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Curt Sheller Publications2050 Orlando Rd., Suite 101

Pottstown, PA 19464-2348www.curtsheller.com



Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard

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Copyright © 2004 by Curt Sheller

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Curt Sheller Publications

2050 Orlando Rd., Suite 101

Pottstown, PA 19464-2348

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)ISBN 10: 1-60321-013-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-60321-013-3

Printed and bound in the United States of America




4 Introduction




5Table of Contents

ContentsIntroduction ..............................................3Common Tunings .....................................7

“C” Tuning - G C E A ................................. 7“D” Tuning - A D F# B ................................ 8“G” Tuning - D G B E .................................. 8

“C” Tuning ..............................................11Learning the Frets .................................... 11Transposing to “D” Tuning ....................... 14Transposing to “G” Tuning ...................... 14

“D” Tuning ...............................................15Learning the F rets .................................... 15

Transposing to “C” Tuning ....................... 18Transposing to “G” Tuning ...................... 18

“G” Tuning ..............................................19Learning the Frets .................................... 19Transposing to “C” Tuning ....................... 22Transposing to “D” Tuning ....................... 22

Enharmonic Equivalents ........................23Sharps to Flats .......................................... 23Flats to Sharps .......................................... 23

Fingerboard Charts ................................25“C” Tuning Sharps and Natural Notes ... 26“C” Tuning Flats and Natural Notes ....... 27“D” Tuning Sharps and Natural Notes ... 28“D” Tuning Flats and Natural Notes ....... 29

“G” Tuning Sharps and Natural Notes .. 30“G” Tuning Flats and Natural Notes ...... 31

Fingerboard Word Search .....................32




6 Table of Contents




8 Common Tunings

“D” Tuning - A D F# B

A D F# B

“G” Tuning - D G B E

D G B E

All the above tunings are the same, containing the samerelative intervals. G to C for the “C” tuning is the samedistance or interval as A to F# for the “D” tuning and D toG for the “G” tuning.

Common Tunings

* “G” Tuning, Low “D” Variation is shown one octavehigher than sounded.

*




9Common Tunings

Common Tunings




10 Common Tunings




11“C” Tuning

This tuning is common for the Soprano , Concert andTenor ukulele. When string four is tuned to a low “G”, itis referred to as a “Low G” tuning.

G C E A

Learning the FretsIn addition to the open strings (and fret twelve) whichmost ukulele players seem to remember there are twoother frets that are easy to remember that have no sharpsor flats.

open G C E A

For a ukulele using the "C" tuning, the open strings andfrets (5) and (7) have no sharp or flat notes.

fret (5) C F A D

fret (7) D G B E

“C” Tuning - G C E A and g C E A




13“C” Tuning

Frets (2) and (10) have one sharp each.

fret (2) A D F# B

fret (10) F A# D G

Frets (1), (3), (9) and (11) can be referenced relative to fret(2) and fret (10) by flatting or sharping all the notes of thethose frets.

fret (1) Ab Db F Bb

fret (2) A D F# B

fret (3) A# D# G B#

fret (9) Fb A Db Gb

fret (10) F A# D G

fret (11) F# B D# G#

That is ALL the notes of the ukulele fingerboardin “C” tuning, low or high “G”.





14 “C” Tuning


Transposing to “D” TuningTo determine what fret the same notes appear at in

“D” tuning subtract 2* from the “C” tuning fret number.

In “C” tuning

fret (5) C F A D

In “D” tuning

fret (3) C F A D

Transposing to “G” TuningTo determine what fret the same notes appear at in

“G” tuning add 5* to the “C” tuning fret number.

In “C” tuning

fret (5) C F A D

In “G” tuning

fret (10) C F A D

* If the starting or ending fret is 12 or greater, thensubtract 12. Example: Fret 15 are the same namesas fret 3 but one octave lower.




15“D” Tuning

This tuning is common for the Soprano , Concert andTenor ukulele. When string four is tuned to a low “A”, itis referred to as a “Low A” tuning.

A D F# B

Learning the FretsIn addition to the open strings (and fret twelve) whichmost ukulele players seem to remember, there are threeother frets that are easy to remember that have no sharps

or flats.

open A D F# B

For a ukulele using the "D" tuning, frets (3), (5) and (10)have no sharp or flat notes.

fret (3) C F A D

fret (5) D G B E

“D” Tuning - A D F# B and a D F# B




17“D” Tuning

In addition to the open strings which has one sharp, fret(8) has one sharp as well.

fret (8) F A# D G

From fret (8) we can get fret (7) and fret (9).

fret (7) Fb A Db Gb

fret (8) F A# D G

fret (9) F# B D# G#

That is ALL the notes of the ukulele fingerboardin “D” tuning, low or high “A”.

“D” Tuning - A D F# B and a D F# B




19“G” Tuning

This tuning is common for the Tenor and Baritone ukulele. When string four is tuned to a low “D”, it isreferred to as a “Low D” tuning and is the same tuning asthe high four strings of a standard tuned guitar.

D G B E

Learning the FretsIn addition to the open strings (and fret twelve) whichmost ukulele players seem to remember there are severalother frets that are easy to remember. These easy to

remember frets have no sharps or flats.

open D G B E

For a ukulele using the "G" tuning, the open strings andfrets (5) and (10) have no sharp or flat notes.

fret (5) G C E A

fret (10) C F A D

“G” Tuning - D G B E and d G B E

* “G” Tuning, Low “D” Variation is shown one octavehigher than sounded.

*




21“G” Tuning

Frets (3) and (7) have one sharp each.

fret (3) F A# D G

fret (7) A D F# B

Frets (2), (4), (6) and (8) can be referenced relative to fret(3) and fret (7) by flatting or sharping all the notes ofthose frets.

fret (2) Fb A Db Gb

fret (3) F A# D G

fret (4) F# B D# G#

fret (6) Ab Db F Bb

fret (7) A D F# B

fret (8) A# D# G B#

That is ALL the notes of the ukulele fingerboardin “G” tuning, low or high “D”.





22 “G” Tuning


Transposing to “C” TuningTo determine what fret the same notes appear at in

“C” tuning subtract 5* from the “G” tuning fret number.

In “G” tuning

fret (10) C F A D

In “C” tuning

fret (5) C F A D

Transposing to “D” TuningTo determine what fret the same notes appear at in“D” tuning subtract 7* from the “G” tuning fret number.

In “G” tuning

fret (10) C F A D

In “D” tuning

fret (3) C F A D

* If the starting or ending fret is 12 or greater, then subtract12. Example: Fret 15 are the same names as fret 3 butone octave lower.




24 Enharmonic Equivalents




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same as open strings

“C” Tuning Flats and Natural Notes

G C E A

A f D f F B fA D G f B

Bf E f G C

B E A f D fC F A D

D f G f B f E fD G B E

Ef A f C F

E A D f G fF B f D G

G f B E f A f

3 14 2STRING

same as open strings one octave higher

open

12

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

F r e t s

“C” Tuning - Fingerboard Charts




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open

12

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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12

STRING

F r e t s

“D” Tuning Flats and Natural Notes

A D G f B

Bf E f G C

B E A f D fC F A D

D f G f B f E fD G B E

Ef A f C F

E A D f G fF B f D G

G f B E f A fG C E A

A f D f F B f

“D” Tuning - Fingerboard Charts





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open

12

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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12

STRING

F r e t s

“G” Tuning Sharps and Natural Notes

D G B E

D s G s C F

E A C s F sF A s D G

Fs B D s G sG C E A

G s C s F A sA D F s B

A s D s G C

B E G s C sC F A D

C s F s A s D s

Fingerboard Charts - “G” Tuning





Fingerboard Word SearchTurns out there are a few words throughout the ukulele

fingerboard that can aide in remembering the frets.

Here are the fingerboard charts, without the frets.

Sharps & Natural Notes

G C E AG s C s F AsA D Fs BAs Ds G CB E Gs C sC F A DC s Fs As Ds

D G B EDs G s C FE A C s FsF As D GFs B Ds G sFlats & Natural NotesG C E A

Af Df F G fA D G f BBf Ef G CB E Af DfC F A DDf G f Bf EfD G B E

Ef Af C FE A Df G fF Bf D GG f B Ef Af

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