Ukulele

Chords
Basic open position and
movable chord forms in
all keys
How to transpose chords
Add and Sus chords
Introduction to advanced
jazz chords.

By
CURT
SHELLER C
Tuning

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 Ukulele
Chords
Basic open position and movable
chord forms in all keys
How to transpose chords
Add and Sus chords
Introduction to jazz chords

C
Tuning

Soprano, Concert &

Tenor Ukuleles
using C Tuning (G C E A)

Curt Sheller Publications

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 Copyright 2007 by Curt Sheller

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 Ukulele Chords
Introduction

Introduction
Tuning
Any tuning is possible on a ukulele if the
instrument construction supports it.

There are three common tunings used on

ukulele. The chords in this book are designed
to be played in what is commonly referred to as C or C6 tuning. This
tuning is often referred to as standard tuning. A tuning is sometimes
identified by a chord name or voicing.

C Tuning

G C E A

A low G variation of the standard tuning is also common and popular

on the tenor ukulele.

C Tuning, Low G Variation

G C E A

Regardless of what C tuning is used, the shape of the chord is the same.

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 Ukulele Chords
Introduction
What is a Chord?
A chord is a group of three or more different notes sounded together or
almost together.

On stringed instruments chords can be grouped into several categories:

Open Position Chords, Movable Form Chords, 4-Part Contemporary or
Jazz Chords and Free Form Chords. This book focuses on basic open
position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories
a variety of songs and styles can be played.

Basic Open Position Chords

Open position chords are the basic, first chords most ukulele players
learn. These chords are played in the fret one, two, three and four area of
the ukulele and include at least one open string in the chord.

Movable Form Chords

Movable chord forms are chords with no open strings. These chords are
transposable by moving each note of the chord the same number of frets
up and down the neck.

Each movable form is based on a common open position chord. Movable

forms allow you to play chords not found in the open position.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Open Position

Ukulele Chord Diagram

F
Strings
O O

Fret (1)

2 1 Recommended Left
Hand Fingering
Alternate Left Hand 3 2
Fingering

Open String
Note to finger

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Open Position
Open Position
The open position includes the open strings and fret one, two, three and
four of the ukulele. An open position chord is a basic chord played in open
position and includes at least one open string.

Major Chords
A C D E
O O O O O O O

2 1* 3 2 3 4 1 4 2
2 2 3

F G
O O O

2 1 1 3 2

* All fingerings are recommended but not mandatory. Some alternate

fingerings are shown below recommended fingerings.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Open Position
Minor Chords
Am Cm Dm Em
O O O O O O

2 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 1

Fm Gm
O O

1 2 4 2 3 1

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Open Position
Seventh Chords
A7 B7 C7 D7
O O O O O O O O O

1 3 2 1 1 2 3

E7 F7 G7
O O O

1 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 3

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Open Position
Missing Chords?
A limited set of chords are available in the open position. Only basic major,
minor and seventh chords with a root of A, B, C, D, E, F or G and fitting
the description of an open position chord (page 4) are shown. A much
larger and wider range of chords are available using movable chord forms.

Diminished Seventh and Augmented Chords

Diminished seventh and augmented chords are neutral chords containing
equal distant intervals. Any one of the notes in the chord can be the root.

dim7 aug
O O O

1 2 3 1 2
2 3

The above diminished seventh chord could be named: Gdim7, C#dim7,

Dbdim7, Edim7, A#dim7 or Bbdim7.

The above Augmented chord could be named: Aaug, C#aug or Dbaug,

Faug.

A diminished seventh chord can be played in place of a diminished chord.

Alternate notation for a diminished chord is a degree sign () and for an

augmented chord a plus sign (+) is used.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Open Position
Summary
Many more open position chords are possible beyond these basic chords
shown. The open position chords covered will allow you to play songs in a
variety common keys.

Developing the ability to play songs in any key and a variety of styles
requires learning movable chord forms.

More advanced chords, sometimes called jazz chords, such as maj7, m7,
m6, 6, sus and add chords are covered in subsequent sections.

For a study of these more advanced jazz chords see my book Exploring
Jazz Chords on Ukulele. This book and my book A Guide to Advanced
Chords for Ukulele are available at: www.CurtSheller.com.

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 Ukulele Chords
Transposing Chords
Transposing Chords
a) All chords without open strings are movable and can be
transposed to any key.

b) In order to transpose a chord you need to determine what

string and fret the Root of the chord is on.

c) Following the Transposition Chart below, move all the notes

of the chord the same number of frets ascending (higher in
pitch) or descending (lower in pitch) to place it so the Root
of the chord is on the proper fret. Maintain the same
shape and fingering.

Transposition Chart
Ascending Descending
B C
A#, Bb B
A Bb, A#
G#, Ab A
G Ab, G#
F#, Gb G
F Gb, F#
E F
D#, Eb E
D Eb, D#
C#, Db D
C Db, C#

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 Ukulele Chords
Transposing Chords
How to Use the Transposition Chart
a) Pick a chord without any open strings.

b) Determine what string and fret the Root is on.

c) To transpose upward, use the left (ascending keys) chart

(page 11).

To transpose downward, use the right (descending keys) chart

(page 11).

d) Each new chord is 1 fret above or below the original chord.

e) Dont forget to transpose each note of the chord.

f) Remember that the fingering and shape of the chord remains

the same for the chord.

Examples
a) If you take the F7 chord below and move all notes of the chord up
four frets, you now have an A7 chord.

F7 A7

(1) (5)

b) Take an E chord and move all notes of the chord up three frets, you
now have a G chord.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

3 2 1 1

Root and letter name of chord used for

transposition purposes.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Movable Chord Forms

A Movable Form chord is any chord that does not contain open strings.
These chords are transposable up and down the ukulele fingerboard by
moving each note the same number of frets.

Bb

(3)

(5)

Each movable chords form is based on an open position chord covered

earlier. All keys are covered for each movable chord.

Each page shows the basic open position chord and its movable form as
well as a transposition chart showing what fret the movable form chords
root is on.

Not all keys are possible on all sizes of ukulele. The number of keys
possible for your ukulele depends on the number of frets available and the
size of the ukulele.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Major

FRET CHORD NAME A

O O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(3) A#
(3) Bb
(4) B
(5) C
(6) C#
(6) Db
(7) D
(8) D#
(8) Eb
(9) E MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(10) F
(11) F#
(11) Gb
(12) G
(13) G#
(13) Ab
3 2 1 1
(14) A
(15) Same as fret (3)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Major Transposition Chart

C FRET CHORD NAME

O O O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) C#
(1) Db
(2) D
(3) D#
(3) Eb
(4) E
(5) F
(6) F#
(6) Gb
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(7) G
(8) G#
(8) Ab
(9) A
(10) A#
(10) Bb
(11) B
1 1 1 4
(12) C
(13) Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Major

FRET CHORD NAME D

O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(3) D#
(3) Eb
(4) E
(5) F
(6) F#
(6) Gb
(7) G
(8) G#
(8) Ab
(9) A MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(10) A#
(10) Bb
(11) B
(12) C
(13) C#
(13) Db
2 3 4 1
(14) D 2 2 3 1
(15) Same as fret (3)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Major Transposition Chart

E FRET CHORD NAME

O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) F
(2) F#
(2) Gb
(3) G
(4) G#
(4) Ab
(5) A
(6) A#
(6) Bb
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(7) B
(8) C
(9) C#
(9) Db
(10) D
(11) D#
(11) Eb
(12) E

2 4 1 3
(13) Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Major

FRET CHORD NAME F

O O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(2) F#
(2) Gb
(3) G
(4) G#
(4) Ab
(5) A
(6) A#
(6) Bb
(7) B
(8) C MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(9) C#
(9) Db
(10) D
(11) D#
(11) Eb
(12) E
3 1 2 1
(13) F 4 1 3 2
(14) Same as fret (2)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Major Transposition Chart

G FRET CHORD NAME

O O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(4) G#
(4) Ab
(5) A
(6) A#
(6) Bb
(7) B
(8) C
(9) C#
(9) Db
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(10) D
(11) D#
(11) Eb
(12) E
(13) F
(14) F#
(14) Gb
1 2 4 3
(15) G
(16) Same as fret (4)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Minor

FRET CHORD NAME Am

O O O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(3) A#m
(3) Bbm
(4) Bm
(5) Cm
(6) C#m
(6) Dbm
(7) Dm
(8) D#m
(8) Ebm
(9) Em MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(10) Fm
(11) F#m
(11) Gbm
(12) Gm
(13) G#m
(13) Abm
3 1 1 1
(14) Am
(15) Same as fret (3)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms

Minor Transposition Chart

Cm FRET CHORD NAME

O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(4) C#m
(4) Dbm
(5) Dm
(6) D#m
(6) Ebm
(7) Em
(8) Fm
(9) F#m
(9) Gbm
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(10) Gm
(11) G#m
(11) Abm
(12) Am
(13) A#m
(13) Bbm
(14) Bm
1 4 4 4
(15) Cm
(16) Same as fret (3)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Minor

FRET CHORD NAME Dm

O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(3) D#m
(3) Ebm
(4) Em
(5) Fm
(6) F#m
(6) Gbm
(7) Gm
(8) G#m
(8) Abm
(9) Am MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(10) A#m
(10) Bbm
(11) Bm
(12) Cm
(13) C#m
(13) Dbm
3 4 2 1
(14) Dm
(15) Same as fret (3)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Minor Transposition Chart

Em FRET CHORD NAME

O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(5) Fm
(6) F#m
(6) Gbm
(7) Gm
(8) G#m
(8) Abm
(9) Am
(10) A#m
(10) Bbm
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(11) Bm
(12) Cm
(13) C#m
(13) Dbm
(14) Dm
(15) D#m
(15) Ebm
(16) Em
1 4 3 2 (17) Same as fret (5)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Minor

FRET CHORD NAME Fm

O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(2) F#m
(2) Gbm
(3) Gm
(4) G#m
(4) Abm
(5) Am
(6) A#m
(6) Bbm
(7) Bm
(8) Cm MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(9) C#m
(9) Dbm
(10) Dm
(11) D#m
(11) Ebm
(12) Em
2 1 3 4
(13) Fm
(14) Same as fret (2)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Minor Transposition Chart

Gm FRET CHORD NAME

O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(4) G#m
(4) Abm
(5) Am
(6) A#m
(6) Bbm
(7) Bm
(8) Cm
(9) C#m
(9) Dbm
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(10) Dm
(11) D#m
(11) Ebm
(12) Em
(13) Fm
(14) F#m
(14) Gbm
1 3 4 2
(15) Gm
(16) Same as fret (4)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Seventh

FRET CHORD NAME A7

O O O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) A#7
(1) Bb7
(2) B7
(3) C7
(4) C#7
(4) Db7
(5) D7
(6) D#7
(6) Eb7
(7) E7 MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(8) F7
(9) F#7
(9) Gb7
(10) G7
(11) G#7
(11) Ab7
1 3 1 1
(12) A7 2 3 1 1
(13) Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Seventh Transposition Chart

B7 FRET CHORD NAME

O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(5) C7
(6) C#7
(6) Db7
(7) D7
(8) D#7
(8) Eb7
(9) E7
(10) F7
(11) F#7
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(11) Gb7
(12) G7
(13) G#7
(13) Ab7
(14) A7
(15) A#7
(15) Bb7
(16) B7
4 3 2 1 Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Seventh

FRET CHORD NAME C7

O O O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) C#7
(1) Db7
(2) D7
(3) D#7
(3) Eb7
(4) E7
(5) F7
(6) F#7
(6) Gb7
(7) G7 MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(8) G#7
(8) Ab7
(9) A7
(10) A#7
(10) Bb7
(11) B7
1 1 1 2
(12) C7 1 1 1 3
(13) Same as fret (1) 2 2 3 4

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Seventh Transposition Chart

D7 FRET CHORD NAME

O O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(3) D#7
(3) Eb7
(4) E7
(5) F7
(6) F#7
(6) Gb7
(7) G7
(8) G#7
(8) Ab7
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(9) A7
(10) A#7
(10) Bb7
(11) B7
(12) C7
(13) C#7
(13) Db7
3 1 4 1
3 1 4 2 (14) D7
(15) Same as fret (3)
Perceived Root
of Chord.
Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Seventh

FRET CHORD NAME E7

O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) F7
(2) F#7
(2) Gb7
(3) G7
(4) G#7
(4) Ab7
(5) A7
(6) A#7
(6) Bb7
(7) B7 MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(8) C7
(9) C#7
(9) Db7
(10) D7
(11) D#7
(11) Eb7
2 3 1 4
(12) E7
(13) Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Seventh Transposition Chart

F7 FRET CHORD NAME

O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(2) F#7
(2) Gb7
(3) G7
(4) G#7
(4) Ab7
(5) A7
(6) A#7
(6) Bb7
(7) B7
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(8) C7
(9) C#7
(9) Db7
(10) D7
(11) D#7
(11) Eb7
(12) E7
3 4 2 1
(13) F7
(14) Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Seventh

FRET CHORD NAME G7

O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) G#7
(1) Ab7
(2) A7
(3) A#7
(3) Bb7
(4) B7
(5) C7
(6) C#7
(6) Db7
(7) D7 MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(8) D#7
(9) Eb7
(9) E7
(10) F7
(10) F#7
(11) Gb7
1 3 2 4
(12) G7
(13) Same as fret (1)

Root or Letter Name of Chord

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Movable Chord Forms

Diminished 7 Transposition Chart

dim7 FRET CHORD NAME

O O
OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) Ab7, B7, D7, F7,

(2) A7, C7, Eb7, F#7
(3) Bb7, C#7, E7, G7
(4) B7, D7, F7, Ab7
(5) C7, Eb7, Gb7, A7
(6) C#7, E7, G7, Bb7
(7) D7, F7, G#7, B7
(8) Eb7, F#7, A7, C7
(9) E7, G7, Bb7, C#7
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(10) F7, G#7, B7, D7

(11) F#7, A7, C7, Eb7
(12) G7, Ab7, Db7, E7
(13) Same as fret (1)

* Anyone of the notes of a diminished

seventh chord can be the root. The
most common name of each chord
is shown versus a theoretically correct
1 3 2 4 chord spelling. The BOLDED name is the
1 2 1 3 name of the chord at that
particular fret.

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Movable Chord Forms

Transposition Chart Augmented

FRET CHORD NAME aug

O

OPEN POSITION CHORD

(1) A+, C#+, F+
(2) Bb+, D+, F#+
(3) B+, Eb#+, G+
(4) C+, E+, Ab+
(5) C#+, F+, A+
(6) D+, F#+, Bb+
(7) Eb+, G+, B+
(8) E+, G#+, C+
(9) F+, A+, C#+
(10) F#+, A#+, D+ MOVABLE CHORD FORM
(11) G+, B+, Eb+
(12) Ab+, C+, E+
(13) Same as fret (1)

* Anyone of the notes of a diminished

seventh chord can be the root. The
most common name of each chord
is shown versus a theoretically correct
chord spelling. The BOLDED name is the 4 2 3 1
name of the chord at that
particular fret.

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 Ukulele Chords - C Tuning
Movable Chord Forms
Summary

Movable form chords allow you to play in any key and transpose a chord
and chord progression to any key. From these basic movable form chords
more advanced chords can be created.

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Additional Chords
Based on the open position and movable chord forms covered in the
previous sections, additional chords can be learned relative to known
chords.

Additional Seventh Chords

Here are four additional seventh chords and how to remember them based
on known basic chords. Well examine them one at a time.

A7 F7 D7 B7
O O O O

A7
Based on an A major open position chord (page 15), an A7 can be created
by raising the note on string two three frets higher.
Use the transposition chart on page 15 for this seventh chord.

A A7 Bb7
O O O
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(1)

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Additional Chords
F7
Based on an F major open position chord (page 19), an F7 can be created
by raising the note on string three three frets higher.
Use the transposition chart on page 19 for this seventh chord.

F F7 F#7
O O O O

MOVABLE CHORD FORM

(2)

D7
Based on D7 (page 30), an alternate voicing can be created by raising the
note on string one three frets higher.
Use the transposition chart on page 30 for this seventh chord.

D7 D7 Eb7
O O O

Root is
MOVABLE CHORD FORM

displaced
and used for
reference and
transposing
chord.

(3)

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Additional Chords
Based on an the movable chord form on page 27, an alternate voicing for
this seventh chord can be created by lowering the note on string one
two frets.
A transposition chart is provided or use the chart on page 27 Root

(3) A#7
B7 B7 C7
O (3) Bb7
(4) B7
(5) C7
(6) C#7
(6) Db7
(7) D7
(8) D#7
(8) Eb7
(9) E7
Root is displaced and (10) F7
used for reference and
transposing chord. (11) F#7
(11) Gb7
(12) G7
(13) G#7
(13) Ab7
(14) A7
(15) Same as
fret (3)

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Add Chords
add 2 and add 9 chords can be created by raising the root of a major chord
two frets or optionally lowering the third of a major chord two frets. These
examples were created by raising the root two frets.

Aadd9 C add9 D add9 Fadd9 Gadd9

O O O O O O

pg 15* pg 16 pg 17 pg 19 pg 20

*Transposition chart page numbers

An Eadd9, based on the open position E page 18 is technically possible

but functionally impractical for the movable form.
add 2 and add9 chords can also be created from minor chords by raising
the root of a minor chords two frets.

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Sus 4 Chords
Suspended four chords (sus4), are created by raising the third of a major
chord one fret.

Asus4 C sus4 Dsus4 Fsus4 G sus4

O O O O O O O

pg 15* pg 16 pg 17 pg 19 pg 20

*Transposition chart page numbers.

An Esus4, based on the open position E page 18 is technically possible but

functionally impractical for the movable form.

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7sus 4 Chords
Seven suspended four chords (7sus4), are created by raising the third of a
seventh chord one fret.

A7sus4 B7sus4 C7sus4 D7sus4

O O O O O O O O

pg 27* pg 28 pg 29 pg 30

E7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4

O O

pg 31* pg 32 pg 33

*Transposition chart page numbers

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More Advanced Chords
Here is a peek at the system used to create more advanced, aka jazz
chords. This system is covered in my book A Guide to Advanced Chords for
Ukulele. The system provides you with the ability to create ANY chord you
will ever need based on a core set of movable form chords.
From these four seventh chord forms more advanced chords can be played.

Bb7 Db7 F7 Ab7

pg 27* pg 29 pg 31 pg 33

Maj7 Chord
Bbmaj7 Dbmaj7 Fmaj7 Abmaj7

pg 27* pg 29 pg 31 pg 33

*Transposition chart page numbers

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m7 Chords

Bbm7 Dm7 Fm7 Abm7

pg 27* pg 29 pg 31 pg 33

*Transposition charts page numbers

6, m6, m7b5, 9, 11, 13, 7#5, 7b9, #11 ...

For a complete system for creating ANY chord, see the my book A
Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele. The book contains detailed
information on voicing 4-part chords. It covers all major, minor,
diminished and augmented chord types, their upper partials, extensions,
alterations, add, sus and slash chords. Includes sample chord progressions
based on standard songs from the jazz repertoire.

www.CurtSheller.com/books/AGCUKE1.shtml

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