Worksheet 1

Ukulele Anatomy
 Worksheet 2
Notes, Scales, and Strings

1. A Single Note Staff

2. A Scale

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 __
do re mi fa sol la ti __
C D E F G A B __

3. A Song

Notes on the Uke

E G A
C

G 4
String C 3 String Numbers
Names E 2
A 1

Andrew's Favorite Tuner App

Global Tuner
 Worksheet 3
Finger Chart

2
1 3

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 Worksheet 4
Frets & Chords

Fret Numbers

3 2 1
G 4
String C 3 String Numbers
Names E 2
A 1

Notes & Chords

C Chord
Single Notes (3 Stacked Notes)

C E G (The
chord
C name is
Your FIRST chord! placed
Look at staff above. Notice above the
(The chord
that the note on the bottom
number in diagram)
of the C chord is a C note.
the circle
That's because we name the
indicates
chord after the bottom note,
which
NOT the middle (E) or top (G). 3
finger to
The bottom note is also called
use)
the "root" of the chord,
signifying its major
importance. 4 3 2 1
 Worksheet 5
Strumming & Counting

"Three - Four Time "Four - Four Time

Signature" Signature"

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

(no barline at
start of music)
Barlines
(we count the
beats between
these)

Accents

A) 1 2 3 D) 1 2 3 4

B) 1 2 3 E) 1 2 3 4

C) 1 2 3 F) 1 2 3 4

G) 1 2 3 4
 Worksheet 6
String Pitch & Fingering Technique

Factors that impact string pitch:

1. Material of string (inherent)

2. Thickness of string (inherent)
3. Tension on string (tuning)
4. Length of string
(inherent and fingering)

(the shorter strings of a

ukulele make it higher-
pitched than a guitar)

The Three P's of Left Hand Fingering:

Correct Positioning

1. Placement (which string/fret?)

2. Position (where in the fret?)
3. Pressure (how hard do I press?)
Incorrect Positioning

Incorrect C Placement Correct C Placement

 Worksheet 7
Diving Deeper into Chords
Let's Ramp it Up!
Look back at the scale from Worksheet 2 (Found in lesson 1). In it we
assigned both numbers and letters to different notes. We then discovered in
Worksheet 3 (Lesson 2) that the C chord was made up of three different
notes - C, E, and G. Since C is the bottom note, or the "root", that is the name
of the chord.

But it is not just the bottom

note that has a name, the other two C Chord
(3 Stacked Notes)
notes have names as well! The
middle note is called the "third" of
the chord, and the top note is
called the "fifth" of the chord. Even
though their names correlate with C E G
their note in the scale (the "E" = "3" 1 3 5
="third"), it is more important to note Fifth
their distance away from the root of
the chord. Third

Here's where things can get a little

Root
confusing...

The root note does not always have F Chord

(3 Stacked Notes)
to be a C note, it can move! Look at
the new chord to the right. The
bottom note is no longer a "C" note,
but an "F" note - it has a different
root! And since it has a different F A C
root, it is a different chord. It is now 46 1
an "F" chord, because the root of the Fifth
chord is an "F" note.
Third
Notice that the names of the notes
in the chord do not change. The
Root
middle note (A) is still called the
"third", and the top note (C) is still
the "fifth". This is due to the fact
that notes in a chord are named according to their distance away
from the root (F), not their distance away from the 1 (C).
 Worksheet 7 (Continued)
Diving Deeper into Chords

F
F Chord
1 (3 Stacked Notes)

2 F A C
46 1
Fifth
Third

Root

4 3 2 1

G
G Chord
(3 Stacked Notes)

G B D
5 7 2 2
Fifth
1
Third
3
Root

4 3 2 1
 Worksheet 8
First Song

Amazing Grace
(chord changes only)

C F C
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
G
That saved a wretch like me
C F C
I once was lost, but now I'm found
G C
Was blind, but now I see

Amazing Grace
(every strum cheat sheet)

C C F C
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
C C G-G
That saved a wretch like me
C C F C
I once was lost, but now I'm found
C G C
Was blind, but now I see

Andrew's Favorite Metronome App

Metronome
 Worksheet 9
Strum Patterns

Downstrums
Three - Four Time are played "on Four - Four Time
the beat",
1 + 2 + 3 + meaning we 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
downstrum the
moment the beat
number is
counted.

Upstrums are
played "off the
1 + 2 + 3 + beat", meaning 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
we upstrum in
between the
beats on the
"and" of the beat.

Strum patterns
1 + 2 + 3 + are usually a 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
mixture of
downstrums and
upstrums.

Creating Strum Patterns

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Andrew's
favorite
strum
patterns

Create
your own
strum
patterns
here!
 Worksheet 10
Minor Chords
That root keeps on moving around, doesn't it?! Here we have another new
chord - the A minor (Am) chord. Its root is the 6, or the "A" note.

You will notice that Am Chord

Am
the Am chord has a (3 Stacked Notes)
different sound than
the other chords that
we have learned.
That is because it is a A C E
"minor" chord - which 6 1 3 2
tends to sound sad
or withdrawn. All the Fifth
other chords we have
learned have been
Third
"major" chords, which Root
tend to sound happy.
4 3 2 1
Any chord that is named with
just one letter is understood to
be a major chord.

All we have to do to A Chord

A
turn a minor chord (3 Stacked Notes)
into a major chord is
raise the pitch of the 1
third a half step (or
one fret distance on
A C# E
the ukulele). Here we 6 1 3 2
can see the third (C)
has a sharp (#) by it, Fifth
indicating the note
has been raised a Third
half step.
Root
4 3 2 1
Time to review! Remember that string 3 is assigned the note letter "C".
Therefore, in order to change that C note into a C# note for our A
chord, we raise the pitch on string 3 by one fret. See how that works?
Worksheet 10 (continued)
Old Song, New Chord!

Amazing Grace
(chord changes only)

C F C
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
G
That saved a wretch like me
Am F C
I once was lost, but now I'm found
G C
Was blind, but now I see

Amazing Grace
(every strum cheat sheet)

C C F C
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
C C G-G
That saved a wretch like me
Am Am F C
I once was lost, but now I'm found
C G C
Was blind, but now I see
 Worksheet 11
Seventh Chords
So far, we have learned about major chords and minor
chords. The only difference between them is the half-step (or
one fret) difference in their thirds. But the world of chords goes
far beyond just 3 stacked notes - we can add more! Let's take a
look.

C7 Chord
Look at this new chord, the (4 Stacked Notes)
C7. Since the root the C
note, it makes it really easy
to identify what notes will be
the third, fifth, and seventh.
Why? Because the third in C E G B♭
the C7 chord (E) is the 3 (or 1 3 5 ♭7
mi) in the scale. The fifth in
the C7 chord (G), is the 5 (or
sol) in the scale. Notice the 7 Seventh
has a♭symbol by it - Fifth
indicating that this is a minor
Third
7th interval above the root.
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 Worksheet 11 (continued)
A Song with Minor & Seventh Chords
Dm G7
1 1
Here are two
new chords that you
2 3 will need to know in order 2 3
to play "Danny Boy". This
classic song is written
in four - four time.

4 3 2 1 Danny Boy 4 3 2 1
 Worksheet 12
The Key to Understanding Keys
Box 1 contains the
scale that we had at
the beginning of the
course. It is the key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
1
of C, since "do", or "1"
is the note "C". do re mi fa sol la ti do
C D E F G A B C
Box 2 places our "1",
or our "do" on a new
note. Instead of "do"
being the note "C", it
is now the note "G".
Whenever we change 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
keys (change "do"), we
get "accidentals", or
notes that need to be
2 do re mi fa sol la ti do
G A B C D E F# G
modified with a sharp
(#) or flat (♭) symbol.
Box 3 inserts a "key
signature" onto the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
staff so that we don't
have to look at the
ugly accidental.
3 do re mi fa sol la ti do
G A B C D E F# G
Here is another scale,
only this time it is in
the key of D. Notice
we have two sharps
(#) in the key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
signature now,
meaning we don't
need any accidentals
4 do re mi fa sol la ti do
D E F# G A B D
by the F notes or C
notes on the staff.
 Worksheet 12 (Continued)
D Key change in a song!
D
New chord alert!
Notice we are playing a song you
have already learned, but putting it in a
2 3 4 new key. Here are two ways to finger the 1 2 3
same D chord. I prefer the fingering on
the left... it helps out my fat
fingers!

4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
Amazing Grace
(chord changes only)
C F C
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
G
That saved a wretch like me
C F C
I once was lost, but now I'm found
G C
Was blind, but now I see

D G D
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
A
That saved a wretch like me
D G D
I once was lost, but now I'm found
A D
Was blind, but now I see
 Worksheet 13
Extended Chordchart

C Cm C7 D Dm
1 1 1 1 1
3rd Fret
2 3 4 2 3
3 3

D7 E X E Em E7
1
2 4 or 1 1 2 4

2
2 3 4 2 3 4 3 4

G Gm G7 A Am
1 1 1

1 2 2 2 3 2 2
3 3

A7 B Bm B7
1

1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2
3 3 3