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Learn to Play Ukulele: 
​Lesson 2

Chord Theory
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We combine chords in a sequence to play songs.

Consider the song "Shotgun" by George Ezra

If we were to play the song in the key of C, the chords would be like below:

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You can use this webapp to play around with chords!
https://www.onemotion.com/chord-player/

Tuning a Ukulele

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Playing Your Second Chord

The second chord we will learn is Am (A Minor).

Congratulations you are now halfway to knowing how to play literally thousands of songs!
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Practice by playing four counts of C and then four counts of Am

C      1-2-3-4
Am  1-2-3-4

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