Music Theory for the Ukulele

(and really all instruments)

Let's begin with the basics: Music theory is an unnecessarily complicated way to put names onto sounds. Let's simplify: You make a noise. You add other noises to that noise. You do those noises over a predictable time period. Sit around a talk about it. Done. Music theory.

It's the sitting around and talking about it where things become a wreck and depending on who's doing the talking, it can become insufferable real quick.

So less talk, more playing.

If you've ever seen, or owned, or whacked an A440 tuning fork, a perfect A note will come out of it.

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• Barre Chord Workshop Ukulele ~ Baritone
• Blank Chord Chart ... keep track of the pesky shapes relevant to you.
• Circle of Fifths for the Ukulele ... my first ukulele thing I wrote and the second most important.
• Circle of Fifths for the Baritone ... not as pretty but almost equally useful.
• Composer's Blank ... write your own arrangements by hand. (It's where I began too.)
• FIVE Keys of Frère Jacques ... You write out the TuffUke!
• Key Charts ... ukulele version.
• Key Charts ... baritone version.
• Practice Log ... yes, you should keep one every day.
• Standard Notation and Counting Ukulele PDF ~ Baritone PDF