Slide Ukulele Chord Chart

A few weeks back I posted a blog called "Alternate Ukulele Tunings", covering some common and not so common tunings for the uke.  Following up here with a basic chord chart for "Slide Ukulele Tuning".

The tuning for this is G, C, E, Bb.  When strummed open, it creates a C7 chord.  As you can see from the chart to left, I've left a lot of blank chords for you to fill in as you go. 

This tuning is really meant for those that are playing with a slide (as indicated by the name), so for the most part, the way you choose to utilize chords is up to you.  Some slide players like to play with a slide on their index or middle finger and leave their other fingers open for fretting along with the slide.  Others prefer to stick the slide on their ring or pinky finger and alternate between slide chords/notes and fretting chords/notes.  The choice is yours!  As you develop your style for this, you can fill in

Ukulele re-entrant D tuning - basic chord chart

I posted a blog a few weeks ago called "Alternate Ukulele Tunings", where I talked about some common (and not so common) alternate tunings for the uke. 

I thought that it'd be helpful to follow up with some basic chord charts for some of those tunings.  So here ya go!

Here's some basic chord formations for re-entrant D tuning (A,D,F#, B).  Click on the image to view it, and then click again on the image to enlarge it for printing it off (if you don't enlarge it, it won't print off correctly).

I left some blank spaces on the chart for you to use to fill in a few chords if you're looking for a couple that I've missed. 

Hope this helps!  Happy Uke'n!

Ukulele Dm7 chord - tips and alternatives

courtesy of ukulele-chords.com

That pesky Dm7 chord shows up in a lot of ukulele tunes.  It's especially prevalent in songs in the key of C.  It can be hard to transition to this chord due to the crowded space.

From everything I've seen, the suggested fingering method for the Dm7 is to place your middle finger on the G string (2nd fret), your ring finger on the C string (2nd fret), your index finger on the E string (1st fret), and your pinky on the A string (3rd fret).

However, a lot of people (myself included) have learned to play this troublesome chord with that same structure, only with the placement of the middle and ring fingers reversed (so that the ring finger takes the lead on the G string 2nd fret).  Really, it all comes down to how you've learned to finger the Dm chord, which is the same placement minus the pinky finger (the A string is open - 2210).  Coming

Blank Ukulele Tabs and Chord Charts!

If you've ever attempted to sit down and write your own tab out for a song, you probably know how frustrating it is to actually make the "staff".  It really kills your enthusiasm for actually tabbing out the song.  No more!  Here are some free blank ukulele chord charts and blank ukulele tabs. 

Just click on the image, make sure to enlarge the image with the little magnifying glass (if you don't, it won't take up the full page), and print away!

 There is also some free software available for the same purpose of creating your own tabs.

www.power-tab.net - free software for all your tabbing needs.  I've not actually used this yet, but good things have been said about it.  Even though it's directed at the guitar and bass guitar crowd, it is ukulele friendly.

Hope these blank uke tabs and chord sheets will help ya out.  Now, go tab something for me to play! 

Ukulele Chord Transposer

Most ukuleles players would agree that the key of C is the easiest key to play in.  While it's always good to expand your playing horizons and learn to play in different keys, sometimes it's just easier to transpose the chords.  The process of doing this used to be tedious and time consuming.  No longer!  Thankfully, there are some great websites out there that offer free tools to make this process a lot faster...like this one from www.transposechords.com. 
Give it a shot and let us know what you think!