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Basic Ukulele Chords

For Beginning Players
Struggling to find which chords you should learn?
Look no further, you can find them here!

WHAT TO EXPECT

You'll learn what the chord diagrams

And also the major seventh chords

are for all the major chords

With these basic chords, you'll already

Also for all the minor chords

be able to play a lot of songs

THE GUIDE
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When you are just starting out with playing the ukulele it can be quite overwhelming, especially if
its your first instrument ever. Chord diagrams, painful fingers, strumming, feeling the rhythm,
tablatures, etc There are dozens of chords and hundreds of ways to play them. While the

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Major Chords
Everything starts with the seven major chords: A B C D E F G (= La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol). The
most important ones in this list are A C D E F and G. The B isnt used that much and isnt that
easy to play either. Another chord that isnt easy to play is the E chord, unfortunately this one is
used quite a lot in songs. More information on how to play the E chord can be found right here.

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Minor Chords
After the major chords, we have the minor chords. Minor chords are widely used and they can
give the song a more intimate feel, while major chords are more uptempo and happy. The ones
that are most important to learn when you are starting are Am, Dm and Em. I wont get to
technical about how they are formed.

Seventh Chords
Some people may argue about this, but I think that the 7th chords are also very important, and
actually not that dicult to play. They can add a groovy feeling to the song and are used a lot in
jazz / souls songs. My favorite is the F7 but I suggest your learn all of them (except maybe the
B7).

Conclusion
In my opinion, these are the basic chords that every ukulele player should begin with. You can
pick a few to start with and then expand. If you know all these chords, you will already be able
to play a lot of songs. Keep in mind that you can always transpose a song to a dierent key to
make it a little bit easier!
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