Ukulele Course

Welcome to
Ukulele for the Complete Beginner

This is a free online course designed to get you playing this fun instrument in just 5 weeks – the links to all of the course materials are posted below. Enjoy!

Advice on purchasing a ukulele for this course

Class Notes, Song Sheets and Videos:
(click on the link to open the file – the video links will take you to YouTube)

Week 1
Notes
Video on Finger Exercises
Video on Strumming
Song Sheet 1 – Skip to my Lou
Song Sheet 2 – He’s Got the Whole World
Video 1 – Homework  1 – Finger Exercise
Video 2 – Homework 2 – Switching between C7 and F & strumming practice
Video 3 – Song 1 – Skip to my Lou
Video 4 – Song 2 – He’s Got the Whole World

Week 2
Notes
Video on practicing our new chords – C and G7
Amazing Grace: Song Sheet, Video
Happy Birthday to You: Song Sheet, Video
Red River Valley: Song Sheet, Video
Home on the Range: Song Sheet, Video

Week 3 
Notes
Video on practicing our new chords: D, G and A7
Tom Dooley: Song Sheet, Video
You Are My Sunshine: Song Sheet, Video
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean: Song Sheet, Video
Good Night Irene: Song Sheet, Video
Amazing Grace in D: Song Sheet, Video
Home on the Range in D: Song Sheet, Video

Week 4 
Notes
Video on practicing our new chords: Am and D7
Farewell to Nova Scotia: Song Sheet, Video
Blowin’ in the Wind: Song Sheet, Video
Tiny Bubbles: Song Sheet, Video
Scarborough Fair: Song Sheet, Video
Jingle Bells: Song Sheet

Week 5 
Notes
Silent Night: Song Sheet
Scarborough Fair: Song Sheet, Video
This Land is Your Land
Song for the Mira
Four Strong Winds: Song Sheet, Video

More song sheets (and some videos) from previous incarnations of the course:
Video on practicing new chords: Em, Am7, and Dm
Stand by Me: Song Sheet, Video
Drunken Sailor: Song Sheet, Video
Five Hundred Miles: Song Sheet, Video
Micheal Row the Boat Ashore
Kumbaya

Links to more songs and fun songbooks:
Chordie (Chords for hundreds of songs)
Ukulele Wednesdays Songbook
Free ukulele songs