Most guests, however, were crammed in the backhouse, where they cheered ukulele cover band the Ooks of Hazzard as the nine musicians headed toward a “Purple Rain” finale.

You can find many Hawaiian songs which have three to four basic chords. As Live Ukulele suggests, many Hawaiian songs follow the same chord progression.

In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar blues improv in the key of ...