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Exercises 9-10 – Inside The Book: 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises for Beginners

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: Em7, Edim7, F and Fadd9.

Exercise 9

Whilst we don’t usually play diminished chords at beginners level, this one is not very difficult because it is an open chord, and all you do is move the Em7 shape down one fret, from frets 2 to frets 1 with both fingers.

Counting:
1+2+3+4

Exercise 10

moving from F to Fadd9 is an esay change on ukulele; take your 2nd finger off to move from F to Fadd9. Incase you were wondering what an add9 chord is, it’s a full major chord with an added major 2nd or major 9th note added (major 9th and major 2nd are the same notes, but major 9th is an octave higher.

Counting:
1 2 3 4

Video Lesson for Exercises 9-10


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← Exercises 7-8
Exercises 11-12 →
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Exercises 7-8 – Inside The Book: 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises for Beginners

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with three chords: A, A7 and Dsus2.

Exercise 7

The first strum is worth 2 beats. You can see that the note is not coloured in and it has a stem, so that makes it a minim, worth 2 beats (also known as a half note because it lasts for half of the bar). This is followed by two cotchets, which are 1 beat each. Here is the counting that you should use for this exercise (strumming on the parts in bold font).

1 2 3 4

Exercise 8

The rhythm for this exercise is almost the same as exercise 7. All we do is add an up strum after beat 3. Here is the counting that you can use to help:

1 2 3 + 4

Video Lesson for Exercises 7-8

← Exercises 5-6
Exercises 9-10 →
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Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 5-6 of 50

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises

Here are 2 beginners ukulele chord exercises using C, am and F chords. On this sheet, we start to work on strumming rhythms. Exercise 5 uses C and Am chords and the rhythm is down up down up down down. Exercise 6 uses F and Am chords and the rhythm is down down up down down. On the video I show you how to practice these using a metronome. You could use this sheet and follow this video for a quick 10 minute lesson on practicing the C, Am and F chords, which are fundamental to learn and practice on the ukulele.

← Exercises 3-4
Exercises 7-8 →
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Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 1-2 of 50

Here we have 2 ukulele chord exercises for beginners. The first exercise has single strums, lasting for 4 beats, and the second exercise has 2 strums per chord, each lasting for 2 beats.

These exercises are designed to be very easy for ukulele beginners. The chords are Cmaj7, Am7 and Am. Watch the video below for help with counting and playing the chords.

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Easy Reading Silent Night in C for Ukulele

December really crept up on us this year, but I will take comfort that this page will go on to be viewed for years to come when hopefully it’s a lot jollier than here in 2020!

This sheet has been created so that beginner ukulele players can learn to play jingle bells using these easy to read chords. With it being digital, you might want to zoom in on the chords to learn them. If you are printing them off onto A4, the size of the chords won’t quite be as ‘easy reading’ but they still will be easier than some tiny chord boxes you might find on other sheets.

There are lyrics to go along with the chords, which should hopefully help with the first verse. Master that first and then you should find singing with verse 2 and 3 a bit easier.

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PDF – Silent Night in C – ukulele chords easy reading

If you liked this free sheet, you can find easy reading ebooks like this in my ebook store, such as Beginners Ukulele Chords Book (Easy Reading) and First Ukulele Book – Easy Reading.