Ukulele Chord Chart or Chord Table

Apparently the single most important piece of paper for ukulele players is a ukulele chord chart or ukulele chord table. Whether you’re a complete beginner or advanced beginner, you will need to look for the chord diagram, if it’s not on the song sheet and you don’t know it by heart. I have created many varieties of ukulele chord charts in jam sessions and my classes. But where is THE one I can use on my website?

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Doggy Bag for high G ukulele

REALLY? I can hear dog lovers scream. “Is this the best name you can come up with?” My ninth original piece from the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes is dedicated to the dog. I choose the letters D – G and B A G, which spell “Doggy Bag.” The instrumental piece is pentatonic for high G ukulele.

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Chopin Waltz in A minor for low G ukulele

Upon seeing a reduced version of Chopin’s Waltz in A minor for easy piano, I couldn’t get the tune out of my head. It’s one of many posthumous pieces that sound beautiful on the piano. Is it possible to play it on the ukulele? With so many octaves, only the low G ukulele offers a chance. And still, the range on this instrument is insufficient. How can I compromise to play this Chopin Waltz on the low G ukulele?

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Chicken Feed for high G ukulele

Memorize the four notes on the fifth fret of the ukulele with an acronym: chicken feed all day. CFAD. When I first heard it used, I thought that chickens eat all day. Then I realize that “chicken feed” could refer to a noun, as in small or negligible amount of money, wage, or anything. Hopefully my new pentatonic piece using the notes of C, F, A, D is not chicken feed! It’s the eighth piece in the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes I’m writing at this time.

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Rat Race for high G ukulele

Join the rat race to get to the top. In Chinese, the character for rat and mouse is one and the same. Singular and plural are also the same. Whether it’s one rat racing about or many mice running around, there doesn’t seem to be any order except for a lot of movement. I chose the Bb major pentatonic scale as the basis for this instrumental piece for high G ukulele.

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Counting Sheep to Sleep, a lullaby for high G ukulele

If my latest ukulele piece “Counting Sheep” doesn’t put you to sleep, “Counting Sheep to Sleep” surely will. When I wrote it yesterday, I hadn’t thought of it as a lullaby but it should be. Laid out on two pages instead of one, the new piece explores the four-note melody of Bach’s famous aria in five different pentatonic scales. The repetitive nature invites you to explore different dynamics. Start soft. Get louder. Stay loud. Get softer.

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3 Chord Thursday Anniversary

At the dawn of the worldwide pandemic lockdown, we music lovers gathered in Zoom every Thursday at 3 PM EDT to share songs. As we begin our SPRING 2025 season, please join us on Thursday 3rd April 2025 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of 3 Chord Thursday. Five years in Zoom. The number 5 sounds like the same word for dance in Chinese. Let’s dance our 5th year in Zoom with music for dancing.

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3 Chord Thursday IRISH

Every year we celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Irish songs and songs about Ireland in 3 Chord Thursday. 2025 is no exception though we will meet a few days after the big day. As we end the WINTER 2025 SEASON, please join us on Thursday 20th March 2025 wearing green, any shade of green, to avoid getting a virtual pinch. Scroll down to see links to previous song sessions and line-ups.

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3 Chord Thursday LOVE

Let’s anticipate Valentine’s Day in 3 Chord Thursday on Thursday 6th February 2025 at 3 PM EST. The theme of LOVE and all capital letters pretty much says it all. As we have celebrated this special day in previous years, we have play along video recordings to practice beforehand. Maybe there’s a song that you’d like to share with others. Whatever the case, you’ll learn something new in this one hour Zoom session.

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Counting Sheep for high G ukulele

Is counting sheep a worldwide phenomenon taught to kids to help them fall asleep? As adults, drinking too much tea or coffee late in the day can cause a sleepless night. Just as worries and other unsettling matters keep us awake. Does counting sheep work? It helped me compose my latest pentatonic piece in the 12 Chinese Zodiac Tunes.

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