Alternative Chord Fingerings

Alternative hord fngerings Useful alternatives

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here are several ways to play any chord. Learning a ew second-position chords chords is immensely helpul, help ul, as it gives you more options when aced with quick chord changes. It’s also possible to work out your own higher-position chords. All you need to do is take a basic chord shape and walk it up the neck o the ukulele. You’ll need to learn the chromatic scale (page 38) to know k now which notes have a fat or sharp between them:

G

Second-position Second-position G. Very useful for going between D7 and B7, or up to G#. F

An alternative ngering of F that makes it easy to switch to C.

A B B C C D E E F F GG A For advanced chord transposition, reer to the book  Ukulele Fretboard Roadmaps , by Fred Sokolow and Jim Belo (Hal Leonard, 2006).

c 7  7 

I sometimes use a superscript to show a chord is in a higher position.

C

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Second-position Second-position C is a good transition into G# or second-position G.

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E 7  7 

G7 

I’m showing all the notes on the C string.

Think of the nut as Fret Zero, with imaginary ngers holding down the strings. Some chord diagrams will actually show these ghostly ngers.

And now we’ve discovered a second way of playing E7 and G7.

Some other chord transpositions worth learning A7

A

G

2 8

B7

B

Am

B

Bm

Bm

F

F

G

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E7

E7

G7

G7