The ukulele can theoretically be tuned to a very large range of tunings. As long as you are on a device with a microphone (like a phone, tablet, or laptop), you can use our microphone-based tuner above. You will be able to see visually whether the note is either too flat or too sharp, which you can use to adjust the tension of the ukulele string. You can play each string on the ukulele directly into a microphone, which can provide real-time feedback as you play. The simplest method for tuning a ukulele is to use a microphone-based tuner. Below, we'll go through more details of the common ukulele tunings. String instruments like the ukulele have tuning pegs, which can be turned in both directions to either raise or lower the pitch that corresponds to one of the ukulele strings. This process is called tuning, in which the instrument is tuned to specific pitches. Here’s the final list: C, C7, Dm, D7, E7, F, G7, G, Am, and A7.All instruments need to be set to exact pitches in order to play music in modern scales. E7 is also the V7 in the Key of A minor.Īdding A7 and the easy D7 opens up the Blues (I7-IV7-V7) and lots of Hawaiian songs that start with the common D7-G7-C (II7-V7-I), also known as the “Hawaiian Vamp” or “turnaround.” It also opens up songs, such as the Hukilau Song in the Key of F. Dm is also the IV chord in A minor.Īdding E7 opens up songs based on the Andalusian Cadence (vi-V-IV-III7). The key of C is the most common key for Elementary music.Īdding C7 (modifying the C major chord) opens up I-V7 songs in the key of F and works as a transition to the IV chord (V7 of IV) in the key of C.Īdding Am and G to the above opens up hundreds of songs that use the 50’s (I-vi-IV-V7) and Pop (I-V-vi-IV) chord progressions.Īdding Dm allows for alternative 50’s progressions (I-vi-ii-V7) and the “Don’t Worry. They allow you to play hundreds of songs in the key of C, including I-V7 and I-IV-V7. Why are the the most useful ukulele chords and why?Ĭ, F and G7 are the most common and widely used ukulele chords, period. Forget about that page of 100 ukulele chords for now. I created this one-sheet chord set so we can all focus on what I believe is the most important set of chords every ukulele player should know – and the chords that will get every beginning student the farthest down the musical road with the least effort in the shortest amount of time. It’s also useful to learn new chords so you can play a song in a different key – to make it easier to sing for certain vocal ranges, for example. Of course, there will always be certain songs that require exotic or less-frequently used chords, and you can always add those as needed. Over my 20 years playing the ukulele, I’ve come to realize that, while it’s great to know a bunch of chords, there is a specific set of chords that seem to get used far more than others. That is the topic of this post and what I’m giving you in the PDF. The question we need to answer is: What are the most useful chords commonly played on the ukulele? or another way to put it: What is chord set represents the shortest distance between my ukulele and the music I want to play?
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