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Learning Ukulele Strums - A Recipe for Success
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A strum is the execution of a rhythmic pattern - in a specific style at tempo.
Learning Strums, A Receipe for Success covers how to go about learning the various rhythmic patterns that are strums.
Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum.
This series of lesson's focus is on the execution.
Six Essential Scales for Ukulele
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The six essential scale are: Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian.
There are two scales that can be the memorized and all other essential scales referenced from these two. These two scales are the Major and Natural Minor scales. The Major and Natural Minor scales are traditional scales and common scales in all forms of contemporary music. This lesson explores the Major and Natural Minor scales and their derivations.
From these two scales the Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydiand and Dorian scale can be created.
Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 1st Voicing
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Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.
Featured Books 
Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning
Beyond knowing the names of the open strings most ukulele players find it hard to learn the whole fingerboard.
If your goal is to finally learn the names of the notes on the ukulele fingerboard. Then "Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard" is your answer. "Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard - C Tuning" has a step by step approach to finally mastering the ukulele fingerboard. FREE download.
The Blues Scale
Learn to play the Blues scale on ukulele. Available in "C" Tuning. Scale diagrams in the QuickStart format and chords chart for all keys. This book is a FREE download.
Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
Featured Song/TAB
Blue Bossa
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Blue Bossa is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972). It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961. The tune has since been recorded numerous times by different artists, making it a jazz standard.
Includes: Play-along Lead Sheet, Ukulele TAB of Melody, Melody and Chord Ukulele rrangement, example chords and scales for accompanment and improv.
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Johnny A.
The Koukla Music Co.
P.O.Box 550
Salem, MA 01970
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(from artist's site) For Johnny A., the guitar has held a lifelong fascination, her six strings exerting a powerful influence and addictive beauty since the first time he held them. The pursuit of this musical lady with the perfect shape has driven his years - shaping the course of his life – taking him places he never could have imagined. Through inspiring moments of ecstatic improvisation, deep contemplation and inevitable gaps of frustration it has been a stormy affair with a tempestuous hollow-body lover, but the marriage has been nothing less than remarkable.
Gibson Custom Shop Johnny A. Signature with Bigsby
Johnny A. is widely regarded as one of America's finest contemporary guitarists. Gibson thinks so – their Custom Shop designed a Signature Edition guitar per his specific requests which, when it was marketed in 2003, placed him in an exclusive club that included legends like BB King, Wes Montgomery, Chet Atkins, Joe Perry, Pat Martino and Les Paul himself. The public thinks so too - Johnny A.'s latest works have sold many thousands of copies as well as being his personal best. The most recent CD's - 2004's Get Inside and 1999's Sometime Tuesday Morning, are the critically acclaimed solo culmination of a lifetime of learning, sharing and bonding in a long parade of bands and players.
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An Evening With John Abercrombie (Dvd) Published by Alfred Publishing. (21923) See more info... |
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Morris Acevedo
121 Loring Avenue Suite 240
Salem, MA 01970
978-745-1094
New England Guitar Workshop
121 Loring Avenue Suite #240
Salem, MA 01970
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(from New England Guitar Workshop web site) - Morris Acevedo, founder and program coordinator for the New England Guitar Workshop. Morris has 20 years of professional performing, recording and teaching experience that he brings to the NEGW. A long time contributor to GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE and JUST JAZZ GUITAR MAGAZINE, Morris has taught Jazz Guitar and Improvisation classes at the University of California at Berkeley as well as the Blue Bear School of American Music, Blue Note Music and the Community Music Center of San Francisco. His performances include tours with the Scott Amendola Band (Charlie Hunter), Noe Venable and the Ruiners, Arrnett Cobb, Emily Bezar, Richie Cole, Lee Konitz the lee Alexander Trio (Norah Jones) and many more.
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WikipediA | Vierd Blues CD Review: www.jazzguitar.com/features/affif.html | www.fantasyjazz.com/html/affifrbio.html
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- Concord Records Bio: www.concordrecords.com/bios/aldenbio.html
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"He may be the best of his generation," writes Owen Cordle in JazzTimes. George Kanzler of the Newark Star Ledger proclaims that he is "the most impressive and creative member of a new generation of jazz guitarists." And Chip Deffaa of the New York Post observes that he is "...one of the very finest young guitarists working today."
It seems that the only thing regarding Howard Alden on which the critics have debate is whether the remarkable jazz guitarist is one of the best or simply the best.
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(from artist's site) - Glenn Alexander holds a B.M. from Wichita State University. He is widely recognized as a guitarist, composer and producer, having written for, performed and or recorded with such artists as Jan Hammer, Chico Hamilton, L Shankar and the Epidemics, Levon Helm, Max Weinberg & the Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Labamba & The Hubcaps, Labamba Big Band, Mark Pender Band, Constantine Maroulis (American Idol), Bob Dylan (The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan), Phoebe Snow, Michael Bolton, Darlene Love, Judy Collins, Lisa Loeb, Adrian Belew, Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint (with Levon @ The Midnight ramble sessions), Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Jane Ira Bloom, Randy Brecker, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb, Doug Wimbish, Billy Burnette, , Jerry Hahn, T Lavitz and Dave LaRue(Dixie Dregs), Gerald Veasley, Paul Newman, and many others.
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( from artist's site ) - As a JAZZ GUITARIST, Chuck broke into the Philly Jazz Scene with the Chuck Anderson Trio in 1973. The group featured Al Stauffer on bass and rotated Tim Paxon, Ray Deely and Darryl Brown on drums. The trio played concerts throughout the east coast and recorded its first album in 1975. the album, originally titled Mirror Within a Mirror is included in a compilation CD titled The Vintage Tracks. This CD, released in 2005, contains all of the trio recordings from the 70's.
Noted as a COMPOSER as well as a concert guitarist, Chuck has recorded 7 CDs: Passages from the End of Autumn, Kaleidophon, The Art of the Neo-Classical Guitar, Christmas Wishes, The International Collection, Angel Blue, Music from the Light, and The Vintage Tracks.
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( from listing's site ) - MURIEL ANDERSON is considered among the world's top acoustic nylon-string guitarists / harp-guitarists. She is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and is host of the renowned Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night®. An engaging performer, her obvious joy of music and facility across musical genres is revered by guitarists and audiences worldwide. She is also founder of the Music for Life Alliance charity. Her "Heartstrings" recording accompanied the astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery. Check out her CD "New World Flamenco" with guitar duo, Tierra Negra.
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“Ron Anthony's smoothly articulated playing is colored with smeared blues lines. This is classic jazz guitar playing at it's best.” - Don Heckman Jazz critic: Los Angeles Times
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- www.misterguitar.com
- Chet Atkins 1996: A work in progress By Dave Kyle for Vintage Guitar.com - link
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