Yes! You Can Play Blues on Ukulele!

Blues Ukulele: Comping

Comping — short for accompaniment is simply the music and instruments that are accompanying the melody.

9 August 2026

And, Improvisation • The Scales, Intervals, Arpeggios, and Sequences for crafting your improvisation.

Comping — short for accompaniment is simply the music and instruments that are "accompanying" the melody. Typically a term used by jazz musicians and done by the musicians playing an instrument capable of playing chords, harmonically, ie: multiple notes at a time. The ukulele like the guitar and piano is one such instruments. Comping is Chord Voicings and Rhythm.

It's the Chords and the style ( Rhythm ) that you play the chords that comprise comping.

Start with the lesson Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation for building your 4-part contemporary chord foundation and the Modular Phonetic Rhythm, The Foundation and Workbook 1 below.

Core Chords - The Big Six - Building a Solid Chord Foundation

The Big Six Core Chords is a series of lessons for building your core, essential 4-part chords. These chords commonly called jazz chords, are really just 4-part chords used in a wide range of musical styles. These chords include: Seventh , Major Seventh, Minor Seventh, Half Diminished Seventh or Minor Seven Flat Five, Diminished Seventh, and Augmented Seventh. These six chords form a core set of chords.

For rhythmic styles start with the Modular Phonetic Rhythm books and series of lessons available right here on LearningUkulele.com and Learning Ukulele with Curt.

Modular Phonetic Rhythm, The Foundation and Workbook 1

Modular Phonetic Rhythm represents a significant advance in the teaching and application of rhythm. Eliminating many inefficient aspects of rhythm education, Modular Phonetic Rhythm streamlines the traditional educational approach, resulting in a reflexive reaction to rhythm.