Chord Tips & Tricks

Here are all of the great playukulelenow.com chord tips and tricks!

Each link leads to the lesson.

Before you start...

It will be helpful to refer to these charts and have them handy for all of the lessons:

• CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE CHORD BOOK PDF!
• About the chord book
• CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ALL MAJOR AND MINOR SCALES HARMONIZED WITH CHORDS HERE
• How to harmonizing scales with chords - Must know stuff
• How to easily play chords all the way up the neck  - Great lesson - will make you a better chord player...

Additional Chord Charts (add to the Free Chord Book - these are for Patreon members):

• Minor 11, Minor 9, 6/9, Major 9, 6, Major 9 #11, Dominant 9, AUG (+5), Dominant 7-5, Dominant 7-9, Dominant 7-5-9, Minor maj7, Major 7+5, minor 6, Dominant 11+ and Minor 7-5

On Simplifying Chords

CHECK OUT MY BOOK: Ukulele Chord Tricks: Simplify Any Chord (Charters available separately - if you don't want the whole book).

On simplifying chords:

• Easy E; Em; D; D7 and B7: 5 Hardest Ukulele Chords Made Easy (7 videos)
• Easy E: The 'Real' Easy E chord (video)
• Easy D: The Easy Way to Play The D Chord (Video)

Faster Chord Changes in 7 Days Series (5 VIDEOS)

Here we begin our journey into faster chord changes with some easy tricks you can do every day:

• #1: Left Hand Problem Solved - Everyone has this left hand problem - (video)
• #2: Chord Thinking - This is amazing - could be a game changer for you (video)
• #3: Chord from Scratch - The reason you can't go to the next chord instantly is because you can't make chords from scratch (video)
• #4 - How to Cheat - They'll think you're changing chords fast! (video)
• #5 FLASHCHORDS - How to Develop MUSCLE MEMORY - Here I introduce you to my amazing FLASHCHORDS with PDFs (video)
• Playlist for all of them 

Better Barre Chords in 7 days (VIDEO)

This works - simple exercises:

• Better Barrre Chords in 7 Days - Learn the building blocks for Barre chords - As a bonus you will learn to memorize all of these chords all the way up the neck!

Ukulele chords and how to use them (Extended Chords)

In this series we look at embellished (extended) chords and learn how to substitute them for more basic chords.

I make it easy for you to start using these beautiful chords right away.

Embellishments for the I (or IV) chord are:

• 6 (major 6 chord) - Happy and relaxing - Used for endings
• Major 9 - Relaxing and restful
• 6/9 (major chord) - Warm, sweet and mellow
• Major 9 #11 - Floating, pleasing, slightly unresolved

Embellishments for the ii (iii, or vi) chord are:

• Minor 7b5 - Enchanting and beautifully balanced (half diminished chord but not used here as one)
• Minor 9 - Slightly dissonant, but bluesy and sophisticated sound
• Minor 11 - Sophisticated, soulful 'rainy day' sound

(Dominant only) Embellishments for the V (a dominant chord may be subbed for any chord):

• Dominant 9 - An exciting feeling of movement
• Dominant 13

Altered Dominant Emblements for the V:

• Dominant 7-9; Dominant 7-5-9 - intense pull to the I chord

More on extended chords:

• Spooky chords! 7+5's; aug chords (+5's); minor b6; 7b5; 7b9; 7b5b9; Major and minor b5's and b9's; diminished 7's; Minor add9's and a wild chromatic chord.
• 11 Chords explained: minor 11, major 9#11 and 11+ Learn the differences, spelling and best forms.
• How to use Extended chords - a summary of the embellishments above - useful if you want to link to the most common embellishments.

Take this to the next level with my "Secrets of the Chord Chain"  books (learn how to create beautiful chord progressions in any key).

Chord Substitution Tricks

In the following lessons we look at chord substitution, borrowing chords, adding chords, and more:

• Learn how to harmonize a scale with chords: Where so Chord Progressions Come From (with Video) 
• Any Chord can be A Dominant: Chord Substitution Tricks: Any Chord can be a Dominant (with video) 
• 5 Most common EASY subs: 5 Easy Chord Substitution Tricks (with video)
• Reharmonizing with Jazz Chords: How to 'Jazz up'  any progression (with video)
• Secondary Dominants: Spice up your Ukulele Chord Progressions with Secondary Dominants
•  Chord Family Subs: Chord Substitution Tricks: Chord Families - How to substitute any chord for a completely different one
• Chord Families and Functions with basic chords and 7 chords: Easy Chord Substitution Tricks - Chord Families with Basic Chords and 7 Chords (VIDEO)
• Tritone Subs: Chord Substitution Tricks: How to use the Tritone Substitute - Super easy and they sound amazing! (with video)
• 'Borrowed Chords' from a parallel minor: The Beatles used this 'Borrowed Chord' in 47 Songs - How to 'Borrow Chords' from a Parallel Minor
• 5 Ways to use Diminished chords: Create Drama and Suspense with these Amazing Chords
• How to Substitute a dominant for a minor 7 a fifth higher: Coolest Chord Substitution Trick No One's Talking About... (with Silent Night as an Example)

Chord Progressions

Here are some chord progression lessons:

• 12 Bar Blues (2 VIDEOS) - Learn these fun, easy 12 bar blues progressions.
• Is This The Most Beautiful Chord Progression?? - It could be - you've heard it.
• TOP 5 CHORD PROGRESSIONS - Thinking of writing a song try one of these.

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