Not only that, but by learning a few moveable chord shapes youll never struggle to remember a chord again. Hans boldt of the kingston uke group has created a fantastic resource of chord boxes of just about every chord you can think of in a format that you can drag and drop into documents. Moving these chords up or down the neck a fret at a time changes their pitch by a semitone. Chords posted on this website is based on our own interpretation on how to play the songs on ukulele, we do not claim that it is 100% correct or that it is official. Ive included the string names to the left of the line to show you. Roots are shown in white circles to help you do this. These chord diagrams represent the top portion of your ukuleles fingerboard, near the tuning pegs, where you will be forming most of the chords. Chords further up the neck of the uke can give a different sound, adding variety and interest to your playing.
Ukulele chords and 4string guitar chords and key chart. Travis picking w guido why worry tim feels the bern. Bb chords are optional you can carry on playing f intro c f c f. The only exceptions are augmented and diminished seventh chords. Lets start with the first chord most people learn on the ukulele. With just fours lines and some numbers, anybody regardless of musical knowledge can make sense of uke tablature. Notes for the beginning ukulele player lakeside press. Welcome to the happy ukulele songbook this songbook contains 52 of my favorite songs for the uke, from beginner to intermediate level, gathered over the past couple years since learning to play this magical instrument. As with notes when you move the shape of the chord down the neck of the ukulele, you move through the chromatic scale. Ukulele chord chart template 6 free templates in pdf. Also helpful are illustrations on how to hold the ukulele, and how to tune the ukulele.
Song no control ukulele chords and tabs by one direction. In fact, you can form more than 800 chords on the ukulele, and only a small number of those can be played as open chords. This type will clip on to your ukulele and the vibration will give the tuner its readingregardless of how much noise there is in the room around you. These major, minor, seventh, and minor seventh chords will get you started. Pdf files and song links of mostly modern rock and pop songs and a few others. C years of singing all alone, g7 turned his lava into stone unftil, he was on the c brink of extincg7tion g7 back to tempo c but little did he know that g7 living in the sea below afnother, volcano, was c listening to his g7 song g7 c every day. When learning to play in a new key, youll often find chords you already know from other ukulele chord families. With 3 movable ukulele chord shapes, you can play millions of songs.
If you still havent found what youre looking for, please send to us. The 4 vertical lines of the diagram correspond to the strings of your ukulele. In playing a movable chord, what is the minimum number of strings that must be pressed. Beginner lesson reading tablature sometimes ukulele songs and those of other stringed instruments are shown in tablature. Free and guaranteed quality tablature with ukulele chord charts, transposer and auto scroller. Music guitar, piano music, ukulele songs beginner, strumming patterns ukulele, guitar chords for beginners. Some people feel the ukulele is a good starting point, for example for kids, and then eventually graduate to playing the guitar but the ukulele is 15 luxury guitar chords chart for beginners with fingers pdf ukulele chord chart pdf see more. After the goldrush by neil young ukulele chords and pdf. Below are playing, teaching, and instructional resources for our ukulele educational program. This collection of ukulele chord diagrams is the third set of free images ive shared.
You can play just a few different chord shapes and have access to a huge amount of chords. Click on a pdf file name to open it in a new tab window. 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. Learning ukulele with curt cdb movable form ukulele chords. If you believe that we have violated laws, please email us on our contact us page and we will take it down as soon as possible. These movable chord shapes are great because you can use them all over the uke neck and by learning just these three grips youll be learning many chords. The red note in each chord is the root note and will determine the name of the chord. For example, you can move from an open am chord to a barred b. The ukulele is one of the happiest instruments to play and its easy to learn. If you love playing the guitar, you really owe it to yourself to give the ukulele a go.
Files chord families meditations guido hear the strum hawaiian vamps chord finder fun strumming woodshed what key is it in. Ukulele am lady like a c you am if dm you g7 like to dm linger where its g7 shady dm ukulele g7 lady linger c too if c you am kiss a c ukulele am lady c while you promise am ever to be c true am and dm she g7 see an dm other uku g7 lele dm lady fool a g7. Need some chords to start playing your favorite songs. And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire, the ring of fire riff 1 riff 2 riff 1 riff 2. Last year i created the big notation library and the free guitar chord image library for music teachers to use when creating their own resources from scratch and both proved very popular ive been meaning to put together a set of ukulele chords for quite sometime and. Uke pdfs of song lyrics with ukulele chord diagrams. Download and print these free ukulele chord and note charts. With 3 movable ukulele chord shapes, you can play millions. Moveable chord shapes are based around open chords youre simply moving the shape up the fretboard and replacing the nut of the uke with a barre. Fingerpicking arrangements for pop, rock, hawaiian, jazz, and bossa nova sorted by difficulty level.
Ukulele pdf library click on a pdf file name to open it in a new tab window. Here are some of the most common chords used on the ukulele organized by key. Somewhere over the rainbow ukulele tab fingerstyle ukulele tab pdf guitar pro. C years of singing all alone, g7 turned his lava into stone unftil, he was on the c brink of extincg7tion g7 back to tempo c but little did he know that g7 living in the sea below afnother, volcano, was c listening to his g7 song g7 c every day she heard his tune, g7 her lava grew and grew. The happy ukulele songbook not your daddys ukulele. Chord diagrams show you how to form the chords you will use to make musical sounds with your ukulele. I have made some changes and often taken stuff from other instruments but. Get ukulele chords pdf file for free from our online library pdf file. The chords in this section can be moved anywhere on the neck if you know the notes on the ukulele fretboard. It isnt always about learning loads of different chord shapes.
All major chords on the ukulele can be played by using these 3 shapes placed in different positions on the ukulele. Watch and learn how to play x files chords and tabs with our video lessons. In ukulele tablature, the four lines each represent one of the ukuleles strings. 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. Without this feature, the tuner will pick up the other ambiant sounds in the room and it may be harder to tune your ukulele. View, helpful notes and information provided by our own bill h. This beginner course will cover basic ukulele techniques, chords, tuning, song accompaniment, a little music theory and ukulele history.
Ukulele chord families are a really good way to practise changing between chords. In addition, there are an additional 72 chord diagrams no photos for minor sixth chords, seventh augmented fifth chords and the like. Click to go to table of contents jim areys ukulele songbook 2015 v1 1522015 2 there are a lot of sites that i need to thank for the contents of this book. Ukulele chord diagrams free download midnight music. Barre chords a practical ukulele bedford guide we will be looking at this from a practical point of view only musical theory you will need is the scale. The ukulele club of virginia is affiliated with the metropolitan ukulele association, which brings together ukulele players across the whole of the washington, d. Read online now ukulele chords ebook pdf at our library. The movable form chords are the next step after learing the core open position chords. There are lots of usersourced tab sites that get a ton of traffic, such as the massive and even massiveer. Haworth ukulele group extravaganza 2014 song book page 1 contents baker street be my baby hallelujah acknowledgements. Its aimed at guitar so its not always ideal or accurate, but its better than nothing. If you know the basic open chords on the ukulele, you already know most of what you need to play any chord anywhere on the neck. Ukulele chord box collection is a collection of ukulele chord diagrams, suitable for use.
Audio recordings are available for many songs, so this is a great site for beginners. There are two main groups of chords that can be played up the neck. Arranged for ukulele by ukulele mike lynch play with thumb throughout. Ukulele underground forums get yourself an account on these forums and immerse yourself in all things uke. We meet every couple of weeks or so to play songs, chat, swap tips and techniques.
By going to the site, you can get the latest version of the file. A huge advantage that tablature has over standard music notation is that there is very little learning curve. Now that you can play the i chord in all 12 keys, you can use these same three shapes to play the iv and v chords in each of the keys. The book includes 55 chords that include a fingering diagram as well as a photo illustrating how to position your fingers. Ukulology easy ukulele songs to play free pdf download.
Download our free extra pieces pdf for more easy ukulele songs to play and more parts to. The downloadable pdf file includes a ukulele fingerboard chart for c. Learning ukulele with curt gab movable form ukulele chords. Analyse the chords of one of your favourite ukulele songs. Ukulology ukulele chord families free pdf download. If your ukulele is not in tune, no amount of effort or hard work will help you. Free soprano uke chord charts to download in pdf, for beginners and advanced players. By the end of the first class youll even know a few songs. This will allow you to play millions of three chord songs in the key of your choosing. How to play moveable chords on your ukulele dummies. Dont be scared of tablature, its much easier to read than standard music notation. They are the most common changes youll find when playing actual songs.