Bernadette suggests ’20 Most Important Ukulele Chords’…

As part of her #30DayUkuleleChallenge ‘Bernadette Teaches Music’ provided a YouTube video listing and demonstrating the most important ukulele chords.

Of course, most of them are the common ones. A few of them , however, are good alternate chords by moving a barr chord up the fretboard (example: moving B flat up to form C, D and E.

Brian’s HUGE Chordlist Collection

Brian's HUGE Chordlist Collection

Brian’s huge chordlist collection‘ is a great resource for looking up alternative chords.

It is especially useful if you already know the basic chords. It may be a little confusing if you don’t know what the basic chords are – for example, the basic chord for ‘C’ is in the bottom 2 rows…the top left one, of course.

If you don’t know the basic ones, you may want to just look for the most simplified chord (fewest fingers and closest to the nut or the head of the ukulele.

It should be a big (okay, a ‘HUGE’) help to those that are looking for more chords!

Click here for the collection.

UkeBuddy.com – Chords, Scales, Arpeggios, Tuner & Chord Namer

UkeBuddy.com
UkeBuddy.com

UkeBuddy.com is a great online (Desktop OR Mobile) source for ukulele chords, ukulele scales, arpeggios, an ukulele tuner & a chord namer.

  • Chords – Look up chords by letters including sharps. If you are looking for a flat use the previous letter sharp – for example, B flat would be A sharp. E flat would be D sharp.
    • Alternate Chords – click on the ‘< # / # >’ on the headstock to look for alternative chords that may be easier to play for you or might add fuller sound.
  • Scales
  • Arpeggios
  • Chord Namer – click on the fretboard the chord you are exploring and the namer will tell you what chord it is.