Most of the magic of ukulele jazz comes from fancier voicings that highlight more interesting decoration notes in the chord. You could play any of the following jazz chord progressions with standard chord shapes and they would sound very plain. To get started we’re going to need some… Jazz Chord Shapes for Ukulele From the common ukulele jazz chord shapes to common chord progressions to a songs you can use to learn the style. In this lesson I’m going to talk about the basics of playing chords that sound jazzy on your uke. The harmonies and sounds they evoke have an inherently pleasing sound. I spent weeks on those illustrations.There are few ukulele chords that sound better than some standard jazz shapes played in a simple progression. This sequence works for every major chord.įor more options for playing chords across the neck, check out my article about the CAGED method for baritone ukulele. After that, the next shape will be the E shape, and so on. The next shape will be the G shape, because G comes after A in the word CAGED. Whichever shape you start with, continue with the next shapes in order of the letters in the word CAGED.įor example, to play B-flat major chords on baritone ukulele, we begin with the A major shape on the 1st fret (see option 1 above). You can easily remember the order in which to use these shapes with the word CAGED.
Use these five shapes on different frets to play all the major chords on baritone ukulele. Remember that there are five moveable shapes you can use to play major chords across the neck. To play a B-flat major chord, use these shapes: How to remember the order of the chord shapes as you move across the neck
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