Join Daniel Ho for an in-depth discussion in this video Spice up your strumming, part of Ukulele Lessons: Fundamentals.
- Musical time is divided into groups of beats…called measures.…Let's take a look at example seven.…You'll notice to the left of the example…you'll see 4/4.…That just means we have four beats in each measure.…So let's play this example with a C chord…and use only down strums,…and we'll count as we play the strums.…Ready?…One, two, three, four.…One, two, three, four.…
One, two, three, four.…All right.…Example eight.…Now we're going to play eighth notes.…So, eighth notes are twice as fast as quarter notes.…We're going to still play four beats,…but we're going to play two strums per beat.…The down beat is played with the down strum,…and the and or up beat is played with an up strum.…So it goes like this, ready?…C chord.…
One, two, three, four.…One and two and…three and four and…one and two and…three and four and.…OK, now for exercise nine,…we're going to combine quarter notes and eighth notes,…and we'll count as we play them.…Ready?…One, two, three, four.…One, two and, three,…four and,…one, two and, three,…four and.…
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1/5/2017- Reading tablature
- Changing chords
- Navigating a musical map
- Strum patterns
- Adding percussion with mute strokes
- Using movable chords
- Transposing the blues and the minor pentatonic scale
- Fingerpicking
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome20s
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1. Getting Started
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Know your uke3m 13s
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The notes on the fretboard2m 16s
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2. Strum, Strum, Strum
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Your first chords1m 39s
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Changing chords5m 25s
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Play some real songs1m 33s
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Spice up your strumming1m 42s
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More chords more chords6m 12s
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Minor chords4m 5s
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Waltz time, 3/42m 36s
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3. Reading Standard Music Notation
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Rests49s
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Dotted quarter notes1m 47s
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Sharps and flats42s
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Ties1m 30s
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4. Theory without Fear
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5. Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes
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6. Old School: The Swingin′ Ukulele
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How to swing2m 36s
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Sixes and sevens and chords4m 26s
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The triple strum3m 41s
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The triple burst strum2m 28s
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7. Rocking Out the Uke
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The syncopated strum2m 12s
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8. Taking It Home: Island Style
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"Aloha ′Oe"2m 9s
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New strums1m 55s
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Hula for Ho′opi′i1m 39s
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9. Ukulele Blues
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The 12-bar blues57s
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The blues shuffle rhythm2m 3s
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The minor pentatonic scale3m 16s
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Transposition4m 15s
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Blues in a Minor Key3m 2s
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10. Introduction to Fingerstyle
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The right-hand position1m 8s
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Conclusion
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Conclusion15s
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End credits1m 51s
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Bonus Movies
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Daniel Ho’s ukuleles15m 28s
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