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Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced Òoo-koo-leleÓ) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part ÒjazzÓ chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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Ukulele Building Resources
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Building Classes and Schools
Building Classes and Schools
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DaSilva Ukulele Co.
Luthier Mike DaSilva
2547 8th Street, Suite 28
Berkeley, CA 94710
510 649-1548
510 291-2943 fax
Links
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: DaSilva
Made by Hand: Mike DaSilva Ukuleles
Here is a great video by Michael Levin and Witt Monts titled
Made by Hand of luthier Mike DaSilva in his
show.
The uke man maketh
By Jennifer Modenessi
Contra Costa Times
YOU PROBABLY wouldn't guess it from the stacks of wood piled almost to the roof of his Berkeley workshop, but Michael DaSilva never set out to become a ukulele maker.
"I didn't grow up with enough music," says the soft-spoken 50-year-old Oakland resident and lone proprietor of the DaSilva Ukulele Co. "I think I was a little bit starved."
Looking around his studio, you'd never know it.
more at: Contra Costa Times
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(from their site) - DaSilva Ukulele Co. in Berkeley, California is the workshop of Michael DaSilva where he makes high-quality , handcrafted ukuleles. You will also find the full-line of RISA Solid and Electric instruments and inexpensive beginner ukes. The shop is also host to house concerts, ukulele lessons and workshops, the occasional jam session and meetings of the Berkeley Ukulele Club. Check the Calendar for events.
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Links
Info
We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.
Plans for Soprano, Concert, Tenor and Baritones Ukes are available thru their online store.
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Wood Working Tools
Plans, Books & Kits
Links
Info
We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.
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The Ukulele
by Denis Gilbert
Windward Publishing and Press (Hawaii)
665 Ulukahiki St,
Suite 101, Kailua, Hawaii 96734
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A Step by Step Guide On How To Make This Traditional Hawaiian Instrument. Over 170
photos, jigs and tools explained. For All Woodworkers. -
Buy It!!!
I have this book and its a great book on building a ukulele. One day I'll get around to building a uke or two.
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UKULELE Design & Construction
by D. Henry Wickham
Building Kits
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Grizzley Industrial, Inc.
Order Phone Number: 1-800-523-4777
Customer Service Phone Number: 1-570-546-9663
Links
Info
Showrooms: 1203 Lycoming Mall Circle, Muncy, PA 17756
1821
Valencia St., Bellingham, WA 98226
Corner of Battlefield & Kansas
Expressway in Springfield, Missouri
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Links
Info
We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.
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Building Links
Here are a few sites detailing their building of a ukulele.
- NEW The building of my tenor ukulele... by Jerry Foster - Koa sound box and cedar neck Pete Howlett kit
- My Summer 2005 Project: - An All-Koa Tenor Ukulele
- Notes from an Amateur Luthier...: Building A Concert Ukulele (by Kathy Matsushita)
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This is a great site with lots of information on building instruments.
- LUTHERIE: The art of stringed instrument building. Building a Concert Ukulele (by Al McWhorter) - link
- Sam Nihipali & Daniel Yuen's detailed instructions on making your own ukulele
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Very nice site with lots of information and images on building ukes. Al chronicles his building of a concert uke.
- My New Adventures in Musical Instrument Building - Ukulele Building
- My Homemade Ukulele - Gary Anwyl's web page of building a soprano ukulele. - link
- Key Strummers Ukulele Building no. 1 and no. 2 Photo Albums: - link
- Ukulele Building Series - (Pegasus Guitars) link
- Building a Ukulele - link
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