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Ukulele Lessons: Key of C: 1-6-2-5 Progression - Adding Bass Lines in Low G -NEW!

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[MUSIC]
All right, we've already

gone through our two five ones.

Now we're gonna actually just switch it
up just to give you some variance and

try this out with a one
six two five progression,

we're gonna be adding bass lines.

So let's start with what we did
in the two five one progressions,

which is we're gonna play the root and
then the chord for each of these.

So the very first one is your C major
seven, and I'd like for us to go ahead and

use that stair step one
that we did before.

So you have C major seven,
the root is going to be on the fifth fret

of the G
[MUSIC]

and remember, that was pluck and

then three strings
[MUSIC]

.pluck.

The next chord is A minor seven,
the A minor seven I'd like for

us to use [COUGH] is going to
have us barring the second fret.

And then you're going to do a partial
bar with your middle finger on the E and

the A string.

[MUSIC]
And

then your ring reaches over to
the fourth fret of the C string.

[MUSIC]
So

you have,
[MUSIC]

That is your A minor seven and

the root,
[MUSIC]

is right there on your G string.

So we have A minor seven,
[MUSIC].

And that was G string and
then the rest of the strings.

Then the D minor seven that we're going
to use is the same one we used prior.

We're gonna start with D minor
seven on the fifth fret, but

add the bass there, the root note
[MUSIC]

right there on your G string.

And then for our G seven, just for now,

we're gonna go back to G seven on the
first and second fret with that open G.

So just nice and slow, each chord has
a total of two beats happening for

all four of those chords.

So we're going to play the root
[MUSIC]

and then puck and then the root

[MUSIC]

and pluck.

The root
[MUSIC]

and pluck, and then the root.

[MUSIC]
Let's try it in time starting

with C major seven, one, two,

three, four, pluck,
[MUSIC]

A minor

[MUSIC]

D minor

[MUSIC]

G seven

[MUSIC]

again, C major

[MUSIC]

A minor

[MUSIC]

D minor

[MUSIC]

G seven.

[MUSIC]
One more time

[MUSIC]

major

[MUSIC]

minor.

[MUSIC]
Not too bad, we just have a little

bit more movement happening than
we did in the two five one,

because we have one extra chord.

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]
Let's move on to

variation number two.

In this variation,
we're gonna add some movement.

Now we wanna keep in mind, of course,

the notes that are available to us and
what notes sorta tie things together.

Just like in our two,

five, one progression, we may not
always start on the root of the chord.

So just keep in mind in your one chord,
which is that C major 7.

You've got the options are C, E, G, and B.

In your sixth chord, options
available to you are A, C, E, and G.

In your two chord, which is the next
minor 7, you've got D, F, A, C.

And of course, the five-chord, the notes
available to you are G, B, D, and F.

Now we can also play notes that
are surrounding those chords as well.

So keep that in mind as you start
creating your own baselines.

I'm gonna go ahead and
give you an example.

In our example, just the baseline alone,
we are still gonna start

on the fifth fret of the C string, or
excuse me, of the G string [SOUND].

And then we are gonna
walk down to the A note,

that's also on the G string.

So that's our first bit of movement.

Walking the C down to the A,
we're gonna come back up to the C

cuz we're going to the D note.

We have now come to the D minor
chord in the progression.

All right, so let's try that up
to that point, using the chords.

We've got the fifth fret
happening first with a chord,

then I use my middle finger,
go down to my index,

so that that's ready to bar and
play my A minor 7.

So again, we've got
[MUSIC].

All right,
getting us down to the minor seven.

Now, we wanna walk back up to
this fifth fret right here.

And I actually will switch to my index and
slide that up so

that I'm prepared for the D minor
that's gonna be played right after it.

Let me show you what I mean.

So C major to the A minor.

Up here I swooped right up there to
get there so I can get to the D minor.

Again, C major, A minor,
now I've got that D note I was aiming for.

And I'm in position for D minor.

Let's try it together.

Two, three, four.

[MUSIC]
Swoop up.

Nice.

Now that's gotten us up to the D minor 7
and we still have one more chord to go.

And what we're going to do is
right after playing that D minor,

your index is gonna slide at the second
fret and we're gonna walk up.

Now I am doing a stretch
to my middle finger.

I am not going to my ring.

And the reason for that is we
are gonna switch to a different G7.

We're gonna use the third fret one
that we used in one of our variations

in the two five ones.

All right, so
let me go through it slowly again.

C major.

A minor 7.

Slide up.

D minor.

First fret.

I'm sorry, not first fret,
first finger second fret.

Fourth fret but use your middle.

Finger and
then you can play the G seven chord.

And then open G to end it.

Okay, nice and slow.

Two, three, four.

[MUSIC]
A minor, slide up,

second fret stretch.

Nice.

One more time.

Two, three, four.

[MUSIC]
Okay, so

have fun practicing that.

And I also would love it if you can try to
mess with the arrangement a little bit.

You can even change it some if you like.

Let me show you real quick
speeding it up just a hair.

All right.

One, two, three,

four
[MUSIC].

Again
[MUSIC],

so it has a really cool

walking baseline feel and

it adds a little swing to your tune.

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]
For our next variation,

we're actually gonna
change things up a bit.

You may remember in earlier lessons
that you can sometimes replace a 1,

6, 2, 5 with a 3, 6, 2, 5.

And that can go for
your bass lines as well.

So in this particular one
that I am showing you,

we are starting on the three cord.

We're starting with E minor 7.

And instead of making us go through
finding where the root is on the G string,

I'm actually going to go ahead and
skip that step for now.

But if you were curious,
the root note on your

G string is going to be way up high,
right?

Because D is the seventh fret.

So in the next variation,
we'll talk a little bit about that.

We're actually going to be using
the C string a little bit and cheat.

[LAUGH] But don't worry it'll still sound
awesome, but that's for the next one.

For this particular variation with our 3,
6, 2, 5,

we're gonna start with the E minor 7,
[SOUND] that looks like this.

And starting on the G string,
it is the 4, 4, 3, and 5,

[SOUND] and
it's a beautiful sounding chord.

The A minor 7 we're going
to use as the same one.

The D minor 7 is the same one,
and so is the G 7 actually.

The only difference is
the very first chord and

our baseline is gonna change ever so
slightly.

So the notes in our
baseline are going to be,

the fourth fret [SOUND] of the G string,
an open G string.

The second fret, [SOUND] which is
the root of our A minor 7 chord.

Then we're gonna move up to the fifth
fret [SOUND] to get us to the D note.

It's found in our D minor 7 chord.

So the E minor seven that we're going
to be using is this one right here.

It is 4, 4, 3, and 5,
[SOUND] a beautiful sounding chord.

We'll use the same A minor 7 shape,

the same D minor that ends up reaching for
the root.

And then the same G7 that
we used in earlier lessons.

So the baseline has changed some,
because we are using this E minor 7.

Now I am not gonna have a start on
the root note of the E minor 7 on our G

string, because that is just
a little bit too high actually.

And I'm wanting to do something
just a little bit different.

So for now with this E minor seven,

we're going to actually use that note
that's happening on the fourth fret.

So our baseline for
this is going to be the fourth fret.

[SOUND] Then an open, [SOUND] the second
fret, [SOUND] which is leading us,

that's our A minor 7 chord that's
gonna be happening after that.

Fifth fret [SOUND] leading us to
the seventh fret for D minor 7.

And then going to the second fret and
the fourth fret [SOUND] and then open.

So that's the movement that's
gonna be going on for this.

So let's actually add some chords to it.

So I have my E minor 7.

I pluck [SOUND] the G and then add that.

So try that out.

It's an easy move after this,
cuz you can lift up for the open G.

[SOUND] And then add the second fret,
get ready to play a minor 7 after this.

So let's try again.

Fourth fret, open, second fret, A minor 7.

Again, fourth fret,
open, second, A minor 7.

The next note we need is that added
fifth note, leading us up to D minor 7.

So let's play up till that point.

So E minor, open, E minor 7.

And we have to do that same slide
that we did in the first variation.

Continuing on after we've made the slide,
we hit the root note that's

happening on the G string, the D note,
[SOUND] in your D minor 7.

Then we're going to jump
down to the second fret and

do that same reach we did in the variation
before on the fourth fret for G7.

And then an end with an open G.

Let's do it all nice and slow.

So we had E minor 7, [SOUND] and
you're plucking that string.

And then a chord open,
second fret A minor 7.

Fifth fret slide,
add the seventh fret, second fret,

fourth fret with the middle, G7 and open.

All right, here we go again.

E minor, open, A minor, slide,

D minor, second fret,

fourth fret middle, G7, open.

Let's try it in a little bit of time.

2, 3, 4 [SOUND] slide,

[SOUND] second fret, fourth fret.

Not too bad, let's try it again.

2, 3, 4,
[MUSIC]

Second fret, fourth fret.

[MUSIC]
All right, lets give

it a little bit more speed.

With E minor 7, starting off, 2, 3, 4.

[MUSIC]
Again.

[MUSIC]
So you can see just like

the other variation before it,

it adds just a little bit more

of a swing feel and it gives you

another variation to play with.

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]
On this fourth variation,

we are going to do a little cheating.

We're going to use our
C string to help us.

Because if you remember from the variation
prior, if we were to try to play the root

note of the E minor 7 up
high on our G string,

that's just a lot of moving and shifting.

So if you want to reach
some of those notes,

you could actually use some
on your C string down here.

So let's do some of that.

I'm also gonna be showing you in this
variation is that you can switch it up.

You don't have to play C major 7.

You can play C major 6 or
as it's written, C6.

Just please when you're
doing these variations,

feel free to practice what I've given you
but start making up some of your own.

You'll be really surprised
at what you can discover

when you just start noodling around,
all right?

So the first chord that we're
gonna start with is a C6 chord.

And we are gonna start higher upon
the neck then this [SOUND] C6 which

also happens to look like a minor 7.

We're going to play [SOUND] this C6 chord.

And the way that my fingers
are positioned, it is 5-7-5-7.

[SOUND] The A minor 7 chord
we're going to use is this one.

[SOUND] The bar in the second fret,

partial bar on the third frets in the E
and A ring on the C string fourth fret.

And then, we are going to use D
minor 7 down here on the first fret,

so you've got 2-2-1-3 [SOUND] There.

And then, we're going to move up to
[SOUND] The G 7 that we have been using,

which is your index is based
on that third fret up here.

And it is 4-5-3-5.

And those are going to be
the bulk of our chords,

that we're going to be using, okay?

Now, for our baseline this is what
we're actually going to be doing.

You're going to start on the fifth fret,
with that C, and

we're going to walk it down to the A note.

And then, we're going to cheat,
cuz you're holding A minor 7 and

you're going to hit the fourth
flat of your C string okay.

So that again was 5-3-2 and

then the fourth flat of our C string.

Let's actually try it
with inserting chords.

So I'm starting off with this chord.

It's already under my fingers,
so I'm doing

[MUSIC]

Did you see what I did there?

So here we are with the fifth fret.

[MUSIC]
And I'm moving down my index, and

then plucking the C.

And I used my index for doing that,

because my fingers were already
there after plucking the chord.

[MUSIC]
Okay?

After we do this one, we're gonna switch
to D minor 7 here on that first fret and

you're gonna pluck the C string again.

Now instead of plucking three strings,

which you can certainly do after
plucking that first one on the C string.

I tend to just do two
strings instead of pluck and

pluck all of them at the same time.

So I end up doing a pluck on the C and

two strings [SOUND] Like that, all right.

Let's try up to that point,
up to the D minor 7.

Here we go starting with the high up C6.

[MUSIC]
Walk it down to the A minor,

C string, C string.

Nice, one more time for good measure.

[MUSIC]
Walk it down

[MUSIC]

Moving on, instead of starting on

the second fret,
we're actually going to get to our G7

by playing the third fret [SOUND]
which is a half step away

from where we're headed,
[SOUND] to the fourth fret.

So playing that D minor 7 to G7.

Starting with a pluck D
note on the C string.

[MUSIC]
And ending with an open G.

Let's try that one more time.

So that's the D note [SOUND] which is
on your C string being flat [SOUND] So

we have move up the middle finger and
then open G.

Let's put it all together.

Starting up high C6,
walk it down [SOUND] to

the A note [SOUND] to the C string
[MUSIC]

third fret [SOUND] fourth fret [SOUND]

open G [SOUND] One more time.

C6 up high, here we go.

[MUSIC]
C string [SOUND] C string [SOUND] third

fret [SOUND] fourth fret [SOUND] open G
[SOUND] Now you can either go back and

repeat, and
come back up to the fifth fret, or

you could start that variation
holding this C major 7 if

you're gonna play through
it a couple of times.

It doesn't matter to me,
I'm just trying to give you some tools so

that you can create your own variations.

So let's try to play this one, one more
time with just a little bit more speed.

[MUSIC]
So again, you can hear how

you're just getting
a little bit more swing,

and a little bit of variation there.

I can't wait to see what you come up with,
so

start sending in those
VEs when you're ready.

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