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- Contents -

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 - Getting Started
Lesson 1: Know Your Uke
Lesson 2: Reading Tablature
Lesson 3: The Notes on the Fretboard

CHAPTER 2 - Strum, Strum, Strum
Lesson 1: Your First Chords
Lesson 2: Changing Chords
Lesson 3: Play Some Real Songs
Lesson 4: Spice Up Your Strumming
Lesson 5: More Chords More Chords
Lesson 6: Minor Chords
Lesson 7: Waltz Time 3/4
Lesson 8: Right-Hand Tools and Techniques

CHAPTER 3 - Reading Standard Music Notation
Lesson 1: The Notes and the Staff
Lesson 2: The Natural Notes on the 3rd and 2nd Strings
Lesson 3: Time
Lesson 4: Rests
Lesson 5: Dotted Half Notes
Lesson 6: Natural Notes on the 1st String
Lesson 7: The C Major Scale
Lesson 8: Eighth Notes (Of Course)
Lesson 9: Dotted Quarter Notes
Lesson 10: Sharps and Flats
Lesson 11: Accidentals in a Key Signature
Lesson 12: Ties
Lesson 13: Navigating a Musical Map

CHAPTER 4 - Theory Without Fear, or a Little Knowledge Can Get You Jamming
Lesson 1: The Major Scale Is Your Measuring Stick
Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths
Lesson 3: Intervals Are Your Building Blocks
Lesson 4: Harmony and Chords

CHAPTER 5 - Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes
Lesson 1: Strum Patterns and a Tune in G
Lesson 2: Accenting the Backbeat, the E and E7 Chords, and Sally Ann in A
Lesson 3: Fiddle Tune Form and Soldier's Joy in D

CHAPTER 6 - Old School: The Swingin' Ukulele
Lesson 1: How to Swing
Lesson 2: Sixes and Sevens and Chords
Lesson 3: The Circle of 5ths Progression
Lesson 4: The Triple Strum
Lesson 5: The Triple Burst Strum

CHAPTER 7 - Rocking Out the Uke
Lesson 1: The Syncopated Strum
Lesson 2: Adding Percussion with Mute Strokes
Lesson 3: Moveable Chord Forms, or How I Learned to Be My Own Chord Dictionary
Lesson 4: Using Moveable Chords, Left-Hand Mute Strokes, Reggae, and Soul

CHAPTER 8 - Taking It Home: Island Style
Lesson 1: New Strums

CHAPTER 9 - Ukulele Blues
Lesson 1: The 12-Bar Blues
Lesson 2: Memorizing the 12-Bar Blues
Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle Rhythm
Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 5: Transposition
Lesson 6: Transposing the Blues and the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 7: Blues in a Minor Key

CHAPTER 10 - Introduction to Fingerstyle
Lesson 1: The Right-Hand Position
Lesson 2: Arpeggio Pattern T-i-m-a
Lesson 3: Middle and Ring Fingers Together
Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4
Lesson 5: Alternating-Thumb Pattern T-i-T-m

CHAPTER 11 - Getting Ready for the Next Level
Musical Expression

APPENDIX A - How to Practice
Low-G Tuning
How to Practice
Organizing a Practice Session
Buy a Metronome
Conclusion and Resources for Further Study