Add Ease and Elegance to Basic Ukulele Chords With Your Pinky

Using your pinky on ukulele chords can open up your playing to using your fingers more efficiently to allow for easier chord transitions.
Using your pinky on ukulele chords can open up your playing to using your fingers more efficiently to allow for easier chord transitions.
Though her debut album hit #3 on the Billboard Jazz chart, harp ukulele specialist Gracie Terzian describes her musical endeavors as a singer-songwriter in more of the folk genre, with jazz harmonies.
The UKC100 concert and UKS100 soprano ukuleles from Ibanez use a stick-to-the basics approach of good build quality and materials, easy playability, and tasteful looks at a bargain price.
Many ukulele players are trapped in the key of C, but there are actually 12 keys to choose from. Here's how to unlock your potential with 3 easy chord shapes.
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Because you know the melody so well in this popular old tune, you’ll be able to feel and hear the effects of the new chords quite dramatically in this ukulele lesson.
For under $800, the Ohana CK-570G offers a great feel and the sweet tone of an all-solid wood koa ukulele for less than many comparable instruments offered by other companies.
Char Lutheries, in Portland Oregon, is the name of Kerry Char's one-man shop where he repairs, restores and builds custom ukuleles with exacting precision and passion.
In this lesson from our Chord by Chord video series, you'll learn how to play dominant seventh chords.
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So, you want to learn how to play a ukulele? Welcome! Here is your first ukulele lesson and a beginner's guide to playing the instrument.
The first big windfall for Kumalae came in 1915, when he won a bid to display ukuleles in the Hawaiian Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.