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    Ukulele Method Book One 2020 Sample

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    The document provides instructions on how to tune a ukulele using an electronic tuner or tuning app and explains the re-entrant tuning of the ukulele strings. It includes diagrams showing chord finger positioning and recommends using the one-finger-per-fret technique when playing chords. The document also gives an introduction to reading musical notation, including the staff, tempo, time signatures, bar lines, and TAB notation for ukulele.

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    Ukulele Method Book One 2020 Sample

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    The document provides instructions on how to tune a ukulele using an electronic tuner or tuning app and explains the re-entrant tuning of the ukulele strings. It includes diagrams showing chord finger positioning and recommends using the one-finger-per-fret technique when playing chords. The document also gives an introduction to reading musical notation, including the staff, tempo, time signatures, bar lines, and TAB notation for ukulele.

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    The document provides instructions on how to tune a ukulele using an electronic tuner or tuning app and explains the re-entrant tuning of the ukulele strings. It includes diagrams showing chord finger positioning and recommends using the one-finger-per-fret technique when playing chords. The document also gives an introduction to reading musical notation, including the staff, tempo, time signatures, bar lines, and TAB notation for ukulele.

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    449 views4 pages

    Ukulele Method Book One 2020 Sample

    Uploaded by

    Marcelo Romero
    The document provides instructions on how to tune a ukulele using an electronic tuner or tuning app and explains the re-entrant tuning of the ukulele strings. It includes diagrams showing chord finger positioning and recommends using the one-finger-per-fret technique when playing chords. The document also gives an introduction to reading musical notation, including the staff, tempo, time signatures, bar lines, and TAB notation for ukulele.

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    Introduction TOPIC 1

    How To Tune
    Your Ukulele
    The easiest way to tune a ukulele is to buy an electronic
    tuner, or even to download a free tuning app. It is nice
    to understand how your instrument works though, and
    ukulele tuning is particularly interesting.

    G C E A
    The strings on most instruments start low and get
    progressively higher if you play them in order but the
    ukulele starts with a high note before dropping low!
    This is called re-entrant tuning.

    C E G A SO DO MI LA

    We can also give numbers to the strings, like this:

    A = 1st E = 2nd C = 3rd G = 4th

    Some banjos also have re-entrant


    tuning. Can you find out if there are any
    other instruments that use this tuning?
    7
    Introduction TOPIC 1

    Chord Boxes
    We can draw chords with a diagram of the end of the ukulele neck showing the strings and frets.
    Sometimes this shows finger numbers, too.

    1 2 3 1
    2
    3

    One Finger Per Fret


    As you play through the lessons and pieces
    in this book you should use what’s called
    the one-finger-per-fret method. This means
    using your first finger to play the 1st fret, your
    second to play the 2nd and so on, as shown
    in the illustration opposite. Notice how each
    finger is placed close to but not on top of
    each fret. This method means you can keep
    your hand more or less in one position and
    not have to move it around every time you
    need to play a different note.

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    First Pieces TOPIC 2

    How To Read Music


    You’ll be reading music in no time with
    The Rockschool Ukulele Method!

    The Stave The Stave

    The stave tells you what notes


    to play, when to play them
    and how long to play them
    for. The stave consists of five
    lines. Notes can be placed on
    any of these lines or any space
    between the lines.

    Tempo, Bar Lines and Time Signatures


    Music is divided into groups of beats called bars. Vertical lines on the stave are called bar lines.
    They show where each bar begins and ends. The tempo of a piece tells us how fast or slow it is.
    The time signature tells us how many beats there are in every bar, and what kind of beat it is.

    Tempo
    Time Signature Bar Lines

    Bar Bar Bar

    TAB
    TAB is the most popular type of notation for ukulele players because you don’t have to learn to
    read music before you start using it. TAB shows you what notes to play by placing numbers on top
    of four lines that represent the strings of the ukulele. The numbers tell you where to place your
    fingers on each string. But TAB doesn’t show you when to play the notes nor how long each
    note should last. All of this information can be found on the musical stave...

    15
    First Pieces TOPIC 2

    Let’s Play!
    Ok, you are making a great sound and you know some cool
    rhythms so it’s time to get creative!

    MISSION 1
    Listen to the audio download, or ask your teacher to play this funky chord progression:

    ‘Twenty Twenty’
    q = 88

    & 44 .. Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Œ Û ÛÛÛÛÛ Û Œ
    Am G Am Am G Am
    Teacher

    Û Û ÛÛ ÛÛ Û Œ ..
    F G Am G Am

    & | |
    [3]

    MISSION 2
    Tap a rhythm along to the music. Anything you like!

    MISSION 3
    Now play your C string along to the music. Play any rhythms
    you like, play fast, play slow, play loud, play soft. Mix it up
    – this is your musical adventure!

    This is called improvising.


    When you improvise you
    are inventing and playing
    music at the same time! Download your audio
    See page 4 for details

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