A question I got today:

I saw you on facebook and I need some help. How can I turn sheet music for piano to ukulele chords? I would like to play Slovenian children’s songs, but i only have the sheet music for piano. Can you help me?

Changing piano to ukulele chords requires a bit of knowledge of how chords are built. You’ll have to identify the chords in the piano part, by looking at the notes that are being played together and then look up those chords using something like https://ukebuddy.com/ukulele-chords

Alternatively, you can identify the key of the song, isolate the melody and then just experiment with the chords in that key to see which ones sound good to you. For example, in the key of C, the most common chords are C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, & G7. In essence, you’re ignoring the piano part and creating your own arrangement.

I plan to create some videos soon about these topics in more detail. Please let me know if you’d like me to add you to my announcement list so you can hear when they come out (ryan@ukuleleplay.com).

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