Free Course Image 30 Day Ukelele course

Free online course30 Day Ukelele course

Duration of the online course: 3 hours and 31 minutes

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Build real ukulele skills in 30 days with a free online course—fingerpicking, strumming, reading music, and chord-melody practice with exercises.

In this free course, learn about

  • How to set up and optimize practice for a 30-day ukulele course
  • Fingerpicking patterns applied to songs (Someone Like You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Hallelujah)
  • Strategies for difficult chord switches using metronome practice and gradual tempo increases
  • Reading basic rhythm notation: quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes
  • Major scales on ukulele: C, G, and D; including sharps and scale construction
  • How to use a metronome effectively and prepare for/complete a skills test
  • Understanding arpeggios and learning new chords with common chord progressions
  • Reggae strum techniques plus left-hand-only muting; applying to Three Little Birds
  • 12-bar blues form and blues strumming; key-of-G blues chords
  • Melody playing concepts: time signatures and combining melody with rhythm
  • Chord melody arrangements (Greensleeves, Stand By Me, La Vie En Rose) and strong-beat chords
  • Finger patterns for coordination; handling sixteenth-note timing cleanly
  • Playing beyond the 4th fret and expanding chord progressions to advance skill
  • Learning and performing complete arrangements including I Can See Clearly Now

Course Description

Want to sound musical on the ukulele without guessing your way through chords? This free 30-day learning path is designed to help you practice with purpose and feel steady progress from the very first week. You will start by setting up a simple, effective routine, then build hand coordination and timing so your playing feels controlled, not rushed. Short daily lessons keep things manageable, while guided exercises give you a clear next step every time you pick up the instrument.

Early sessions focus on fingerpicking fundamentals using recognizable songs, helping you develop a clean tone, balanced volume between strings, and confident right-hand patterns. As you continue, you will smooth out difficult chord switches by practicing in a way that favors accuracy first and speed later. Along the way you will learn how to use tools like a metronome to lock in tempo, eliminate hesitations, and track improvement in a measurable way.

To make you a more independent musician, the course introduces reading rhythm and basic music notation so you can understand what you are playing, not just copy shapes. You will work through notes and rests, then expand into scales that strengthen fingerboard awareness and support better intonation and melodic playing. Periodic check-ins and test-style sessions help you confirm what is sticking, reinforce weak spots, and turn knowledge into dependable muscle memory.

As the month progresses, you will branch into new chord colors, strumming feels, and groove-based techniques such as muting for a tighter, more percussive sound. You will also explore stylistic playing through blues patterns, chord progressions, and melody-focused work that trains you to make musical phrases instead of isolated notes. By combining rhythm, harmony, and melody skills, you will gain the confidence to play more than one role on the instrument.

The later lessons pull everything together through chord-melody approaches and arrangements that push you beyond basic first-position playing, including navigating higher frets and handling faster subdivisions with control. By the end of the 30 days, you will have a practical foundation in fingerpicking, strumming, reading, scales, and chord-melody techniques—plus a routine you can keep using to continue improving long after the final day.

Course content

  • Video class: DAY 1 - 30 Day Uke Course - SETTING UP 04m
  • Exercise: What is recommended for a more effective experience in the 30-day ukelele course?
  • Video class: DAY 2 - 30 Day Uke Course - FINGERPICKING Adele Someone Like You 09m
  • Exercise: What is the main focus of today's ukulele lesson?
  • Video class: DAY 3 - 30 Day Uke Course - FINGERPICKING Can't Help Falling In Love 06m
  • Video class: DAY 4 - 30 Day Uke Course - FINGERPICKING Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 05m
  • Exercise: How is the challenging section of the song counted in the video lesson?
  • Video class: DAY 5 - 30 Day Uke Course - DIFFICULT CHORD SWITCHES MADE EASY 11m
  • Exercise: What is the recommended starting tempo for practicing chord switches with a metronome according to the lesson?
  • Video class: DAY 6 - 30 Day Uke Course - READING MUSIC Quarter Notes, Rests 08m
  • Exercise: What is a 'quarter rest' in music notation?
  • Video class: DAY 7 - 30 Day Uke Course - READING MUSIC Eighth Notes 07m
  • Exercise: In rhythm studies for ukulele, how many beats does an eighth note usually receive?
  • Video class: DAY 8 - 30 Day Uke Course - SCALES C Major Scale 07m
  • Exercise: What is the C major scale composed of in music theory?
  • Video class: DAY 9 - 30 Day Uke Course - SCALES G Major Scale 04m
  • Exercise: How many sharps does the G major scale have?
  • Video class: DAY 10! 30 Day Uke Course - SCALES D Major Scale 05m
  • Exercise: What is the sequence of sharp notes in the D Major scale?
  • Video class: DAY 11 - 30 Day Uke Course - STUDYING FOR YOUR TEST 05m
  • Exercise: What is the function of a metronome in music practice?
  • Video class: DAY 12 - 30 Day Uke Course - TEST 02m
  • Exercise: How many flats and sharps does the C major scale have?
  • Video class: DAY 13 - 30 Day Uke Course - TEST ANSWERS 03m
  • Exercise: In music theory, what is the definition of an arpeggio?
  • Video class: DAY 14 - 30 Day Uke Course - NEW CHORDS 09m
  • Exercise: Which chord progression is practiced in the video lesson?
  • Video class: DAY 15 - 30 Day Uke Course - RAGGAE STRUM AND LEFT HAND MUTING!! 14m
  • Exercise: In the 30 Day Ukelele course, what is the technique called where you mute the strings using only your left hand without using the right hand to mute?
  • Video class: DAY 16 - BOB MARLEY Three Little Birds - 30 Day Uke Course 07m
  • Exercise: What musical technique is emphasized in the lesson for mastering the song 'Three Little Birds'?
  • Video class: DAY 17 - 12 BAR BLUES - 30 Day Uke Course 09m
  • Video class: DAY 18 - BLUES STRUMMING - 30 Day Uke Course 10m
  • Exercise: What are the blues chords mentioned for the key of G?
  • Video class: Day 19 - MELODY - 30 Day Uke Course 07m
  • Exercise: What is the time signature of the song being taught in the 30 day Ukelele course snippet?
  • Video class: Day 20 - CHORD MELODY - 30 Day Uke Course 06m
  • Exercise: In the chord melody lesson, which chord is played on the important beats (1 and 4)?
  • Video class: Day 21 - GREENSLEEVES CHORD MELODY - 30 Day Uke Course 07m
  • Exercise: What is the first chord played in the arrangement for Greensleeves?
  • Video class: DAY 22 - STAND BY ME CHORD MELODY - 30 Day Uke Course 05m
  • Video class: Day 23 - STAND BY ME INTERMEDIATE STRUMMING - 30 Day Uke Course 08m
  • Exercise: Which of the following strumming levels is NOT mentioned in the course?
  • Video class: DAY 24 - STAND BY ME Complete Chord Melody - 30 Day Uke Course 04m
  • Video class: Day 25 - FINGER PATTERNS - 30 Day Uke Course 04m
  • Exercise: What is the finger pattern mentioned in the video meant to help with when playing the ukulele?
  • Video class: Day 26 - LA VIE EN ROSE CHORD-MELODY 1 - 30 Day Uke Course 07m
  • Video class: DAY 27 - LA VIE EN ROSE CHORD MELODY Part 2 - 30 Day Uke Course 08m
  • Exercise: What is an important aspect to consider when playing sixteenth notes on the ukulele?
  • Video class: Day 28 - PLAYING BEYOND THE 4TH FRET - 30 Day Uke Course 07m
  • Video class: Day 29 - CHORD PROGRESSIONS - 30 Day Uke Course 04m
  • Exercise: In the context of practicing ukulele chord progressions, what is one way to advance your skills according to the 30 Day Ukelele course?
  • Video class: Day 30 - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW - 30 Day Uke Course 07m

This free course includes:

3 hours and 31 minutes of online video course

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