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During the swing era, guitarists played simple but effective accompaniment—mainly two- and three-note chord voicings, played squarely on downbeats, four strums per bar.

The guitar is a considerably larger instrument than the ukulele, so it might seem improbable that a swing-guitar approach would transfer to uke. Quite the contrary, the abbreviated chord voicings and the ukulele’s bright tones work splendidly well, as the swing musician Casey MacGill demonstrates in the video component of this lesson.

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