Ukulele with Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel

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4.7/5 from 49 reviews

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Course Structure Ukulele with Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel

Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!

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Master the Ukulele with Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel. Over 100 lessons from beginner chords and strumming techniques, through advanced chord melody arrangements and lots of fun tunes for all levels of players.

7 sections within this school

Beginner Ukulele

Build a strong ukulele foundation with basic chords, strumming styles, scales, songs & techniques. Start your uke journey with chords, strumming, warm-ups & fun beginner songs. Master basics: strumming, chords, scales & songs like “You Are My Sunshine.”

79 lessons

Intermediate Ukulele

Unlock moveable chords, more useful scales, strumming & chord melody for confident playing. Elevate your skills with jazz chords, scale shapes, picking, strumming & chord melody. Master intermediate uke: movable scales, jazzy strums, chord melody & improvisation.

110 lessons

Advanced Ukulele

Master jazz standards, chord melody, and advanced comping on high and low G ukulele. Explore advanced ukulele with jazz, chord substitutions, and expressive comping techniques. Take your ukulele playing to the next level with jazz, comping, and chord melody mastery.

35 lessons

Practical Music Theory for Ukulele

Learn key chords, scales, and progressions to build a strong ukulele theory foundation. Explore practical music theory to enhance your playing and chord understanding on ukulele. Understand scales, chords, and progressions to deepen your ukulele music knowledge.

13 lessons

Craig & Sarah Duets

Explore duet performances and gain jamming tips to enhance your musical collaboration. Learn from Craig & Sarah’s duets while picking up practical tips for better jamming. Enjoy duet arrangements and discover new techniques to improve your jamming skills.

13 lessons

Special Guests

25 lessons

30 Day Challenges

21 lessons

About Ukulele with Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel

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Craig and Sarah have taken their entire knowledge of playing ukulele and poured it into a comprehensive video library that includes hundreds of lessons in a wide variety of styles. Subscribers get unlimited access to all online ukulele lessons, supplemented by backing tracks and other study materials. Plus there's special guests, exclusive interviews, and a community of uke enthusiasts from all over the world. What ultimately sets these ukulele lessons apart from other online offerings however, is the ability to submit a video using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange® learning platform. Craig and Sarah review each submission and record a video responses offering tips and techniques to practice. All students can access the Video Exchange library, which is always expanding and may contain the key to unlock your own playing.

About Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel

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Craig Chee was born and raised on Oahu, he matured as an ukulele player and musician on the mainland. Throughout attending and graduating from the University of Oregon, Craig focused on teaching a myriad of different styles with the tiny instrument. Craig has had the honor of working under Jake Shimabukuro and Troy Fernandez, and has become a renowned instructor and performer around the world. Craig infuses his energetic and just plain "fun" style into many genres of music and is known for his collaborations at different music events. Sarah Maisel was born and raised in Alabama and found herself working in San Diego, CA as the Lead Female Draper for the La Jolla Playhouse and the University of California San Diego. On walking into a local ukulele jam, Sarah was both fascinated by the instrument and the joy that surrounded it. Studying under Frank Leong, Sarah dove into the jazz stylings of golden age Hawai'i songs and arrangements inspired by ukulele legends like Lyle Ritz, Benny Chong and Byron Yasui. Sarah found a passion of teaching and performing with the ukulele and was quickly featured at many ukulele festivals around the world.

What students are saying!

4.7
49 reviews
August 4, 2023
Excellent lessons

As an intermediate guitarist, I jumped into a new project. Craig and Sarah are very personable and skilled musicians. And are effective teachers, too. Well worth it the time and mo...

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Victor C.
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February 29, 2024
Craig and Saraih

I like their lessons. I learn slowly their begginer coarses one by one. Their detail explanations are great. I am a slow learner.

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Michael H.
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May 30, 2023
Ukulele course for everyone

Whilst only part way through the beginners section I have improved beyond my expectations and can appreciate the benefits for all levels of expertise. The course is broken down int...

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Graham E.
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March 21, 2024
Ukulele with Craig and Sarah

Ukulele with Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel at ArtistWorks is a great way to learn to play! Craig and Sarah’s distinct styles add variety to the lessons. I’m shy about doing a Video Exc...

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Debilyn R.
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June 19, 2023
Great program

Really love that you get multiple styles of playing in one class. I didn't even realize I wanted to play jazz on ukulele until I heard of it. Thanks for the great class!

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Jesse B.
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May 23, 2023
Ukulele Training Craig & Sarah

Craig and Sarah are excellent teachers. They are relationally positive. They give helpful, pointed feedback with commendations and recommendations. This is always done in an positi...

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Herm Z.
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May 25, 2023
Great instructors!

Craig & Sarah are very personable, likeable, talented, & supportive. They obviously spend time reviewing video exchanges & give thoughtful, creative, & constructive feedback. There...

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Cara
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September 27, 2023
Could be easier to use

Would be nice if each new lesson had an email. Not a great website to manuever around. Lessons themselves seem good so far. It’s mainly the website I don’t like

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Ashley A.
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April 6, 2025
A Good choice

Tons of info here. I consider myself an intermediate player, but they suggested starting from to beginning and they were right I did have some “holes” in my knowledge base. Only on...

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Dennis L.
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February 27, 2024
Good finger movement practice and

Good finger movement practice and great chord melody

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Gillian P.
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