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Mastering
ukulele tabs
Stop staring at a wall of lines and numbers. In a handful of short lessons you will be able to pick up any ukulele tab and know exactly what to play.
Start the course →The one skill that unlocks every song
Tab is the fastest way for a beginner to start playing real music, but only once you can read it. This short course breaks it all down in plain English. No sheet music, no theory overload, just the practical know-how to turn a tab into music.
Read any tab
Make sense of the lines, frets and numbers on any tab you find.
Master the symbols
Hammer-ons, slides, bends and more, each with a clear example.
Play real songs
Put it straight to work with riffs from songs you already know.
Watch a lesson from the course
This is lesson one, What Are Ukulele Tabs. It sets up the whole thing: what a tab actually is, why it beats chord sheets for learning a song properly, and what you are looking at when you open one. Every lesson in the course is short and looks like this one.
Start the course →All the lessons
7 lessons · ~20 mins01What Are Ukulele Tabs?1 min
Having the ability to read ukulele tabs opens up so many opportunities for learning new songs. Ukulele tabs tell us which notes to play and in which order.
Open lesson →02Anatomy Of Ukulele Tab3 min
Now we know what they are, let’s dissect them and get familiar with all the components you are likely to find on a conventional ukulele tab.
Open lesson →03Time to Learn a Song6 min
Let's put everything we have learned so far together and learn our first song using tabs. It's a simple riff that uses just one string.
Open lesson →04What Do the Symbols Mean?3 min
This is often a stumbling block for beginner players wanting to learn new songs. Let's put an end to that fear and learn about expressions on ukulele tabs.
Open lesson →05Chords in Action5 min
Let's build upon what we know so far and introduce some new strings to our ukulele tabs. Whenever we see numbers stacked upon each other, that means we have to play them at the same time. More often than not, this means we are playing chords.
Open lesson →06The Issue With Ukulele Tabs2 min
Don’t get me wrong, having the ability to read ukulele tabs will have a dramatic effect on your ukulele playing as you’ll be able to play so many more songs. However, they do come with some…problems. In this lesson, we will discuss some things to consider while using ukulele tabs.
Open lesson →07One Final Thought
Now you know how to read and understand ukulele tabs. You may be interested in developing your ukulele skill set even more.
Open lesson →Ready to crack the code?
Free, quick, and it will change how you learn every song from here on.