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Beginning Ukulele Lessons with Leslie

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Lesson One

Learn the basics of playing music by ear. Learn strums and how to pick out the melody of Shady Grove using the Toneway method.

Lesson Two

In the second lesson we'll focus on picking out melodies in the key of C.

Lesson Three

In the third lesson we'll play Handsome Molly in the key of C.

Lesson Four

In the fourth lesson we'll strum and pick Handsome Molly in the key of G.

Lesson Five

In the fifth lesson we'll dive into the Nashville Number System, i.e., using numbers to represent chords, as in 1, 4, and 5.

Lesson Six

In the sixth lesson we'll play Worried Man Blues in the key of C.

Lesson Seven

In the seventh lesson we'll play Worried Man Blues in the key of G.

Lesson Eighth

In the eighth lesson we'll play Down in the Valley in the key of C.

Lesson Nine

In the ninth lesson we'll play Down in the Valley in the key of G.

Lesson Ten

In the tenth lesson we'll learn five finger picking styles to add variety to our ukulele playing.

Lesson Eleven

In the eleventh lesson we'll see how a capo works and how to use it to play in any key.