Beginning to Play Ukulele

Professor Peter Kun Frary | Guide to Music and Performance

• About this Text
• Author Bio
• Glossary Basic Chords

Chapter Links

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Preliminaries

1 | Contents Index (this page)

2 | Preface

3 | Birth of the ʻUkulele

4 | ʻUkulele Fingerboard Chart

5 | Basic ʻUkulele Chords

6 | Glossary of Musical Terms

7 | About the Author

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Basic 'Ukulele Technique

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1 | Preparing to Play

2 | Holding the ʻUkulele and the Right-Hand

3 | Left-Hand Technique and TAB

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Music Reading

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1 | Staff Notation

2 | Beat and Meter

3 | Rhythm and Counting

4 | Practicing Rhythm

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Project 1

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1 | Ukulele Blues

2 | The First and Only

3 | Walkin'

4 | Lullaby

5 | Cuckoo

6 | 'Imo 'Imo

7 | The Banks of the Ohio

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Project 2

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1 | Ode to Joy

2 | God is so Good

3 | Aura Lee - Love Me Tender

4 | Betty Lou of '52

5 | Amazing Grace

6 | Andante Opus 31 No. 4

7 | Arirang (아리랑)

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Project 3

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1 | On Avignon Bridge

2 | Sinner Man

3 | Pupu Hinuhinu

4 | Shalom Chaverrim

5 | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

6 | Greensleeves

7 | Morning Has Broken

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Project 4 | Ensembles

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1 | Sanoe and the Fifth Position

2 | Sanoe for ʻUkulele Ensemble

3 | Ode to Joy for ʻUkulele Ensemble

4 | Yellow Bird for ʻUkulele Ensemble

5 | Brazilian Lullaby for ʻUkulele Ensemble

6 | Rose for ʻUkulele Ensemble

7 | Minuet in F Major for ʻUkulele Ensemble

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Supplemental Music

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1 | Aloha ʻOe

2 | Linda Amiga

3 | Can't Help Falling in Love

4 | La Bamba

5 | Silent Night

6 | Pie in the Sky

7 | Gentle Mr. Bee

8 | The Rose

9 | Father, I Adore You

10 | Sarabande

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