START JAZZ TODAY, LOVE JAZZ FOREVER…
Welcome to Jazz Beginners (Jazz Part One). On this course, you’ll begin your voyage through the universe of jazz as we introduce you to the core concepts of this incredibly rewarding and diverse playing style.
This highly detailed and in-depth course covers all the different ways in which we can play jazz on the ukulele. You’ll discover chord-melody, accompanying a vocal or instrumental live and even a bit of soloing too. An incredibly practical course, you’ll learn many new tunes to your jazz repertoire as well as some useful theoretical knowledge too.
The skills you will learn on this course will transform all aspects of your playing by giving you the tools to fine tune your performances of any genre. You’ll become a more well-rounded musician and be able to approach learning new material more quickly and easily as result.
Since its inception in the early 1900s, jazz has swept the globe with its relentless swing and exciting harmony. Early jazz was purely a form of dance music, infused with catchy tunes and irresistible rhythm. Jazz would later increase in complexity and artistic scrutiny. But, whatever style you’re in to, it all translates beautifully onto the ukulele with something for everybody in this course.
“Finally someone makes this clear to me, thank you!”
Reggie
“I have learnt more from you in an hour than I ever have in my five years of playing ukulele!”
Sarah
OTHER COURSES – learn more about UKULELE ONLINE
Matthew Quilliam’s
UKULELE ONLINE
Providing premium, high-class ukulele online courses covering specialist topics in unprecedented detail, taught only by world-class ukulele experts.
Our follow-up course Jazz Improvers (launching soon) dives even deeper into the world of ukulele jazz playing to study and reveal more techniques, tunes and how some professional players cut their teeth.
Why not check out some of our other courses? We’ve got something for everybody and plenty for you to sink your teeth into.
MODULE OVERVIEW – see modules and lessons
Modules & Lessons
Explore the what you each module will entail. Rewatch, slow down or speed up each video as many times as you need, and enjoy lots of included downloads and exercises. Get a certificate at the end too!
- Introduction & Play-along
- Jazz Styles
- Form and melody
- Chord Progressions & Extensions
- Sources of Jazz Music & Essential Standards
6. Notation method
7. Transcription method
8. Learning the tune in multiple keys
9. Exercise – Mack the Knife
10. Guitar versus ukulele
11. Staccato – Django
12. Long sustains – Joe Pass
13. Guide tones – Freddie Green (how chords are made)
14. Accents
15. Exercise – Fly Me to the Moon
16. Making basic chords more jazzy
17. Melody and chords fitting together
18. Compromises
19. Exercise – Five Foot Two
20. Placement of the melody – exceptions to the rule
21. Appropriate extensions
22. Swing strumming
23. Exercise – swing implication
24. Duration
25. Introductions
26. Singing versus instrumental
27. Exercise – Autumn Leaves
28. Soloing introduction
29. Chord tones understood
30. Single note method
31. Solo and comping method
32. Rhythmic method
33. Common tones
34. Neighbouring tones
35. Exercise – ii V I
36. Exercise – Blues in F
37. Exercise – I vi ii V
38. Bonus – 6/9 chords
39. Bonus – triplet rhythm
40. Final words
Please get in touch if you are having issues with the course interface or are stuck on some of the course content. Your course comes with a free 30 minute consultation with the course tutor.
This course is packed with plenty of extra external resources and real-world examples of jazz ukulele playing, for no additional cost.
If you are already subscribed, click on a module header to navigate to the relevant module’s content.
Jazz Beginners
Begin your voyage through the world of ukulele jazz…
Subscribe to get access
Read more of this content when you subscribe today.
What’s Next?
Now you’ve completed Jazz Beginners, why not try out the follow-up course Jazz Improvers, where you will learn even more in your exploration of ukulele jazz…
Jazz Improvers
Dive even deeper into the art of jazz ukulele…
Coming soon…
£XX – X hours of lessons – 7 modules – 35+ lessons – Intermediate-Advanced
All information relating to external weblinks are correct as of time of publication, May 2024. Matthew Quilliam and Ukulele Online are not responsible for the content of external web pages.
Matthew Quilliam 