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It is very fun and mostly easy to play ukulele chords. Let’s take a look at some easy chord changes!

Before we delve to deeply into our ukulele chords let’s take a look at the tuning of your ukulele. The resulting names of the chords we play depends on how we tune the ukulele.

In this ukulele lesson I assume that you play a soprano ukulele and that you have tuned it in C.

What does C-tuning mean?

Let’s take a look at the piano keyboard to find out how to tune the ukulele.

C-tuning means that the third string on you ukulele is tuned to a C. If you use a piano when you tune your ukulele you will find these notes in the octave in the middle of the keyboard.

The notes in this most commonly used octave on the piano are called C4-B4. The number 4 indicate that the notes are on the fourth octave on an ordinary piano.

The first string on your ukulele will be tuned to an A4 as we call it. The next string will sound like the piano key E4. The third string will be the note C4. The fourth string will be the note G4.

Our first chord is C major. Let’s take a look at it:

C: 0/4 0/3 0/2 3/1

What type of notation is this?

This is a type of ukulele tab notation where we use numbers to indicate which fret to press down and on which string.

3/1 for example means: Press down fret 3 on string 1.

We will now proceed with the chord G major:

G: 0/4 2/3 3/2 2/1

As you can see this chord is the same chord as a D major on a guitar. A little bit confusing if you also play guitar but I guess you will get used to it.

The chord F major looks like this on your ukulele:

F: 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1

Now we have three chords at our disposal and we can create our first ukulele chord progression:

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In this guitar lesson you will learn to read a special type of guitar tablature. We will use the song White Christmas as an example. You will learn to play the melody and the chords on your guitar.

Guitar tabs show you how to put your fingers on the guitar fretboard in order to play a song, chords or something else.

A very common type of tabs has a staff with six lines representing the six string on the guitar and numbers showing which frets to press down.

In this lesson we will use a form of tablature with numbers telling you which fret and which string to play. Here is an example:

24

The first number tells you which fret to press down and the second number which string to play. These two numbers tell you to press down the second fret on the fourth string.

Let us take a look at the first line of the Christmas carol White Christmas and the corresponding melody written with this type of guitar tabs:

(C)I’m dreaming of a (Dm)white (G7)Christmas

24 34 24 14 24 34 44 03

As you can see the first note to play is the second fret on string four. The last note 03 tells you to play the third string without pressing down a fret.

I have also included chord suggestions in brackets in the lyrics immediately before the appropriate syllable.

The chords C-major, D-minor and G7 can be played as follow:

C: 35 24 03 12 01

Dm: 04 23 32 11

G7: 36 25 04 03 02 11

Time to continue with the next tabs:

(F)Just like the (G7)ones I used to (C)know

23 02 12 32 12 02 23 03

I suggest that you assign your left hand fingers to play specific frets on your guitar fretboard according to this table:

index: first fret

middle finger: second fret

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Did you know that there are literally thousands of songs you can play if you know just 3 chords?

It’s true. Songs from “Amazing Grace” to “Cum Ba Ya” to “Happy Birthday” to “On Top Of Old Smoky”, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”, “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”, “God Bless America” and countless others.

But there are also Christmas Carols that you can learn to play this Christmas if you know, or are willing to learn, three simple chords.

So what are these chords?

In any given key, there are 3 “family members” that are residents of that key—the I chord, the IV chord, and the V chord. They are far and away the most likely chords to occur in any given key.

For example, if I am playing in the Key of C, and the first chord is the C chord and I have to guess what the next chord is, I would guess that it would be either the F chord or the G chord. Why? Because those are the other “family members.” So we have narrowed the odds a great deal just by knowing who the members of the family are.

So how could I tell whether it should be F or G?

If the melody is a “B”, then the chord is probably a G chord. Why? Because “B” is in the G chord, but is not in the F chord.

If the melody is a “A”, than I would guess that the chord is F. Why? Because “A” is in the F chord, but is not in the G chord.

You can also just match one of the three chords to the melody to see if it sounds right. If it doesn’t, try another of the 3 chords. It won’t take long before you get the knack of matching chords to the tune of a song.

Does that mean that there are always just 3 chords in a song? No, but there are literally hundreds of songs that are made of just 3 chords.

Here are a few Christmas Carols you can play with just 3 chords:

O Christmas Tree Angels We Have Heard On High Silent Night Away In A Manger Joy To The World Deck The Halls Go, Tell It On The Mountain O Come, O Come Immanuel Star Of The East The First

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