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Exploring Minor Triads Plus One - Fingering Solutions 1 2 b3 5

Exploring the triads plus one series is best done using the QuickStart series format and the fingering principles from my book The Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering. The QuickStart series format single fingering solution for starting on each finger on strings four, three, two and one. Using the fingering principles from my book The Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering allows you to explore scales, arpeggios, intervals and sequences from every finger-every strings, creating multiple pathways through any single note passage.

Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Authors(s): Curt Sheller
Category: Triads Instrument: Ukulele
Subjects(s): IntermediateImprovisationAdvancedFingeringTriadsArpeggiosMinorSolutions
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Exploring Minor Triads Plus One - Fingering Solutions 1 2 b3 5

Exploring the triads plus one series is best done using the QuickStart series format and the fingering principles from my book The Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering.

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The QuickStart series format single fingering solution for starting on each finger on strings four, three, two and one. Using the C D E♭ G motif. The 1 2 ♭3 5 of a Natural Minor/Aeolian scale.

C D E ♭ G
1 2 ♭3 5

Every Finger, Every String — Explore these starting on any finger any string.

Using the fingering principles from my book The Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering allows you to explore scales, arpeggios, intervals and sequences starting on every finger-every string, creating multiple pathways through any single note passage.

The Minor Triad Plus One can be used over minor, m7, m6th, and min/maj7th chords.

Explore ALL 24 possible combination of C D E♭ G with the lesson: Improvising Using Minor Triads Plus One Note

Note: This is a lot of work — but well worth the investment in exploring the possibilities.

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