| In this ukulele lesson you will learn to play a popular | | | | (F)mor(C)ning |
| song with chords on your ukulele. I will show you | | | | As you can see you will need more ukulele chords to |
| with easy ukulele tablature notation how to play the | | | | sing and play the song. Let us take a look at the |
| chords. Let us start with the C-major chord! | | | | D-minor chord: |
| First of all, we will use the C-tuning in this ukulele | | | | Dm: 04 23 32 11 |
| lesson. This means that your first string will be tuned | | | | Now it is time to take a look at the G7 chord and |
| to an A, your second string to an E, the third string | | | | F-major chord: |
| to C and the fourth string to G. | | | | G7: 04 23 12 21 |
| The first string is the string with the highest pitch, | | | | F: 24 03 12 01 |
| that is, the bottom string when you play. | | | | Let us continue with the song: |
| I will use a form of ukulele tab notation that tells you | | | | (C)Blackbird has (Em)spo(Am)ken, (D7)like the first |
| how to put your fingers in order to play the chords. | | | | (G7)bird |
| Every number pair tells you which fret to press down | | | | Yes, I am sorry, but it is time for three more ukulele |
| and which string to play. Here is the C-major chord: | | | | chords, E-minor, A-minor and D7: |
| C: 04 03 02 31 | | | | Em: 04 43 32 21 |
| These four number pairs indicate where you are to | | | | Am: 24 03 02 01 |
| put your fingers on your four strings to strum the | | | | D7: 24 03 22 01 |
| C-major chord on your ukulele. 04 means, play the | | | | Now it is time to finish the first verse: |
| open fourth string. An open string is a string you play | | | | (C)Praise for the (F)singing, (C)praise for the |
| without pressing down a fret. 31 means, press down | | | | (Am)mor(D7))ning |
| the third fret on the first string. | | | | (G7)Praise for the (C)sprin(F)ging (G7)fresh from the |
| I will put the chord names in bracket before the | | | | (C)word |
| syllable where you are to change to the new chord. | | | | I admit that it is a lot of chords to learn on your |
| Time to take a look at the lyrics and start to sing! | | | | ukulele and many chord changes. I suggest that you |
| You will sing the song in the key of C. In this song it | | | | learn the song one line at a time. You can also |
| means that the song starts with a C. Play your third | | | | devout a bit of your practicing time to changing |
| string, the C string, to find your starting tone. | | | | between chords the way they appear in the song. |
| Time for the first line of lyrics: | | | | For example: |
| Morning has (C)bro(Dm)ken, (D7)like the first | | | | C - Dm, Dm - G7, G7 - F, F - C and so on! |