Tom Tom The Piper’s Son (Grade – Beginner) Symphony No.7 – Theme from 2nd Movement (Beethoven) – Grade 4 Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Grade – Beginner) Old MacDonald Had A Farm (Grade – Beginner) London Bridge Is Falling Down (Grade – Beginner) I’ve Been Working On The Railroad – Grade 3 I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In (Grade – 1)

In The Bleak Mid Winter (Holst) – Grade 2

Hey Diddle Diddle The Cat & The Fiddle (Grade – Beginner) Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (Grade – Beginner) Bach)Ĭome Back To Sorrento (de Curtis) – Grade 3 Remember, thumb on fourth and third strings, then first finger, then second finger.Battle Hymn Of The Republic (Steffe ) – Grade 2īouree From The 3rd Cello Suite (J. When you are ready, apply it to the chord progression. Once your fretting hand is fluent with the progression, try the patterns in Example 2a and 2b on just the open strings. We will use this “boot camp chord progression” for every example, so the quicker you learn this progression, the quicker you can get picking. These pieces will work on any size uke (including baritone), low fourth string or high just read the tab and go for it! THE ETUDESįirst, just work on these chord shapes by strumming each chord once in Example 1. Like all of the etudes in the book, these examples-which are intended for intermediate to advanced players who can read tab and have some prior picking experience-will use one chord progression to teach several picking patterns that you can apply to your own music later on. The examples that follow come from my book 10 Etudes for Fingerstyle Ukulele and are training exercises to get your fingerstyle skills in shape (an etude is a short musical piece intended to teach a skill, technique, or style). Just stick to this system until it becomes second nature: I think you will be well prepared for whatever I throw at you!Ĭheck out more articles and lessons on fingerstyle ukulele here This may sound complicated, but assigning a different job to each digit actually makes things easier because it is one less thing for you to decide. When I play fingerstyle ukulele, my right-hand thumb (p) typically plays the fourth and third strings, my first finger (i) plays the second string, and my middle finger (m) plays the first string.

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