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Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Introduction .............................................................3Dedication ................................................................3Acknowledgements ................................................3Selecting Your Ukulele ...........................................3The Parts of Your Ukulele ......................................4Holding Your Ukulele .............................................5The Right Hand: Strumming the Strings ..............6

Strumming with a Pick ........................................6Strumming with Your Fingers ............................6

Using Your Left Hand .............................................7Hand Position .......................................................7Placing a Finger on a String ...............................7

How to Tune Your Ukulele .....................................8Tuning with the CD Audio Tracks ......................9Tuning the Ukulele to Itself ................................9Pitch Pipes and Electronic Tuners .....................9

Getting Acquainted with Music ...........................10Notes ...................................................................10The Staff ..............................................................10Measures and Bar Lines ...................................10Clefs .....................................................................10

Getting Acquainted with Tablature .....................11Chord Diagrams ....................................................11

THE FIRST STRING A ............................. 12Playing with A, B, and C ...................................12 Easy As A, B, C ...................................................13

HOW TO COUNT TIME .......................... 144 Kinds of Notes ................................................14Time Signatures .................................................14

REPEAT SIGNS ....................................... 15Over and Over Again ....................................15

THE SECOND STRING E ......................... 16It Takes Two .....................................................16Hot Cross Buns ............................................... 17Daisy Petals ....................................................18Daisy Rockin’ Uke ..........................................19

THE THIRD STRING C ............................20Walkin’ on Stardust .......................................20

Largo ................................................................21Jingle Bells.......................................................22Beautiful Brown Eyes ....................................23

INTRODUCING B-FLAT ..........................24Aura Lee ..........................................................24Bumble Bee Flat .............................................25

TEMPO SIGNS ........................................26Quarter Rest .......................................................26

Three-Tempo Rockin’ Uke .............................26

THE C7 CHORD ...................................... 27THE F CHORD .........................................28

Good Night Ladies .........................................29

KEY SIGNATURES ..................................30Ties ......................................................................30

Down in the Valley.........................................30Ode to Joy .......................................................32

THE C CHORD ........................................33INCOMPLETE MEASURES ......................34

A-Tisket, A-Tasket ............................................34

EIGHTH NOTES ......................................35Tip Toe Through the Daisies .........................35

DOTTED QUARTER NOTES .....................36Cockels and Mussels .....................................36Clementine ......................................................38

THE G7 CHORD ......................................40Aloha ‘Oe ........................................................41When the Saints Go Marching In ................42Love Somebody ..............................................43The Streets of Laredo ....................................44

THE DOWN-AND-UP STROKE ...............45THE G CHORD ........................................46THE D7 CHORD ......................................46

Calypso Strum ................................................47

INTRODUCING F-SHARP ....................... 47The Sloop John B. ..........................................48

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Using Your Left HandUsing Your Left Hand

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� Keep elbow in and fingers curved.

Hand PositionLearning to use your left-hand fingers easily starts with a good hand position. Place your hand so your thumb rests comfortably in the middle of the back of the neck. Position your fingers on the front of the neck as if you are gently squeezing a ball between them and your thumb. Keep your elbow in and your fingers curved.

� Like gently squeezing a ball between your fingers and thumb.

� Finger numbers.

Placing a Finger on a StringWhen you press a string with a left-hand finger, make sure you press firmly with the tip of your finger and as close to the fret as you can without actually being right on it. Short fingernails are important! This will create a clean, bright tone.

� RIGHT Finger pressing the string down near the fret without actually being on it.

� WRONG Finger is too far from fret; tone is “buzzy” and indefinite.

� WRONG Finger is on top of fret; tone is muffled and unclear.

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When the Saints Go Marching InTrack 46Vocals & Chords

Track 47Chords only

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Tip Toe Thru the DaisiesTip Toe Thru the Daisies

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Use alternating down-strokes and up-strokes on eighth notes. Track 37

Track 37Vocals & Chords

Track 38Vocals & Chords