Reading Music on Ukulele - Primer

Reading Music on Ukulele - Primer

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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - The Basics
Learning to read begins with recognizing the notes on the staff and knowing where they are located on the fingerboard. Knowing the name is also a essential skill.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Tuning Your Ukulele
It is important to always have your ukulele in tune. This lesson covers the various ways of getting you ukulele in tune.
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Reading Music on `Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Introduction
There are a few things in music that students and players avoid. These are things like learning to read and knowing the notes of their own instrument. It is hard on guitar - but not so hard on ukulele. With the right guidance and plan of attack. IT IS EASY.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, String One
From the available natural notes in open position there are three notes on string one. A, B and C. The Open Position is the open strings and frets one, two, three and four.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, String Two
From the available natural notes in open position there are three notes on string two. E, F and G.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, String Three
From the available natural notes in open position there are two notes on string three. C, and D.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Strings One, Two and Three
Open Position Review - All the natural notes covered on string one, two and three comprise the C Major scale. Here is the fingerboard shape on ukulele.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Alternate Note Locations
One of the reasons it is hard to read music on the guitar and the ukulele is, alternate note locations. In the open position there is one alternate note location. The open E, string two can also be played on string three, fret (3). If there is no overwhelming musical reason to play one location vs. the other. Then play the one that is easier to play. Use your ear as the final judge as to which one you prefer.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Rest and Ties
A Tie extends the rhythmic value of the first note by the value of the next note. Ties can span multiple notes. Rests are symbols for silence. Each note each has an equivalent symbol for silence.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Drills and Exercises
You can get the fingers working and trained to follow our ear by playing scales, intervals, sequences and arpeggios. These are the four elements used to create melodies and improvisation.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, What About String Four?
"C Tuning, Low G", extends the melodic range to G below middle C. This expanded range allows for a wider selection when selecting songs to play. The G, A and B are the same names as a high string four but sounding one octave lower.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Songs
The following songs can be played in open position using the natural notes covered in the previous lessons of this primer. These songs do not use any signatures, no time or key signature is shown. All songs are played with a quarter note taking one beat. Signatures - both Time Signatures and Key Signatures are covered in book 1 of Ukulele - Reading Music. Playing the rhythms correctly insures that you are playing in the proper time signature.
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Reading Music on Ukulele Series - Reading in Open Position, Rhythm
The Ukulele - Reading Music Series uses the "Modular Phonetic Rhythm System" by Chuck Anderson for learning rhythm. ( from Chuck Anderson's Modular Phonetic Rhythm - The Foundation book ) Modular Phonetic Rhythm is based on 23 fundamental rhythmic syllables. These rhythmic syllables vary in length from 1 note to 6 notes and from 1 beat to 2 beats. The system is divided into 4 levels based on the subdivision of the beat. Level I does not subdivide the beat. This is the level in which all notes are struck only on the downbeat. Level II divides the beat into 2 parts. Level III divides the beat into 3 parts. Level IV divides the beat into 4 parts. The levels do not express progressive difficulty, just progressive subdivisions of the beat.
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Reading for `Ukulele - The Next Level
Congrats, you have finished the Reading Music on Ukulele - The Primer series.