Tools For Learning To Play Ukulele By Ear

Newsletter Special: Volume 2 DVD Chord Progressions & Circle of 5ths + Chord Wheel + Tuning Fork ONLY $35 (+shipping)

Play Ukulele By Ear Vol. 1 DVD
52 minute lesson
$22 + shipping

Digital Download $20

Volume 1 is for anyone just getting started on the ukulele as well as anyone wanting to know the structure of music, and how to hear what’s going on in songs.  It’s designed to teach to you to hear what is going on in songs instead of always relying on printed music.

Playing music is a whole lot more fun when you are not staring at a piece of sheet music, but instead listening to what is happening and playing along. In less than an hour, Jim will have you and your ukulele ready to drive into thousands of songs, and play them by ear! Topics include Tuning By Ear, The C Major Scale, Intervals, Chord Progressions and more.
Chapters:
The C Tone
Tuning By Ear
C: The Home Key
F: The IV Chord
Chord Progressions
IntervalsDiatonic Chords

“I am VERY impressed with this DVD. It covers how to play the way you really want to when playing for fun, without written music, just by listening. It also covers basics lacking in many how-to musical DVDs including strumming and tuning without always relying on electronic tuners. It’s fun, funny and I can play a couple of songs after two days of steady practice.”
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Play Ukulele By Ear Vol. 1 .5: Playing By The Numbers
45 minute lesson

Digital Download $20

Play Ukulele By Ear Vol. 1.5: Playing By The Numbers is designed for the beginning to intermediate ukulele student wanting to learn how basic song structure works using the Number System, as opposed to using letter names to identify the chords in a progression.  Vol. 1.5 bridges the gap between Vol. 1: Learning to Listen which is a live play-along beginning lesson and Vol. 2: Chord Progressions & The Circle of 5ths, an intermediate lesson which teaches using the Circle of 5ths to map popular chord progressions.CHAPTERS

Welcome
C Tuning Notes
C Major Scale
C Chromatic Scale
Intervals
Building Major Chords
I-V-I Chord Progression
I-V7-I Chord Progression
I-IV-V7-I Chord Progression
12 Bar Blues
I-vi-IV-V7-I Chord Progression
I-vi-ii-V7-I Chord Progression
I-V-vi-IV Chord Progression
C Major Diatonic Chords
Non-Diatonic Chords
Circle of 5ths
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Play Ukulele By Ear Vol. 2 DVD
55 minute
lesson $22 + shipping

Digital Download  $20

Volume 2 is for the intermediate to advanced player wanting to learn how all songs work by studying the patterns of chord progressions. Learn songs in advance by training your ears to tune by ear, hear chords, chord progressions and musical intervals. Jim will also demystify the Circle of 5ths, the roadmap to the musical universe!

Chapters:
Tuning By Ear
Tension & Resolution
5th Interval FinderThe Tri-tone Interval
Circle of 5ths
Perpetual 5ths Exercise
Dominant 7th Chord Progressions
7th Chord Inversions
Major Scale Intervals
Diatonic Chords
Diatonic Chord Progressions
The 12 Bar Blues
Jazz Chord Progression
Indie Songwriter Chord Progression
Learning a Song From Sheet Music
Transposing

“I learned more in hour from you than I have in a year trying to learn by myself. Just got done playing your DVD 2. The mystery of the circle of fifths is no more.”
California Student

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Play Ukulele By Ear Vol. 3 Soloing DVD
with Brian Oberlin
54 minute lesson
$22 + shipping

Digital Download  $20

Internationally recognized music educators Jim D’Ville and Brian Oberlin have created a systematic approach to learning the art of soloing on the ukulele.  This groundbreaking fifty-four minute DVD will  give you all the tools you’ll need to progress from playing simple scale and arpeggio exercises to begin creating your own solos.  The Play Ukulele By Ear series has helped thousands of ukulele players worldwide “get off the paper” and experience the fun of playing music by ear.  Now the same “by ear” approach will help you learn the art of soloing.

Magical Circle of 5ths & Key Transposing Wheel
$10 +shipping

A-440 Tuning Fork
$10 + shipping