You can use these ukulele charts to compose your music at band practice. The ukulele helper is an essential tool for finding chords and locating scales on the ukulele. This is series of arpeggio studies for the ukulele by gary jugert for students who are moving out of the basic manuals and are ready for a more advanced challenge. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The cipher for ukulele tenor and baritone directlybefore reading this be forewarned that i use commonsense string numbers for ukulele in all explanations also note. See the major, natural minor, blues, and pentatonic scales in all 14 keys, all over your fretboard, with a fretboard toolbox complete baritone.
Customers who bought this item also showed interest in. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading baritone ukulele scales. The four open notes, that is the notes that are played when the string is played without placing a finger behind a fret are g, c, e, and a. Baritone ukulele free videos and tools fretboard toolbox. Ukulele styles how to tune your ukulele the easiest, fastest way to tune your ukulele is to use a lanikai tuner, model cout available at your authorized lanikai dealer. Baritone ukulele self instructor index and start page. The standard tuning is different, but you can always use chicago tuning on a tenor guitar.
See how to use a fretboard toolbox complete baritone ukulele edition to visualize c major, c major pentatonic, c minor pentatonic, and c. Unlike the major scale, there are a whole bunch of minor scales. Feb 15, 20 these six essential scales are covered in the quickstart scale fingerings for ukulele books available in c, g and d tunings. The six essential scale are shown in their open position form in c and as a movable form. Advanced users can click on the notes in peg heads to even create. Free baritone uke chord charts to download in pdf, for beginners and advanced players. Baritone ukulele scales kindle edition by hickey, jim. If you were expecting the phrygian dominant scale or the. This website hosts hundreds of chords with photos including slashed chords visit website to find out what they are and a a lot of additional information, creative useful tools, pdf charts to download and some audio files. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u.
Ukulele chord chart baritone slack key dgbd author. This ukulele scales and beyond course is selfstudy course which will provide you with an indepth understanding for ukulele scales. This listing is for the printed paper plans version of my michael j king tenor ukulele 4 x a1 printed paper sheets full size, folded for easy delivery anywhere in the world. Ill pretend that im kissing the lips i am missing and hope that my dreams will come true. See how to build scales and chords on the baritone ukulele with fretboard toolboxes. This is a scale length of more than 460mm 18in and these days usually about 510mm 20in. Quickstartscale fingerings for tenor and baritone ukulele, volume i, g tuning. C pentatonic scale charts for ukulele music motivated. The natural minor scale is characterized by its sad sound. The most common scale in all music is the major scale. Major scale when i did my ukulele scales posts there were a few people who didnt have a clue what it was all about.
A scale is just a collection of notes that evoke a particular sound, played in sequence. Keys and transposition melodies, for example the tunes of the songs that we sing, come from scales, especially the major scale. One finger per string method now for three patterns using the one finger per string picking method. When printed at full size, you can take measurements right off the plans.
And scales, arpeggios, intervals and sequences for playing melodies and improvisation the melody part. Modes for the ukulele everything using the c scale seeking release from the pentatonic penitentiary quoting kevin carroll dorian mode d dorian the d dorian mode has exactly the same notes as the c major scale. Ukulology thank you ukulology amazing ukulele books. It is important to note that here the seventh is not. They serve as the foundation to a tonality major or minor. A half step is one fret on the ukulele, a whole step is two. A bit basic but it does what it says on the cover of the book. For this post, im going to stick with the natural minor scale. A down and outward pluck with the pad of your right thumb generally on the g or c string a downward motion using your right hand fingernails over the high strings generally on the c, e, and a strings. Jun 1, 20 ukulele scales chart edit added the scales to a pdf file here is the. Concert size ukulele body template in pdf format ukulele. Ukulele scales are an important part of playing the ukulele.
Ukulology ukulele scales common scales free pdf download. This one spans the gap between scales and chords, binding the two together. The ukulele scales were going to look at are different flavours of the d scale. Which one you prefer is a matter of both personal preference and ergonomics. All plans can be downloaded for free as pdf files that print on paper 36 inches by 24 inches. Scales are used to create melodies, and being familiar with playing your ukulele scales means that your ear and fingers are trained to play the right notes when you are faced with a melody to play. The scales are provided in tablature and standard notation. Although there are a vast amount of scales listed here on ukuscales, it is very easy to use and it is completely free. If youre coming to the islands, its time to brush up on your ukulele skills. There are lots of usersourced tab sites that get a ton of traffic, such as the massive ukulele and even massiveer. These six essential scales are covered in the quickstart scale fingerings for ukulele books available in c, g and d tunings. The notes for each scale and key will be mapped out on the ukulele fretboard. Major, minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, blues, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor. Ukulele plans these are the drawings i used to build my tenor ukulele you can download this profile as a png file which you can use with the free eval.
The only difference is that if you play d dorian then you are starting on d and finishing on d. In turn, there is a good chance your confidence will deflate. Fullsize blueprint for baritone ukulele 20inch scale by scott antes, with construction options and notes. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. This gives us 12 keys in which any piece of music can be played. Modes for the ukulele everything using the c scale. Note the minor third, minor sixth, and minor seventh from the tonic to the third, six, and seventh scale degrees. The big advantage is that if you know your major scales on the ukulele, you dont have to learn anything new. Plnukp05fullsize blueprint for baritone ukulele 20inch. The two following scales are the most commonly figured out with this method, but you can apply it to any scale you wish and find their formulas. All scales are made out of a certain number of half, whole, and sometimes higher steps. Baritone ukulele fretboard and chord chart instructional poster bari uke x.
Youll hear it all over the place pretty much every nursery rhyme, christmas carol and national anthem uses it and its the basis of all chords. Historically, the maximum scale length was around 570mm and anything bigger than that was a tenor guitar, however there is more than just scale length as a difference between a baritone ukulele and a tenor guitar. In my baritone ukulele scales collection youll find 14 types of scales presented in highresolution pdf files. Developing what is needed for performing in the jazz style on ukulele requires a foundation of 4part advanced chords the harmony part. Very advanced, extremely easy to use and above all completely free. This will help you learn how to play melodies on these 2 ukuleles instruments in c pentatonic.
Scales are really important to musicians, because thats where tunes come from, everything from simple nursery rhymes, to popular songs. Ukuleles come in four basic sizes, plus the sopranino. Default tuning is gcea standard or c tuning but you can simply select one of the quick tunings soprano or baritone to change it immediately. This ebook pdf contains the 7 scales youd better know to become an accomplished ukulele player. Throw in typical jazz rhythms and put it all together arrangement and you have jazz. Youll need adobe reader or a pdf viewing application to view your pdf file. The cout is an electronic tuner programmed specifically with standard ukulele tunings, as well as a chromatic mode to allow you to tune other instruments as well.
Baritone ukulele scales paperback october 27, 2009 by lee drew andrews author 3. Ukulele scales are created from a family of notes that sound pleasing together. Oct 28, 2011 this one spans the gap between scales and chords, binding the two together. The notes in the a minor scale are exactly the same as c major, b minor is the same as d major. The concert, tenor and baritone ukuleles all have the option to have a high or. Ukulology thank you ukulology ukulology amazing ukulele. If your ukulele is not in tune, no amount of effort or hard work will help you sound better. Notice that none of these scales contain any open strings this means you can use the same pattern at different points along the neck to play scales in different keys. And then while im away, ill write home every day, and ill send all my loving to you. With a scale chart its easy to see where each note falls on the fretboard. Sometimes, it is in the slightly out of tune toy piano or ukulele where we.
When i did my ukulele scales posts there were a few people who didnt have a clue what it was all about. Ukulele for geeks secrets of the pentatonic scales sxsw 2010 christian crumlish mediajunkie 2. Ukulele pdf library click on a pdf file name to open it in a new tab window. Close your eyes and ill kiss you, tomorrow ill miss you, remember ill always be true. Whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step. Here are a few examples of natural minor scales on the ukulele. Each scale type is grouped together into 12 pages one for each key except for repeating scales like whole tone and diminished. Advanced users can click on the notes in peg heads to even create your own tuning. Ukulele scales and modes by 7 mustknow ukulele scales in gtuning dgbe. Learn to play major and minor scales on the ukulele in short 1 minute lessons. Download a free pdf of major scales on every root for the ukulele. Baritone ukulele scales has been added to your cart add to cart. Chords a chord is a three or more notes that sound good together. Cm6 bm6 b dim bb9 bb7 bbn6 bb6 111 db9 bbdin bbaug baug amaj7 db7 c dim am6 aaug caug eb9 eb7 bm ebn6 dbn6 eb6 ab9 db6 dbdim ab7 ebdin abn6.
On the ukulele we have four strings, so its an ideal instrument to play chords. But whats really happening is you are outlining the chords that fit into the sound of a key simply by stacking scales. Download a free scale pdf and other free tablature and practice resources from ukulology. They are arranged to allow the use of all the chord shapes in all the keys with plenty of melodic movement to keep them fun. Ukuchords brings you the ultimate ukulele chord referencing tool. These charts highlight the notes of c pentatonic scale on a soprano, concert, tenor and baritone ukulele. Ukuscales offers you the largest ukulele scales archive available online. Ukulele scales and modes by 7 mustknow ukulele scales in standard tuning gcea. So, i thought id go back to basics and cover it from there. Using this formula, lets create two basic minor scales.