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Selecting Your Ukulele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Parts of the Ukulele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Caring for Your UkuleleTuning Your Ukulele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5How to Hold Your Ukulele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Strumming the Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Strumming with a PickStrumming with Your FingersTime to Strum!
Strumming Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8BeatsIntroducing the Quarter-Note SlashThe Staff and Treble ClefBar Lines, Measures, and Time SignaturesMore Time to Strum
Using Your Left Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Hand PositionPlacing a Finger on a StringHow to Read Chord Diagrams
The C Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10My First Chord
The Quarter Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Three Blind Mice
The C7 Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12My Second ChordTroubadour Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The F Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14My Third Chord
Three Chords in One Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Rain Comes DownSkip to My Lou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16London Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Repeat Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Merrily We Roll AlongLove Somebody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The G7 Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20My Fourth Chord
Using G7 with Other Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21A-Tisket, A-Tasket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Aloha ‘Oe (Farewell to Thee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23When the Saints Go Marching In . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Yankee Doodle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Getting Acquainted with Music Notation . . . . 26NotesThe StaffThe Music AlphabetClefs
Introducing the Quarter Note . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Clap and Count Out Loud
Notes on the First String: Introducing A . . . . 28
Abby, the Armadillo
The Note A with Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Note and Strum
Notes on the First String: Introducing B . . . . . 30
Up-Down-Up
The Notes A and B with Chords . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Notes on the First String: Introducing C . . . . . 32
The Mountain Climber
The Notes A, B, and C with Chords . . . . . . . 33
Brave in the Cave
Notes on the Second String: Introducing E . . . 34
Two Open Strings
Two-String Melody
Jumping Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Notes on the Second String: Introducing F . . . 36
Ping Pong Song
Soccer Game
The Half Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
When I Feel Best
Notes on the Second String: Introducing G . . 38
A-Choo!
The Half Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hot Cross Buns
Notes on the Third String: Introducing C . . . . 40
Three Open Strings
Little Steps and Big leaps
The Old Grey Mare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Notes on the Third String: Introducing D . . . . 42
Introducing the Whole Note
D Is Easy!
Taking a Walk
Ode to Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mary Had a Little Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Over the Rainbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Music Matching Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Certificate of Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
StrummingStrum the four-string C chord on each quarter-note slash . Make sure your strums are even . Count aloud as you play:
1–2–3–4 | 1–2–3–4 .Listen to the recording or watch the video to hear how it should sound!
Use finger 3 to press the 1st string at the 3rd fret . If you have any trouble holding finger 3 down to play the C chord, place fingers 1 and 2 on the 1st and 2nd frets behind finger 3 until you are able to play with just finger 3 .
1st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
Strum
3
O O OC
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My First Chord
This double bar line tells us the music is finished.
& 44 Û Û Û ÛStrum Strum Strum the
Û Û Û ÛThree String C Chord!-
CRemember: This means there are 4 beats in each measure.
Hear
this chord!
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Practice TipTo change quickly from C7 to F in the last two measures, move your 1st finger to the 2nd string—that’s not very far—and then put your 2nd finger on the 4th string .
C7 F C
16
& 44 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Œ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Œ
& Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Œ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Œ
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou!
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou!
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou!
Skip to my my dar - ling!Lou
F
F F
C
C7
Skip to My Lou
Remember to move your 1st finger to the 2nd string and then put your 2nd finger on the 4th string to
play the F chord on the next beat.
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11st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
First finger
F Warm-Up
F
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& 44 œo oœ œ œ œ
1
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ1
œ œ ŒE
F
F
& œF
A note on the 1st space of the staff is called F . Use finger 1 to press the 2nd string at the 1st fret . Pick only the 2nd string .
Ping Pong Song
Soccer GameHold
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Hear
this note!Track 46
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Jingle Bells
& 44 œoœ ˙
Jin gle bells,
œ œ ˙jin gle bells
œ œ3
œoœ2
jin gle all the
œo Û Û Û
way.-
& œ1
œ œ œOh what fun it
œ œoœ œ
is to ride a
œ œ2
œ œo
one horse o pen
˙2 Û Œ
sleigh.- -
& œoœ ˙
Jin gle bells,
œ œ ˙jin gle bells
œ œ3
œoœ2
jin gle all the
œo Û Û Û
way.-
& œ1
œ œ œOh what fun it
œ œoœ œ
is to ride a
œ3
œ œ1
œ2
one horse o pen
œo Û Û Œ
sleigh.- -
C
C
C
G7
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