The Tin Man's Magic Ukulele Club
$12.00
Every month
$99.00
Every year
Learn one new Jazz Standard each month with over an hour of instruction covering chords, melody, soloing and more with new lessons each week. Plus 100s of jazz ukulele lessons with downloadable educational resources. Extended lessons for every youtube video, over 200 hours of instruction, updated weekly. Live stream lessons 3 times per month, access to members only slack channel, all of my books, mini courses and more!
Start the year swinging with a free jazz ukulele lesson! Learn to play “Satin Doll” — the classic Duke Ellington tune — in under 10 minutes.
This tune is a masterclass in ii–V progressions, with harmony written by the legendary Billy Strayhorn. The best part? You only need two chord shapes and two movements within thse shapes to get it sounding smooth and jazzy. Don’t worry if it looks tricky at first — this lesson breaks it down so any intermediate ukulele player can play it.
Once you’ve learned both sections, we'll put on the backing track and play along with the band — in Duke Ellington’s original key!
Want to go further? In the Magic Ukulele Club, we’ll spend the month exploring Satin Doll in depth:
Learn the melody by ear
Walk a bass line on ukulele
Master all ii–V–I movements
Solo with pivot arpeggios
Explore chord melody arrangements
…and more!
Join the largest jazz ukulele community, with 600+ lessons in the archive (Hate subscriptions? Me too. That's why we have a lifetime membership option)