How To Read Ukulele Chords

While holding both the frets pluck the string and then drag your ring finger off.

How to read ukulele chords. Here you can see the following chords. If you are new to the ukulele it can be quite overwhelming especially if this is the first instrument you have ever played. Unless they indicate otherwise ukulele chord charts and diagrams assume the standard c tuning of g c e a. Tab for the ukulele will look like four lines. This is incredibly useful to quickly tell someone how to play a certain chord.

To read ukulele tabs note that the tab chart has 4 horizontal lines that correspond to the 4 strings on your instrument. The second example in this guide would be. F g c am d7 and g7. For example when you see 0232 it represents a g chord. So the four numbers refer to each string of the ukulele order.

These diagrams show proper fingering for various ukulele chords but there are a few prerequisites to master before you can read them. The thick horizontal line at the top represents the nut of the ukulele. Xa 0 2 3 0 3 2 xe 1 3 0 0 2 1 xc 0 2 0 0 2 2 xg 2 0 0 2 2 0. In the example above you would place your first finger on the 5th fret and your ring finger on the 7th. Tune your ukulele s fourth string is tuned to g making it the g string the third string to c making it the c string the second string to e making it the e string and the first string is tuned to a making.

Vertical lines represent the strings of the ukulele starting with the g string on the far left moving to the a string on the far right. Most of the tab you will find on the internet is for a ukulele tuned to g c e a tuning. If you hold the tab on top of the fretboard in this way the strings will match. Make sure you know basic ukulele tuning. In this guide we will go over basic ukulele chords major and minor and how to read them from chord charts.

It s important to drag the string as this will amplify the sound of the note. How to read ukulele tabs. If the ukulele is tuned to another tuning the tab will usually indicate this as you ll see that the pitch that each string is tuned to sits directly to the left of the tab. The four horizontal lines on a bar of tab represent the four strings of an ukulele. This is mostly used when people try to show you what the rhythm and tempo is.