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© Lauryn Stanlake North Kalgoorlie Primary School
The Happy Ukulele Book – Year 4/5
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Table of Contents
TUNING YOUR UKULELE 3 USING A TUNER OR APP 3 TUNING BY EAR 3
GETTING STARTED 4
FIVE HAPPY RULES OF THUMB 5
THE MAGIC OF PATIENCE AND PRACTICE 6
THE OPEN STRINGS 7 OPEN STRING EXERCISES 8 OPEN STRING MELODIES 9
THE PENTATONIC SCALE 11 PENTATONIC SCALE EXERCISES 12
PENTATONIC SCALE SONGS 13 SAFARI 13 ROCKY MOUNTAIN 14 ACADIAN LULLABY 15 OH! SUSANNA 16 UP ON THE HOUSETOP 16 PRACTICE CHART 17
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Tuning your ukulele
Using a tuner or app The easiest way to tune a uke is with a digital ‘Chromatic Tuner’ made for the ukulele, which will tell you how low (flat) or high (sharp) your strings are and help you get them just right. (The clip-on ukulele tuners are popular – such as those made by Snark – but any standard Chromatic tuner will work for the ukulele also.)
You can also use a simple ukulele tuner on a phone or iPad from the app store that plays the four notes (G, C, E, A) to tune the strings by ear. You could also use YouTube to tune your ukulele à https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqTPbZf44E0
Remember: - If the note is too low it means the string is too loose (so tighten it). - If the note is too high it means the string is too tight (so loosen it).
Tuning by ear Sing along with the correct note from your tuner app or YouTube and then play the string you are tuning. Singing the two tones side by side will help you figure out whether your string is tuned too low or too high. If you learn to tune this way, you eventually may not even need a tuner!
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Getting Started Your left hand holds the instrument at the top of the fretboard, and the right forearm gently holds the uke in place against your body, while the right hand strums loosely. It is helpful to know the number of the fingers for your left hand. Your first (index) finger is number 1, and the others are as follows:
The right hand letters are for more advanced finger picking and strumming – we won’t need these for a while but it is nice to know anyway!
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Getting Started:
Your left hand holds the instrument at the top of the fretboard, and the right forearm gently
holds the uke in place against your body, while the right hand strums loosely. (For Lefties, you
can have the uke strung in reverse and use a left-handed chord chart to learn songs, but you
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Reading Chords:
From a musical perspective, a chord consists of two or more notes
played together. In the case of the ukulele, you’re basically just
putting together chords with a strum to make a song. You make the
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horizontal lines represent frets.) The way the ukulele is tuned,
just playing the open strings without hitting any notes is a
chord in itself, and many chords require just one or two
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What chords to play and when:
When you see a chord name or diagram in the music, that’s when you play the chord.
Depending on the arrangement you’re following, and your particular style of playing a song,
your chord changes might come a little before or after where they’re listed.
These song arrangements are interpretations, and nothing is set in stone. It’s on you to create the
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Five Happy Rules of Thumb
1. Use the tips of your fingers when pressing down on the strings. (This is harder for people with longer nails, so it’s recommended to keep them fairly short.)
2. Press down in the space between the frets (not the fret wires themselves!)
3. Keep your left hand position flexibly and your grip soft, and change as needed for different notes.
4. Start with your thumb position at the back of the fretboard, parallel to the frets.
5. If a note doesn’t sound “clean”, it is usually because you’re not pressing the active fingers hard enough, or your hand is touching the strings, or you are not following Rules 1-4 above!
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The Magic of Patience and Practice Over time and with practice you will find that everything becomes easier. Something that was once challenging becomes easy! Having patience, and try not to push yourself to learn too much at once. The key is repetition over time. As long as you keep practicing it will get easier and easier – until one day it just flows! ♫
Most of all – have fun, feel the
music in your soul and don’t take it to seriously!
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Most of all – have fun, feel the music in
your Soul, and don’t take it too serious...
OK let’s go! :)
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When the magic happens: As you practice a
song over time, you build new neural
pathways in your brain and your skills
increase overall. The more you play, the
easier it gets to learn new songs, memorize
your favorites, and play along with others....
Once you learn a song by heart, that’s when
the real magic happens – where you can
really merge with the music and give it new
life. Then you can share your magic wherever
you go – with or without the song notes!
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The Open Strings
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Focus ON
1. Good posture2. Good tone3. Note reading
Kny Ponrso Emphasize correct posture.
Good playing posture is likegood singing posture: "sitforward in your chair and putyour feet flat on the floor (ifpossible) as if you're ready tojump to your feet."
o Ukes should be pointing up at aroughly a45" angle and shouldbe cradled between the right armand the body as shown in theillustration onpage2.
. Echo-pick short improvisedfigures using only the openstrings.
r Il"'s never too early [o insist onwarrn, full tone.
o Use flashcards to re-enforce notereading skills and to keepstudents' eyes on you rather thanon their fingers.
Altrrroxar- SuccEsrroxs c CouurxrsWarm up exercise: have students pick quarter notes at a steadypace and change to the flashcard note you hold up. Freeflashcards are available online at:www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/resources_C6.htm
Note that the 4'h string (the "g" string) may be tuned to "high g"(shown in gray on the staff) or "low g" (shown in black). "Lowg" tuning (which requires a thicker string) is more versatile and ishighly recommended for this book. Visit www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/tuning for more details.
o Throughout this book, gray notes on the staff show altemate parts for ukuleles with the "high g" string. Whilemore music is playable on a ukulele with a o'low g" string, every lesson in this book can accommodate the"high g" tuning in some way. Visit www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/tuning for more details.
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Open String Exercises
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Focus Ox
1. Playing with steady rhythm2. Playing in parts3. Playing with warm tone
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Have students clap the rhythmeach exercise before they play
Students in re-entrant tuningplay the notes shown in gray.
Exercises 1,2, and 3 can beplayed together in anycombination. Teacheraccompanies with a light A orAm chord strum (see teacher'schord chart on page 54).
Clap and sing the chorus toJingle Bells,then play Exercises3 and 4 in parts. Teacheraccompanies with a C chord.
Exercises 5 and 6 harmonize, asdo Exercises 7 and 8. Clap,sing, and pick both in unison andin parts.
Briefly explain what a"measure" or "bar" of music is.
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-{nurrroxlr SuccnsrroNs c. ColryrnNrso L se these exercises to focus on rhythm basics and tone
production. Clapping together and in parts is a worthwhileerercise.
Don't feel that you have to play all eight exercises. You canretulrn to this page again and again. Read at least two or threeer,ercises every lesson until this page is completed.
The srncopated rhythm in Exercises I and 8 ("short - long - short - long - long") will come up repeatedlyL-'ir er the course of this series (see Book 1 Lesson 25, for example).
F{ave hrn u'ith the combining of parts - this may be the first time your students have played in harmony.
It is expected that students will:r play in parts
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Open String Melodies
Focus ON
1. Singing2. Note reading3. Rhythmic values
Kry Porxrs
Start by echo-picking simpleopen-string rhyhms. Progress tothe continuous alternating figurein Ex. 1.
Students in re-entrant tuning playthe notes shown in gray.
Have students sing Row, Row,Row Your Boat, Frdre Jaques, orjust about any other round as theypick Ex. 1. Teacher may strum aC chord (or Cm chord if the roundis in a minor key).
Have students clap the rhythm ofEx. 2 before they play it. Split theclass: have one half pick while theother half sings /1e's Got theWhole World in His Hands or Surle point d'Avignon. Switch partsand repeat.
Briefly define "time signature":"the top number is the number ofbeats in each measure."
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This lesson is full of opportunities to get your students singing and playing. Do just that. Have fun singingand playing the ostinato (i.e. repeating) accompaniment figures. Sing as a group both in unison and in round.
o Let this be a funeful, rewarding, and motivating way for your students to begin their ukulele studies.
This lesson is not about perfection, it's about having fun and discovering the joy of making music. Sing, play,stomp, stand, sit, clap, pick, laugh, create, listen, share, teach, leam, enjoy.
See A Music Reading Program for Ukulele (Shields, 1982), pp. 5-6 for additional open-string readingexercises. Note: while A Music Reading Program for Ukulele is written in D6 tuning, it's an excellent sourcefor lesson material.
Lesson 2: Open Stning Melodies
Pick each note gently using thc pad ol'your rjght thulnb. Keep a sleady beal.
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For Ex. 1, say the namc of each nole as you play. then singIIa's Gol the l1'hole ll'orld itt I{is ltdnds o( Sur le poilt r/ .1t,4qror; as you play.
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Lesson2lcorrt'd1Make evcry note sound warm and full. For Exercises 4, 5 and 6, play as u'ritten. tben play ds a round.
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Although students aren't playing chords yet it's important thatthel' participate in creating harmony. To this end, Exercises 4, 5,and 6. played as rounds, are invaluable.
There are lots of ways to expand on Exercises 4, 5, and 6. Forerample:. pla) as a round with anyrruhere from 2 to 8 parts. pla)' at different tempos (fast/slow), at different dynamics
tsoft loud), and with different articulations (short/long)
r Er. - is the first phrase of the "Taps" bugle call. Challenge students to lea. The entire first verse of "Taps" reads: Fading light dims the sight / AndFrom afar drawing nigh, lFalls the night.
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The Pentatonic Scale
Focus ON
1. Left-hand position2. Finger & fret names
Knv Porxrsr Think of the pentatonic (literally
"five-note") scale as "the notesof the open strings Plus one newnote per string."
r Ask: "How many note names arethere in this pentatonic scale?"> Five: g, a, Q, d, and e.
r Teach the pentatonic scale firstby rote:. have students Pick the G
string together at a steadYpace (one pick per beat).
. prepare each fretted note, e.g."when I say go, Put Yoursecond finger in the secondfret... ready... go!"
' continue in this waY to the toPof the scale, then PlaYdescending
o Lightly strum the chords shownto harmonize the scale. Note:chords are not Printed in theStudent Edition.
Have students follow the "finger-to-fret" ru1e: 1" finger in the 1"fret,2"d finger in the 2"d fret, 3'd finger in the 3'd fret, etc'
The first four notes of this pentatonic scale - along with thechords shown above - hint at the chorus melody of George andIra Gershwin,s I Got Rhythm. Teach students to sing this melodyand/or play aportion of it as an enrichment exercise'
o Some students (especially those with small hands) may havetrouble holding down fretted notes. Make sure in eveiy case that the student's thumb is behind the neck (and
pointing towail the ceiling) so that it can properly supporl the fingers. Poor left-hand position will result in
poor tone and can lead to tension and straining'
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It is expected that students will:. accurately play the Pentatonic
scale ascending and descending
. name the notes of the Pentatonicscale
o follow the "finger-to-fret" rule
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A pentatonic scale is a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale and minor scale.
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Pentatonic Scale Exercises
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1. Sight reading2. Playing with steady rhythm3. Playing in parts
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Exercises I and.2 harmonrze.Teacher strums a C chord toaccompany.
Exercises 3 and 4harmonize.
Exercises 5 and 6 harmonize.
Don't feel that you have to playevery exercise in one lesson.You can return to this lesson asstudents work through Unit l.
Variations in tempo, dynamics,harmonization, and articulationwill keep these exercises fresheven when revisited.
Students in re-entrant tuningplay the notes shown in gray.
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Srudents may start to oocatch on" and predict which lines willLrarmonize. This is a good sign - they're beginning to recognizepafterns on the page.
.4wld Lang $,ne is a pentatonic melody. Teach by echo-singingand echo.pi.hg; the first note is low g. Note: some studentsmav not be familiar with this melody. If this is the case, teach1'our class to sing the song by ear and return to this lesson at alater date to teach students how to pick the tune.
It is expected that students will:o sight-read pentatonic melodies
o play in parts
o play with steady rhythm and goodtone
r Use these exercises as rhythm (i.e. clapping) drills; focus especially on Ex. 5 and Ex. 6.
o See ,4 Music Reading Program for Ukulele (Shields, 1982), pp. 8-16 for additional reading exercises.
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Pentatonic Scale Songs Safari
“Safari” is a Swahili word that means “journey”. You’re starting on an exciting journey through music with ukulele. Practice often and your
musical safari will be fun and rewarding!
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Rocky Mountain Beginning in northern British Columbia, Canada, and stretching all the
way to New Mexico, U.S.A., the Rocky Mountains are a range of mountains over 4,800 kilometres long.
LYRICS Rocky mountain, rocky mountain, rocky mountain high, When you’re on that rocky mountain hang your head and cry. Do, do, do, do, do remember me, Do, do , do, do, do remember me. Sunny Valley, sunny valley, sunny valley low, When you’re in that sunny valley, sing it soft and slow. Do, do, do, do, do remember me, Do, do , do, do, do remember me. Stormy ocean, stormy ocean, stormy ocean wide, When you’re on that deep blue sea, there’s no place you can hide. Do, do, do, do, do remember me, Do, do , do, do, do remember me.
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Acadian Lullaby This traditional lullaby is from Eastern Canada. Acadians were the
earliest French settlers in the Canadian maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
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Oh! Susanna
Up on the Housetop
LYRICS I came from Alabama with a banjo on my knee, I’m goin’ to Louisiana my true love for to see. It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry. The sun so hot I froze to death Susanna don’t you cry.
LYRICS Up on the housetop reindeer pause, Out jumps good old Santa Claus; Down through the chimney with lots of toys, All for the little ones, Christmas joys. First comes the stocking of little Nell; Oh, dear Santa fill it well; Give her a dolly that laughs and cries; One that will open and shut her eyes.
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