Ukulele 102

In Ukulele 102, you’ll be expanding upon what you’ve learned in Ukulele 101 and Music Theory for the Ukulele. In Week 1 of 101 we’re focusing on warmup routines. You’ll learn:

– The Worm exercise
– Finger stretches
– Hand stretches
– Interval warm ups

In Week 2 of 102 you’ll be working on basic finger picking. You’ll learn:

– How to play the in to out technique
– How to play the out to in technique
– The I, IV, V progression

In week 3 of Ukulele 102 well be working on ear training and the difference in sound between diff types of chords. You’ll learn to hear:

– Major chords
– Minor chords
– 7th chords

In week 4 of Ukulele 102 you’ll work on picking with your thumb or index finger (or pick). You’ll learn:

A. The proper way to play with thumb
B. Using your index finger to pick
C. Properly using a pick
D. 1 string picking, 2 string picking, etc.

In week 5 of Ukulele 102 you’ll be working on using scales and tonal harmony. This session you will:

A. Revisit major scales
B. Learn about 3rds harmony
C. Use Mary had a little lamb to learn to play main melody and harmony
D. Play both parts of the song on the A and E strings

In week 6 of Ukulele 102 you’ll work on advanced strumming techs and patterns. You will learn:

– The triple strum
– The two finger roll
– The four finger roll
– To listen to percussion audio and use strum patterns and techs to get same effect

In week 7 of Ukulele 102 you’ll work on Minor scales and tonal harmony. Here are some of the things you’ll be doing in this session:

– Revisiting minor scales (understanding the pattern WHWWHWW)
– Learning about 3rds harmony in minor key
– Learning about Dm scale with a 3rd harmony
– Learning minor scale harmony exercise

In week 8 of Ukulele 102 you’ll be learning about the IV, V, I progression and root notes. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:

– Show 3 different IV, V, I progression
– Explain root notes
– Use root note to play a melody

In week 9 of Ukulele 102 you’ll learn about alternate chord shapes (inversions). Here are some of the things you’ll learn about:

– IV, V, I progressions in two different inversions
– ii, V, I progressions in two different inversions
– I, vi, IV, V, I progressions in two different inversions

In week 10 of Ukulele 102 you’ll be closing out the course by learning about picking techniques. Here are some of the things you’ll be learning:

– Pulls, hammers, and combo techniques
– Bottom string pull offs
– Bottom string hammer-pull
– Bottom and top string combinations during pull offs/hammer-pull