to reading standard music notation on ukulele.

The ukulele is both a different instrument than the guitar and at the same time a lot like the guitar.

Guitar players that also play the ukulele find that it gives them a different and fresh look at how they also approach the guitar.

Book Contents

  • Introduction
  • Ukulele History
  • Common Ukulele Sizes
  • Common Ukulele Tunings
    • “C” Tuning
      • C Tuning, High “G”
      • C Tuning, Low “G”
    • “D” Tuning
      • D Tuning, High “A”
      • D Tuning, Low “A”
    • “G” Tuning
      • G Tuning
      • G Tuning, High “D”
      • Summary
  • Open Position Chords
    • The Ukulele Chord Diagram
    • “G” Tuning
      • “G” Tuning Open Position Chords
      • Baritone Ukulele & Guitar
      • Transferring Chords to “G” Tuning
    • “C” Tuning
      • “C” Tuning Open Position Chords
      • “C” Tuning Relative to Guitar
      • Transferring Chords to “C” Tuning
    • “D” Tuning
      • “D” Tuning Open Position Chords
      • “D” Tuning Relative to Guitar
      • Transferring Chords to “D” Tuning
    • Tuning Transposition Chart
    • Transposing Chords
    • Summary
  • Movable Chord Forms
    • “G” Tuning F Movable Form Chords
    • “G” Tuning Bb Movable Form Chords
    • “C” Tuning Bb Movable Form Chords
    • “C” Tuning Eb Movable Form Chords
    • “D” Tuning C Movable Form Chords
    • “D” Tuning F Movable Form Chords
  • Triads
  • 4-Part Jazz Chords
    • Major Triads
    • Minor Triads
    • Diminished Triads
    • Augmented Triads
    • Seventh Chords
    • Scale Interval Formula Chart
    • The Fifteen Major Scales (Keys)
  • Essential Scales
    • The Pentatonic Scale
    • Additional Blues Scale Shapes
    • The Pentatonic Scale
    • Additional Pentatonic Scale Shapes
    • Identifying the Names of the Notes
    • Getting More Information
    • What Are a Scale’s Associated Chords?
    • Blues vs. Minor Pentatonic
    • Expanding the Blues Scale
  • Reading Standard Music Notation
    • Round the Mulberry Bush
    • The Third Uke Man
    • Second Story Uke
  • Learning The Ukulele Fingerboard