Ukulele Theory Simplified (Paperback/PDF)

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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Piano

Begin by learning the universal structure of music: the 12-note system. Understand note names, whole and half steps, and how musical spacing works. These core concepts apply directly to the ukulele and form the foundation for everything that follows.

Chapter 2: The Ukulele’s Fundamentals

Learn the ukulele string layout, tuning, and how the fretboard relates to the piano. Understand how whole steps and half steps appear across the neck, giving you a clear mental map of where every note lives. This chapter prepares you to move confidently across the fretboard.

Chapter 3: Keys & Scales

Explore what keys are and how scales are formed. Learn the major scale, natural minor scale, major and minor pentatonic scales, scale positions, scale systems, relative keys, and the musical modes — all with clear visual diagrams and full-fretboard patterns you can play immediately.

Chapter 4: Harmony (Chords & Intervals)

Discover how music intervals work and how chords are built on the ukulele. Learn major, minor, sus, augmented, diminished, and dominant chord types, as well as chord inversions and how string intervals affect chord shapes. Includes chord formulas and practical chord exercises.

Chapter 5: Chord Progressions

Learn how chords function together inside a key using scale degrees and Roman numerals. Understand major and minor key chord functions, chord motion, and the most common ukulele song progressions like:

• I–IV–V
  
• I–V–vi–IV
  
• IV–I–V–vi
  
  This chapter helps you recognize, play, and write songs by understanding the patterns behind them.
  

Chapter 6: Music Notation

A friendly guide to understanding how music is written. Learn standard notation, ukulele tablature, common tab techniques, note values, clefs, dotted notes, and how rhythmic values connect. Designed to make notation practical, not intimidating.

Chapter 7: Rhythm & Time

Learn how rhythm works and how to feel timing naturally. Understand musical meter, strong and weak beats, and how to count and play in common time signatures like 3/4, 4/4, and 2/4. This chapter helps you strum smoothly and stay in the pocket.

Chapter 8: The Circle of Fifths

Explore how keys connect to each other. Learn how the circle organizes sharps, flats, major and minor keys, and relative key relationships. Includes both the full circle and a simplified version to help you use it creatively when composing, transposing, and improvising.

Guitar Theory Simplified is designed for beginners to intermediate players.

You don’t need to know how to read sheet music — everything is explained in clear, practical language with diagrams.