Beginner's Ukulele - Basic Music Theory

What you'll learn

Have a greater understanding about basic music theory on the ukulele.
Be able to find specific notes on the ukulele.
Be able to find specific chords on the ukulele.

Requirements

A ukulele, access to a tuner and a desire to learn.
No need to be able to read music.

Description

This course has been designed specifically to introduce music theory to ukulele players and help you to understand your instrument better. Although this course is a theory course, you are encouraged to follow along on your ukulele.

There is no need to be able to read music or even to have picked up a ukulele before. All you need is a ukulele, access to a tuner and a desire to learn.

This course will start right at the beginning - showing you: the different parts of the ukulele, how to tune it, and understand the resources that are available for download at various places in the course.

The 'basics' section looks at: how the different sounds are made on your ukulele, what tones and semitones are, and what the different notes are called.

The 'scales' section looks at: how scales are constructed (and will show you how to find the C-Major, G-Major and F-Major scales).

And the finally the 'chords' section looks at: how to make C-Chord, G-Chord and F-Chord, how to make other chords by moving the chord shape, and how these chords can be modified to create minor and seventh chords.

Resources at each stage will include easy-to-read diagrams, tablature (TAB), charts and mp3 playalongs for your own practice.

Who is the target audience?

Anyone who wants to understand more about the music theory behind how their ukulele works.