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Level 4 · Chords in all keys & transposition

movable/barre shapes, the full chord vocabulary, transposing

Movable shapes and the transposition chart free you to play in any key and follow any singer.

What you learn

  • Barre and movable chord shapes up the neck.
  • Chords in all keys (Peterson: ‘Diagram of Chords in All Keys’).
  • Transposing a song to a new key (Peterson: ‘Transposition Chart’).
  • Sharp/flat keys and seventh/diminished colours.
  • The roll / tremolo stroke for sustained chords.

Grounded in: Peterson Ukulele Method (early 20th c.) — for holding, tuning, the strokes, chords in all keys, transposition. source

Note: a method-grounded technique curriculum (no score corpus for this instrument); levels are graded skills, not pieces.