Chords

Learning ‘ukulele chords is most easily done with ‘ukulele chord charts. This vital part to becoming a good ‘ukulele player can be a challenge sometimes because material is hard to find. Here are some of my favorite resources for learning new and/or unique chords.

‘Ukulele Chord Charts

• Major
• Major 6th
• Major 7th
• Minor
• Minor 6th
• Minor 7-5
• Dominant 7th
• Dominant 9th
• Suspended 7th
• Diminished and Augmented chords
• C major, minor, and 7th substitution chords

Learn about resolving 7th chords

Vamp Chords

How to construct chords

Transposing

Song Chords – If you are looking for the chords to a song check out the ‘ukulele songs page.

Books – It is great to have a extensive book of ‘ukulele chord charts lying around so that next time you need to find a new voicing, you have a place to look. These are the two books we use:

Roy Sakuma’s Treasury of ‘Ukulele Chords shows four voicings on all of the ‘ukulele chord charts: Major, Minor, 7th, min7th, 6th, Maj7th, min6th, 9th, sus7th, min7-9, 7b9, 6/9, 7+5, 7-5, dim7th, Aug, Maj 9th, sus, 7+9, 13th, 13b9, and add9.

Hal Leonard ‘Ukulele Chord Finder 1,000 chord diagrams, 28 chord types with three voicings for each chord.

Web Sites - Here are some web sites that you can find ‘ukulele chord charts on:

Brian’s Huge Chord Collection

EZ Folk

Gootar

Sheep Entertainment

4 String Chords

Resources for Other ‘Ukulele Chord Charts

‘Ukulele Chord Chart (Blank)

Train Horn Chords – good chords to know in case you are ever asked to play Ka’a Ahi Kahului – or some other train song – with someone. No ‘ukulele chord charts, but interesting anyways.