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