Brett McQueen

Brett McQueen is a musician, songwriter and the founder of ukuleletricks.com, one of the most popular ukulele sites in the world, where he provides audio, video, and written instructional material (along with personalised feedback) to freshly minted ukulele fans everywhere.

Articles & Books From Brett McQueen

Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-27-2016
Practising with ukulele exercises helps you take your ukulele playing to the next level. Wherever you are in your ukulele playing career, the information in this Cheat Sheet helps you develop your chord playing still further.Mastering the Most Common Ukulele ChordsTo make the most of your ukulele exercises, you need to learn how to play the most common chords on the ukulele fretboard.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Use these moveable chord positions in your ukulele exercises to create different kinds of chords in different kinds of keys across the ukulele fretboard. To do this, line up the root note of the chord (represented by a black dot) with any note. Major scale: root position Major scale: First inversion Major sca
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
All of the scale diagrams which follow show moveable chord positions. They’re called this because they can be moved up and down the fretboard to create different kinds of scales in different kinds of keys. The black dots indicate where the root notes of the scale are located in the pattern. All of the scale diagrams are in root position; this means that the first and the last note of the pattern is the root note of the scale.