We Got the Beat
Uku can do this
Tackling Terms

Stringing Along

Fingers, Chords & Frets
100

The number of beats a quarter note gets.


What is 1.

100

The Ukulele is part of this instrument family.

What are strings?

100

When you are drawing notes you write them on a _______ which has 4 spaces and 5 lines.

What is a staff.

100

This string is closest to your face on the top.

What is G?

100

Where should your fingers be placed on the fretboard when you play?

In between the frets.

200

The number of beats a dotted QUARTER NOTE gets.

What is 1 1/2?

200

The opening on the Ukulele that helps amplify the sound.

What is the sound hole?

200

The name for the muscial term that looks like this:

4/4

What is a time signature.

200

This string is closest to your lap on the bottom.

What is A.

200

The chord we learned that uses 2 fingers on the ukulele?

What is F

300

The number of beats a dotted HALF NOTE gets.

What is 3?

300

The name of the part(s) you use to change the strings to their correct pitch.

What are the tuning pegs or tuners?

300

 The name of the line that measures are divided by.

What is a bar line.

300

The lowest sounding string (pitch).

What is C.

300

The chord we learned that uses 3 fingers on the fret board.

What is G?

400

The number of beats an eighth note gets.

What is 1/2?

400

The part of the ukulele that includes the frets, fret wires and fret markers.

What is the fret board?

400

The part of a note that hangs off of an eighth note is called this.

What is a flag.

400

The sentence I told you to help remember the order of the string names from top (face) to bottom (lap).

What is "Good children eat apples."

400

We learned 2 different types of chords, major and ________.

What is minor.

500

How many beats is a dotted whole note worth?

6 beats.

500

The part of the ukulele that sits immediately at the top of the fretboard and below the neck where the strings connect.

What is the nut?

500

The name of the horizontal line that connects eighth notes and sixteenth notes.

What is a beam

500

What is the saying that started in Hawaii that you sing when tuning the strings?

What is "my dog has fleas"?

500

The strings on a Ukulele are tuned to these letters.

What is G-C-E and A