Classical Music Excerpts

• Classical music pieces can be VERY long! So we are going to learn some shorter versions, or 'excerpts.'

• You may recognise some of the tunes?

• Perhaps you've heard them on the television or at a church wedding service?

•  Classical Music is also a bit hard on the ukulele so practise well and read the tab notation carefully!

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

• To watch, and listen to this exciting piece Click here...

A ----------|----------|----------|---------|- E --3-3-3-|----------|--1-1-1-|----------|- C ----------|-3-------|----------|-2-------|- G ----------|---------|----------|----------|-

Ludwig Van Beethoven

To learn how to play the full introduction click here...

Ode to Joy

• This piece was also written by Beethoven.

A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-

E --0--0--1--3--|--3--1--0-----|-------------0--|--0------------|-

C ----------------|-------------2--|--0--0--2-----|--------2-2----|-

G ----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-

To learn how to play the full theme click here...

Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture

• When Tchaikovsky wrote this piece he included REAL canons in it! To watch the present-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force play it like this...CLICK HERE!! IT'S AWESOME!!

Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky