{"product_id":"three-finger-chord-ukulele-hymns-9781937081652","title":"Three-Finger-Chord Ukulele Hymns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere are\u003c\/strong\u003e 144 Hymns for Daily Prayer arranged by the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Time with Ukulele Chords using three fingers: Index, Middle, and Ring. 93 traditional melodies, most from the public domain plus 10 by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it happened\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(A Different Kind of Twelve Steps): 1\u003c\/strong\u003e. Got an ukulele that will stay in tune ($50+). \u003cstrong\u003e2\u003c\/strong\u003e. Got one of those electronic tuners (3. Learned the chords C, Am, F, and G7. \u003cstrong\u003e4\u003c\/strong\u003e. Played Away In A Manger (#18) many times. \u003cstrong\u003e5\u003c\/strong\u003e. Kept the ukulele next to my recliner. \u003cstrong\u003e6\u003c\/strong\u003e. Picked other songs and learned more chords. \u003cstrong\u003e 7\u003c\/strong\u003e. Explored 3\/4 time and 4\/4 time. \u003cstrong\u003e8\u003c\/strong\u003e. Experimented with picking patterns. \u003cstrong\u003e9\u003c\/strong\u003e. \"Figured out\" chords on these songs. \u003cstrong\u003e10\u003c\/strong\u003e. Watched many ultranet videos. \u003cstrong\u003e11\u003c\/strong\u003e. Practiced with chord progressions. \u003cstrong\u003e12\u003c\/strong\u003e. Saw Jake Shimabukuro at the Ryman.\u003cem\u003e Happily Addicted? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDear Ukulele Companion-Beginner, The Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote that as pray-ers that we are always beginners. Don'tyet know if that is true of an ukulele player, for this book is by an uke newbie. Our Hey Deddy Charlie Wolf used to say that everyone ought play some instrument. I tried learning the guitar with half of my brothers; it didn't take. Tried the cello in seminary; didn't take. Gave the piano a fair shot as a new priest; didn't take. When brothers and cousins were guitaring Christmas before last, and I spoke of old attempts at guitar, brother Danny strummed C, G, and F, and said that's all I need to learn to begin. A light came on. Gave myself an uke for Christmas, and it stared at me accusingly until the October vacation, when I learned C, G, and F, and for six months have played the thing every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese songs (from \u003cem\u003eHinge Hour Singer\u003c\/em\u003e) have been part of my daily life for twenty-five years in the \u003cem\u003eLiturgy of the Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, a prayer form used by Catholic priests, religious, and a growing number of lay faithful, so right away I wanted to start singing them with ukulele chords. Peppering brothers Greg and Danny last Thanksgiving about how to do this, they both said, \"You'll figure it out.\" When Greg became annoyed, I kept asking questions until he stood to walk away as I said, \"I want to know what chords to use to play \u003cem\u003eCreator of the Stars of Night\u003c\/em\u003e! I want to play \u003cem\u003eCreator of the Stars of Night\u003c\/em\u003e!\" He turned and kind of yelled, \"Of course you do! And who wouldn't!\" Brother's button pushed. Success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill able to play only chords using the index, middle, and ring fingers of my left hand, that is all you will find in this book. Brother Kevin assures me the more difficult chords will come later. So this book is by a beginner for a beginner who just wants some chords to play \u003cem\u003eCreator of the Stars of Night\u003c\/em\u003e and a bunch of other traditional hymn melodies. This should truly be considered only a place to begin, for you, companion-beginner, may very well want to sing in a different key, or choose a more beautiful strumming or picking pattern, or change some lyrics back to their originals, or construct some better chord progressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Previously titled \u003cem\u003eFr Steve's Three-Finger-Chord Ukulele Hymns\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolf, Stephen Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephen Joseph Wolf is a parish priest in Clarksville, Tennessee, who spends most Mondays in silence and solitude writing for faith sharing groups and spiritual direction, painting, and sometimes quietly strumming the ukulele, played more loudly on other days. 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