Practice tip: In these exercises, you switch between just a C and G7 chord. For more practice, write out your own chord progressions and practice these arpeggios while switching between other different chords. Dionisio Aguado’s “25 Pieces Pour Guitare, no. 17”

How to Read Ukulele Tabs– Ukulele tabs aren’t hard to figure out, but you need to know what you’re looking at to make sense of them. Blank Tab SheetsI’ve already mentioned that this book is a little different to any other ukulele book that I’ve previously bought or read. It’s almost entirely constructed of exercises and the whole book is presented in a weekly format. There are 40 weeks in total so you should be kept busy enough. You’re then given exercises to do each day that you play. This format might be a little dry for some players – I wouldn’t say it’s the most fun way to teach people to play but I’m ok with that. I’m the kind of person that likes a challenge.

When we arrive at the A string, we then slide up and start with our index finger on the second fret. This means that your second finger gets the third fret, ring finger getting the fourth fret and pinkie on the fifth. UPDATE: A few people have had trouble seeing these images. If that’s you, here’s a zip file with all the exercises. This ukulele strumming patterns PDF will help you build up your ability to play interesting strumming patterns on the ukulele. Each pattern builds off of each other to eventually allow you play the universal strumming pattern. (A fun rhythmic pattern that works on most popular songs). Aguado’s 25 Pieces Pour Guitare, no. 17 is played solely on the bottom three strings of the ukulele. Use either a constant p-i-m or i-m-a arpeggio to play the piece. Try your hand at playing this piece! Aguado’s 25 Pieces Pour Guitare (Tab and Sheet Music)In this pattern we keep moving up one fret at a time. I would suggest you do this until your pinkie finger is landing at the twelfth fret. The Spider If you’re having difficulty playing this pattern, work on beats 1 and 2 only. After this is comfortable, try playing beats 3 and 4 only. Then, see if you can bring the two together again. Strumming Pattern for Rip tide (Vance Joy) If you’re having trouble singing the lyrics of a particular song with strumming pattern (#4 or #5), then try working through the song using pattern #1.

We then do the same again but this time switching to hammering on at the 4th fret with our pinkie finger. Just like the 1234, once we’ve done all 4 frets we move down to the C string, then down to the E string, then A string. After this we simply slide up a fret and do it all over again. The Pull DownHard chord changes are a fantastic way to get your fingers in shape. They are also useful for teaching those fingers how better to locate themselves to each other – the key to fast chord changes. It’s time to bring the hammer ons into play. The hammer up takes the same form as the 1234 but introduces a hammer on into proceedings.