FREE UKULELE LESSONS · JEFF PETERSON

Free ukulele lessons.
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Learn a new skill, find a piece you love, or simply enjoy the music. Explore free ukulele lessons and performances with Jeff Peterson.

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FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY

What would you like to learn?

Choose a starting point. There’s plenty to explore.

Beginner

Start with the essentials

Classical

Discover music by the great composers

Fingerstyle

Bring melody and accompaniment together

Hawaiian

Explore the instrument’s musical roots

Baritone

Find your sound on baritone

Technique

Make your playing feel more natural

KEEP EXPLORING

The free lesson library

Lessons, music and ideas to come back to.

147 resources to explore

START WITH A FREE COURSE

Fundamentals of
Fingerstyle Ukulele

Ready to move beyond strumming? Build a foundation with Jeff: seven short lessons, from holding your ukulele to playing your first melody.

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YOUR FREE BOOK

Selected Solos for
Fingerstyle Ukulele

Six pieces to explore, with standard notation and TAB. Arranged by Jeff Peterson.

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What would you like to learn?

Beginner

Classical

Fingerstyle

Hawaiian

Baritone

Technique

The free lesson library

Fur Elise by Beethoven

Minuetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Lagrima by Francisco Tarrega

Study in Bm by Fernando Sor

House of the Rising Sun

Red River Valley

Malagueña for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

Amazing Grace for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Put Your Records on for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Greensleeves for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Auld Lyne Syne for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Angels We Have Heard On High for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Silent Night for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Deck the Halls for Fingerstyle Ukulele

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen on Ukulele

Joy to the World for Fingerstyle Ukulele

It Came upon a Midnight Clear for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Aloha ‘Oe

The Songs of Queen Lili’uokalani

Delta Blues

Nails or No Nails on the Ukulele?

Ukulele string crossing exercises

Staccato, alternation and speed in fingerstyle ukulele

Learn the Hawaiian Double Strum

The Versatility of the Right Hand

How to Play a Fingerstyle Backbeat on the Ukulele

Hammer-ons and Pull-offs: Slurs Introduction

Stairway to Heaven Strumming

Band in your hand! How to play Melody and Bass on Ukulele

5 Scales to Practice on Ukulele

How to Roll Chords on Ukulele

How to Play a Hawaiian Vamp on Ukulele

Thumb Technique on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Harmonized C Major Scale on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Alternating i & m on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Accenting on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Block Chords and Basic Arpeggiation on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Accenting with Arpeggios on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Rest Stroke on Fingerstyle Ukulele

Rasgueado Strumming on Ukulele

Left Hand Thumb on Ukulele

Left Hand Fingerings on Ukulele

Classical Ukulele Technique

Your first four ukulele chords

Learn your Notes Names on Ukulele

Getting to know your Ukulele

How to Tune your Ukulele

How to Change Strings on Your Ukulele

High and Low G Tunings on Ukulele

How to Play by Ear on Ukulele

How to Use a Metronome

Subdivision for the Win on Ukulele!

Listen While You Play on Ukulele

How to Practice on Ukulele

Tone Color on Ukulele

Dynamics on Ukulele

Ukulele Sizes: Which is right for you?

Tenor vs. baritone ukulele

How to Choose a Ukulele

Humidity and Your Ukulele

Fingerstyle Ukulele

J.S. Bach…and the Ukulele?

Classical Ukulele: Can you play classical music on the ukulele?

What does “ukulele” mean?

Classical Guitar Strings on Ukulele

Kanikapila: Let’s Play Music Together!

Playing Ukulele with Amplification

Playing in Front of an Audience

Ukulele Outreach around the World

Top 10 Classical Pieces for Ukulele