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© Lauryn Stanlake North Kalgoorlie Primary School The Happy Ukulele Book – Year 6 Copyright notice: This book was created solely as an educational resource. The songs and their songsheets are gathered from various sources and are included as part of this collection under the FairUseNotForProfit educational provisions. No copyright ownership is claimed on any of the songs in this songbook. No affiliate links are included. NAME: ROOM:
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©  Lauryn  Stanlake  North  Kalgoorlie  Primary  School  

The  Happy  Ukulele  Book  –  Year  6  

Copyright  notice:  This  book  was  created  solely  as  an  educational  resource.  The  songs  and  their  songsheets  are  gathered  from  various  sources  and  are  included  as  part  of  this  collection  under  the  Fair-­‐Use-­‐Not-­‐For-­‐Profit  educational  provisions.  No  copyright  ownership  is  claimed  on  any  of  the  songs  in  this  songbook.  No  affiliate  links  are  included.  

NAME: ROOM:

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Table  of  Contents  

TUNING  YOUR  UKULELE   3  USING  A  TUNER  OR  APP   3  TUNING  BY  EAR   3  

GETTING  STARTED   4  

FIVE  HAPPY  RULES  OF  THUMB   5  

THE  MAGIC  OF  PATIENCE  AND  PRACTICE   6  

THE  C  MAJOR  SCALE   7  

SONGS  –  MUSICAL  NOTATION   8  TWINKLE  TWINKLE  LITTLE  STAR   8  LAVENDER’S  BLUE   9  STAY  WITH  ME  –  SAM  SMITH   10  HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  AND  WILDWOOD  FLOWER   11  ALOHA  ‘OE   12  AMAZING  GRACE   13  HE’S  GOT  THE  WHOLE  WORLD  IN  HIS  HANDS   14  KUM-­‐BAH-­‐YAH   15  

CHORD  DIAGRAMS   16  READING  CHORDS   16  WHAT  CHORDS  TO  PLAY  AND  WHEN   16  

STRUMMING  BASICS   17  

STRUMMING  RHYTHMS  AND  ALTERNATIVES   18  

UKULELE  CHORD  DIAGRAMS   20  

SONGS  -­‐  CHORDS   22  HEY  YA!  -­‐  OUTKAST   22  LITTLE  TALKS  –  OF  MONSTERS  AND  MEN   23  DON’T  WORRY  BE  HAPPY  –  BOBBY  MCFERRIN   24  UGLY  HEART  –  G.R.L   25  BUDAPEST  –  GEORGE  EZRA   26  

MORE  RESOURCES  TO  EXPLORE  ON  YOUR  OWN   27  

NOTES  PAGE   28        

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Tuning  your  ukulele    

Using  a  tuner  or  app The easiest way to tune a uke is with a digital ‘Chromatic Tuner’ made for the ukulele, which will tell you how low (flat) or high (sharp) your strings are and help you get them just right. (The clip-on ukulele tuners are popular – such as those made by Snark – but any standard Chromatic tuner will work for the ukulele also.)

You can also use a simple ukulele tuner on a phone or iPad from the app store that plays the four notes (G, C, E, A) to tune the strings by ear. You could also use YouTube to tune your ukulele à https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqTPbZf44E0

Remember: - If the note is too low it means the string is too loose (so tighten it). - If the note is too high it means the string is too tight (so loosen it).

Tuning  by  ear  Sing along with the correct note from your tuner app or YouTube and then play the string you are tuning. Singing the two tones side by side will help you figure out whether your string is tuned too low or too high. If you learn to tune this way, you eventually may not even need a tuner!

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Getting  Started    Your left hand holds the instrument at the top of the fretboard, and the right forearm gently holds the uke in place against your body, while the right hand strums loosely. It is helpful to know the number of the fingers for your left hand. Your first (index) finger is number 1, and the others are as follows:

The right hand letters are for more advanced finger picking and strumming – we won’t need these for a while but it is nice to know anyway!

 

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Getting Started:

Your left hand holds the instrument at the top of the fretboard, and the right forearm gently

holds the uke in place against your body, while the right hand strums loosely. (For Lefties, you

can have the uke strung in reverse and use a left-handed chord chart to learn songs, but you

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Playing the Ukulele! | The Happy Ukulele Songbook

Reading Chords:

From a musical perspective, a chord consists of two or more notes

played together. In the case of the ukulele, you’re basically just

putting together chords with a strum to make a song. You make the

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Most of the songs in this book contain chord diagrams. The dots indicate

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fretboard. (The vertical lines represent the strings, and the

horizontal lines represent frets.) The way the ukulele is tuned,

just playing the open strings without hitting any notes is a

chord in itself, and many chords require just one or two

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What chords to play and when:

When you see a chord name or diagram in the music, that’s when you play the chord.

Depending on the arrangement you’re following, and your particular style of playing a song,

your chord changes might come a little before or after where they’re listed.

These song arrangements are interpretations, and nothing is set in stone. It’s on you to create the

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improvise that using the primary

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Sometimes a song may have extra

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substitute a different chord. Just

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Five  Happy  Rules  of  Thumb    

1. Use the tips of your fingers when pressing down on the strings. (This is harder for people with longer nails, so it’s recommended to keep them fairly short.)

2. Press down in the space between the frets (not the fret wires themselves!)

3. Keep your left hand position flexibly and your grip soft, and change as needed for different notes.

4. Start with your thumb position at the back of the fretboard, parallel to the frets.

5. If a note doesn’t sound “clean”, it is usually because you’re not pressing the active fingers hard enough, or your hand is touching the strings, or you are not following Rules 1-4 above!

 

   

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The  Magic  of  Patience  and  Practice    Over time and with practice you will find that everything becomes easier. Something that was once challenging becomes easy! Having patience, and try not to push yourself to learn too much at once. The key is repetition over time. As long as you keep practicing it will get easier and easier – until one day it just flows! ♫

Most of all – have fun, feel the

music in your soul and don’t take it to seriously!

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Most of all – have fun, feel the music in

your Soul, and don’t take it too serious...

OK let’s go! :)

The Happy Ukulele Songbook | Satya Colombo

When the magic happens: As you practice a

song over time, you build new neural

pathways in your brain and your skills

increase overall. The more you play, the

easier it gets to learn new songs, memorize

your favorites, and play along with others....

Once you learn a song by heart, that’s when

the real magic happens – where you can

really merge with the music and give it new

life. Then you can share your magic wherever

you go – with or without the song notes!

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The  C  Major  Scale  

 

   

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Songs  –  Musical  Notation  Twinkle  Twinkle  Little  Star

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Lavender’s  Blue  

 

   

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Stay  With  Me  –  Sam  Smith  

     

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Happy  Birthday  and  Wildwood  Flower    

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Aloha  ‘Oe  

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Amazing  Grace     10

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He’s  Got  the  Whole  World  In  His  Hands      

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Kum-­‐Bah-­‐Yah    

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Chord  Diagrams    

Reading  Chords  

 

What  chords  to  play  and  when  

 When you see a chord name or diagram in the music, that’s when you play the chord. Depending on how the song is arranged or your particular style of playing a song, your chord changes might come a little before or after they’re listed.

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Strumming  Basics    Most songs can be played with a simple down-up-down-up strum. You’re just moving your hand down, up, down, up…brushing all the strings with the top surface of your thumb. (This is called the “common strum”)        

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Strumming Basics:

Most songs in this book can be played with a simple down-up-down-up strum. You’re just

moving your hand down, up, down, up...brushing all the strings with the top surface of your

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called the “common strum.”)

A variation I often teach that may be easier to

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on the way down, and the top of the thumbnail to

hit the strings on the way up. If you keep these

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it’s a great way to learn easier, and play lots of

songs.

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5 Happy Ukulele Rules of Thumb:

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little loose in the wrist, and don’t

use your whole arm to strum up

and down. This will improve your

technique, and also help you play

longer without getting tired out!

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Strumming  Rhythms  and  Alternatives  

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Strumming Rhythm and Alternates:

Once you learn the basic down-up-down-up strumming, you’ll want to start mixing it up a bit.

Emphasizing the down note – and feeling the music to get in your own groove – is a good

start!

Down-Down-Up-Up-Down-Up: (DDUUDU)

My favorite all-purpose strumming technique is the down, down, up, up, down, up strum, which

can be used in place of the standard down-up-down-up to make most songs sound great, and

have a nice island style feel.

Here’s how to learn it:

Count out loud as you do the standard strum: 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and... each number is a down

stroke, while each “and” is an upstroke. Keep practicing that for a minute, counting as you

strum, and repeating the cycle....

Now try this! Keep counting as before, but on the FIRST “and,” don’t hit the strings! Keep

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the down stroke on 3, leave that one out too! Keep practicing that combination until it comes

more easily.

Guess what? You’ve just learned the

DDUUDU strum. This strum can be

used for most of the songs in this book

for a nice effect. As always, you gotta

feel it! :)

Now to make it feel a little better try

getting a bit loose on the rhythm, and

emphasizing the down strokes on 2 and

4 a bit more.

The Happy Ukulele Songbook | Satya Colombo

Note for songs in 3/4 rhythm: The DDUUDU

strum won’t work for songs written in 3/4. There’s

a couple of these in this book, like ‘Happy Xmas’

and ‘Amazing Grace’, and you’ll notice right away it

just doesn’t work for these! For those songs, you

can use a down-up-down in sequences of three, or

try the Waltz style below. For a nice effect, try a

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feeling the rhythm.

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Strumming Rhythm and Alternates: (Continued...)

The Waltz: (Basic)

Down, Down, Down (Repeat)

The Waltz: (Alternate)

Down, Down-Up, Down (Repeat)

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Most of all – have fun, feel the music in

your Soul, and don’t take it too serious...

OK let’s go! :)

The Happy Ukulele Songbook | Satya Colombo

When the magic happens: As you practice a

song over time, you build new neural

pathways in your brain and your skills

increase overall. The more you play, the

easier it gets to learn new songs, memorize

your favorites, and play along with others....

Once you learn a song by heart, that’s when

the real magic happens – where you can

really merge with the music and give it new

life. Then you can share your magic wherever

you go – with or without the song notes!

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Ukulele  Chord  Diagrams    

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Songs  -­‐  Chords  Hey  Ya!  -­‐  Outkast    

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Little  Talks  –  Of  Monsters  and  Men        

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Don’t  Worry  Be  Happy  –  Bobby  McFerrin    

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Ugly  Heart  –  G.R.L    

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Budapest  –  George  Ezra    

       

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More  Resources  To  Explore  On  Your  Own    

       

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Thanks to these Amazing people... Many thanks to all the awesome ukulele lovers listed below for their dedication and work, which has

been so instrumental to my own happiness and learning, and to the creation of this songbook! The

links below are the primary sources for the songsheets in this book.

Special thanks to my darling Ginger for inspiring me to sing and play and keep going every day, to

David Elliott for pushing me to pursue the music and be real, to Victory Mori for introducing me to

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this together, and to my readers, friends, family, students and supporters who inspire me to no end!

Doctor Uke: (Very complete arrangements, often at a more advanced level)

http://www.doctoruke.com

Dr. Ukeloff’s Chord Chart: (Great chord sheet! Source for my own songsheet chord diagrams)

http://scott.myps.net/pages/uke.html

Liz and Jim Beloff, Flea Market Music: Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Spirit: Songs of Inspiration Arranged

for the Ukulele (The source for a few of the traditional songs, and the chordsheets in this

songbook). Big gratitude for this marvelous husband and wife team, who I’ve learned a great

deal from. You may also want to take a look at their popular ukulele bible/fakebook, The Daily

Ukulele: 365 Songs For Better Living.

Richard G's Ukulele Songbook: (This is a great resource with solid arrangements, the source

for a majority of songs in this book. I’m very grateful to this man for all his wonderful work!)

http://scorpexuke.com

Taunton Ukulele Strummer’s Club (TUSC): (A spirited group who’ve made a wonderful

collection of songbooks from which many of the songs in this book came)

http://www.tusc.co.uk

Ukulele Boogaloo: (Lovely arrangements of some great songs)

http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke

Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum: (Fleabag Songbook)

http://www.ukulele.org

The Happy Ukulele Songbook

About SatyaSatya Colombo is a writer, artist, healer and consultant

for creative rebels and inspired entrepreneurs. Sought

after for his unconventional Fierce Wisdom approach, he

works with leading visionaries and conscious companies

to help awaken their brands and develop life-changing

online ventures. Author of FLOW, creator of the Soul-Fire

Code and the Fire of Love Experience. Loves playing the

ukulele, meditating, diving in the ocean, exploring new

worlds and bringing magic to life. Since 2012 he’s been

traveling the world, working from abroad and searching

for his own paradise, and can be found online at his site,

Fierce Wisdom.

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About SatyaSatya Colombo is a writer, artist, healer and consultant

for creative rebels and inspired entrepreneurs. Sought

after for his unconventional Fierce Wisdom approach, he

works with leading visionaries and conscious companies

to help awaken their brands and develop life-changing

online ventures. Author of FLOW, creator of the Soul-Fire

Code and the Fire of Love Experience. Loves playing the

ukulele, meditating, diving in the ocean, exploring new

worlds and bringing magic to life. Since 2012 he’s been

traveling the world, working from abroad and searching

for his own paradise, and can be found online at his site,

Fierce Wisdom.

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