Reference tones for standard ukulele tuning. Tap a string, listen, match your uke by ear. Hold to sustain.
Re-entrant high-G is the classic uke sound. Low-G adds bass for fingerstyle.
Want the full picture — clip-on tuners, relative tuning, low-G, and why a new uke won't hold its tune? See the complete tuning guide.
Press a chord, count to four, switch. Repeat until your fingers find it without looking.
Tap any chord to focus it above.
Want more shapes? See the full printable chord chart — every major, minor, 7th and sus chord with diagrams.
Paste the chords and shift the whole thing up or down. Handy for matching your singing voice, or moving a song into easier shapes.
Chord names move, lyrics stay put — so slash chords like C/G and 7ths like Dmaj7 all come along. Shift down to dodge barre chords, up to brighten the song.
Pick a key and see the chords that belong to it. Songs in a key mostly stick to these seven — a quick way to find what'll sound right.
The Roman numerals are the song-writer's shorthand: a I–V–vi–IV (the four big ones) is behind a huge slice of pop songs. Lowercase = minor, ° = diminished (rare for beginners — skip it). Tap a starter chord to drill its shape in the trainer above.
Justin-Guitar classic. Pick two chords. Start the timer. Strum once each time you switch — count how many switches in 60 seconds.
Don't worry about clean strums while drilling — just hit a single down-strum per change and keep moving.
D = down-strum (toward floor), U = up-strum (toward ceiling). Let your wrist do the work — strum with the fleshy part of your thumb or the back of your nails.
New to strumming? The strumming patterns guide walks through each one — including the island strum.
Sorted by how many chords you need. Tap a chord name to look it up.
More to play? Browse the full easy songs list with the chord shapes drawn in.
C, G, Am, F — the "four chords of pop." Hundreds of songs.
Seventeen plain-English pages to go deeper — read them anytime, no app needed.
The things beginners ask most — with a link to the tool or guide for each.
Standard tuning is g-C-E-A, and the g is high, not low — that re-entrant tuning is what makes a ukulele sound like a ukulele. Tap each string in the tuner above to hear the note, or read the tuning guide.
C, Am, F and G — C is a single finger, and the four together cover a huge number of songs. Practise switching with the 1-minute chord change drill above, and see every shape on the printable chord chart.
Paste the chords into the chord transposer and shift them up or down half a step at a time until the key suits your voice — every chord moves together so the song still sounds right.
The classic ukulele rhythm: down, down-up, up-down-up. Once your hand learns it, it fits a great many songs. The strumming guide walks through the timing.
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