JOHN LEE MUSIC INSTRUCTION

Woodstock was a music festival held on August 15th–18th, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles (65 km) southwest of  Woodstock . Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 400,000.

|| Choosing your Instrument || Ukulele sizes || Difference between Acoustic and Electric Guitars || Essential accessories || Ukulele and Guitar Anatomy || Playing posture || Chord block diagrams and fretboard maps || Reading music notation and Tablature || The Chromatic Scale or Harmonic Wheel || Standard and Half Step Down Tunings || Reading the fingerboard || Strumming patterns || Picking techniques || The major scale and its relative minor || Triads and power chords || Major and minor chords || Barre Chords || Chord inversions || Natural harmonics || The pentatonic scale || The I IV V chord progression || The 12-Bar blues || Playing melodies and songs ||

The Ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument, which was introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants. It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during the early 20th century and from there spread internationally. The tone and volume of the Ukulele vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone. Popular Ukulele makers include Kala, Lanikai, Martin, Mahalo, Oscar Schmidt, Fender, Ibanez and Epiphone.

Not to be confused with the Classical Guitar, the Acoustic Guitar has steel strings whereas the Classical Guitar has nylon strings. The Acoustic Guitar also has a narrower neck profile. It is also called the Folk Guitar. Good quality Acoustic Guitars come with Solid Spruce Tops. There are broadly 3 sizes to the Acoustic Guitar. The 3/4 size Acoustic is for young students. The dreadnought size is the most common for adults. This is followed by the Grand Auditorium or Concert size. The size, wood used and string gauge affects the natural tone of the Guitar.   Some Acoustic Guitars can be connected via a cable to an Acoustic Amplifier which typically has reverb and chorus effects. These Guitars have pick-ups and pre-amps installed on them and are called Acoustic-Electric Guitars. Popular Acoustic Guitar makers include Gibson, Fender, Taylor, Martin, Epiphone, Ibanez, Takamine, Yamaha, Washburn and Ovation.

The Electric Guitar can broadly be classified into the Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul(picture) category. The Fender Stratocaster has a narrower neck with 3 single-coil pickups and a tremolo bar. The Gibson Les Paul has a thicker neck with 2 humbucking pickups. As the name implies, the Electric Guitar is played through an amplifier. The electric guitar amplifier has equalizers or tone controls and typically also has on-board effects such as distortion and reverb. Popular Electric Guitar makers include Gibson, Fender, Washburn, Ibanez, Paul Reed Smith, Yamaha, Epiphone and Jackson. And popular Electric Guitar Amplifier makers include Marshall, Fender, Blackstar, Orange, Crate, Ibanez, Peavey, Mesa-Boogie and Vox.

Another piece of Gear which is commonly used in the Electric Guitar set-up is the Guitar Effect or Guitar Pedal. An Effects Unit or Effects Pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of the Electric Guitar before it enters the Guitar Amplifier. There are many kinds of Guitar Pedals and these include, as their name implies, Distortion, Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flanger and Tremolo. Popular Guitar Effects or Pedal makers include Boss, Ibanez, Morley, TC Electronic, Zoom, Digitech, Mesa Boogie, Marshall and Danelectro.  

Rest the Ukulele close to your body at an angle of 45 to 90-degrees from the floor in-between your right thigh and right elbow. Your right thumb should be placed on the G-string with the rest of the fingers over the sound hole. Your left hand should be holding the neck of the instrument around the 3 rd  fret. The left thumb should be behind the neck with the other fingers over the fretboard.