![]() (Stuart has recently set up a Patreon page and is busy adding extra content there from as little as $2 per month, for those looking to obtain more detailed lessons and techniques.) He has lots of free stuff in his store (look in the FREE TABS section – most have videos to accompany them in his YouTube Channel) several different YouTube themes (eg Beginners’ Ukulele Ask Stu Feature Ukulele Lessons (weekly) Ukulele Circus Skills Rockabilly for Uke (containing Rock & Roll numbers – to support the book of the same name) Chord Solo Tutorials (supporting another book) Blues Jazz Gypsy Swing etc) some good books (such as Rockabilly for Uke – aka Uke-a-billy) and he also offers Skype lessons. I was lucky enough to attend two of his workshops at the 2018 Ukulele Festival of Scotland (UFoS) – Ukulele Zen (giving practice tips, such as how to play more easily without too much tension) and Fingerpicking Skills – & they were really interesting and useful. He plays a wide variety of styles which reflect the versatility of the uke – here are links to a few YouTubes with him playing on a couple of road trips (a spot of Bob Marley up a mountain top and Billy Joel in the desert) concerts showcasing jazz medleys and stunt ukulele followed by some more sedate Bach and Brazilian pieces. Stuart Fuchs is another great performer I found early on with a clear & relaxed teaching style, predictably through some of his Beatle posts. Unlock the fretboard by learning about the different scales – chromatic, major, minor & pentatonic, how chords are built, common chord progressions, twelve bar blues, circle of fifths, reading tablature (aka tab), using suspended & augmented chords (sus & aug), modes, intervals, time signatures and reading music. ![]() Uke Theory – Thirty videos imparting useful skills that help you understand how music works. ![]() Learn all the notes with simple tricks and melodies, improve your barre chords, use moveable chord shapes effectively, play jazzy songs, chord melodies and pentatonic scales across the fretboard to improvise and solo.
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