There’s no shortcut around this one! These finger exercises for your left (fretting) hand, although frustrating at first, will help you build up the dexterity needed to play any chord or funky shape on that ukulele fretboard.
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Tablature
Here's a quick video on reading and writing tablature for the ukulele. I believe that the best usage of tab is to take notes. There are plenty of places online where you can purchase tabs of your favorite songs, but IMHO it takes longer to memorize and execute to proficiency that way than to take...
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Chord Connections 4 - Linking Chords ...
After learning the way the chords connect across the fretboard, we can often get stuck wondering about the application. If we want the sound to be harmonious, we need to find a way to organize it. We call this playing in key. Here's a video on just that!
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Chord Connections 3 - Linking Arpeggios
Continuing the "Chord Connections" series, we take a look at positioning from a single note perspective. Commonly referred to as arpeggios, the "broken-up" chords connect through our Cops Always Get Free Doughnuts sequence. Once you are able to see the connection, you won't get lost on the fretbo...
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