How to Play Lead

Learn how to jam along with your ukulele friends to create more variation in your strum sessions!

Melissa will teach you some basic music theory and a handful of scales to get you started so you can learn how to improvise. She will also cover a few well known riffs, and teach you how to do hammer ons, pull-offs, slides so you can make up your own lead riffs.

Fine for both GCEA and Baritone players (I have a separate handout set for the Bari folks.)

Saturday, 4/22

04:30 pm

Location

Kittanning Room

Instructor

Melissa Nannen

Level

Advanced Beginner

Intermediate

Baritone

Intros & Endings

Skill Levels

Novice: A student who perhaps has never picked up a ukulele before.
Beginner: A student at this level is brand-new to the ukulele. He/she has perhaps learned one to three chords but stops in-between chord changes to move the fingers to the next location.
Advanced/Confident Beginner: A student at this level knows a handful of chords and can move from one chord to another without pausing. Student may have trouble with, say, the B-flat chord shape. Student has learned a strum or two and/or a finger pattern for picking.
Intermediate: A student can hold a steady rhythm and is competent with a variety of basic chords. Understands simple chord progressions, can sing and strum at the same time, and learns chords to simple tunes fairly quickly.
Advanced: A student at this level can hear I, IV, and V chords, has mastered some chord inversions, knows there is life above the fifth fret, and has been there with barre or 4-fingered closed chords. Plays lead and backup easily with others and keeps steady rhythm.

How to Play Lead

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