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YOUR FIRST CHORD
Now that you’re holding the ukulele correctly and you’re in tune, let’s get your fingers
playing a chord. A great place to start is the
C Major chord
because you only need one
finger to play this chord.
READING CHORD BOXES
HOW TO PLAY C MAJOR
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We can draw chords with a diagram of the
end of the ukulele neck showing the strings
and frets.
Sometimes this shows finger
numbers, too.
The solid black line at the top is the nut on
your ukulele, the point where the strings cross
over from the headstock to the fretboard and
through the plastic nut. The lines going down
the page are your strings (read from left to
right as G, C, E, A) and the lines horizontal
across the box are the frets.
You can see here that the G, C and E strings do
not have any fretted notes, they are just played
open (played without any notes pressed down).
On the A string, there is directive to place your
third finger on the third fret of this string.
Start by thinking about your posture. It is always
easier to play if you are holding the ukulele well.
Keep your thumb on the back of the neck behind
the 2nd fret.
Curl your third finger and press down
the first string in the third fret.
Strum
all
the strings.
