Every tune here is traditional. Our build places each note on the C, E or A string, and checks that each chord fits the melody note where it starts. The tuning is all in the octave around middle C Britannica: ukulele; our build reads the open C string as middle C, and keeps every melody note at or above it.
Hot Cross Buns
C C C G7 C
A|---------|---------|------------------------|---------|
E|-0-------|-0-------|------------------------|-0-------|
C|----2--0-|----2--0-|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2-|----2--0-|
G|---------|---------|------------------------|---------|
Hot Cross Buns (traditional), in tab. Notes, bar by bar: E D C | E D C | C C C C D D D D | E D C. Chords: C | C | C G7 | C. Tab and chords worked out by us from the tuning Britannica: ukulele.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
C C G7 C C C G7 C
A|------------|---------|---------|---------|------------|------------|------------|---|
E|-0----------|-0--0--0-|---------|-0--3--3-|-0----------|-0--0--0--0-|-------0----|---|
C|----2--0--2-|---------|-2--2--2-|---------|----2--0--2-|------------|-2--2-----2-|-0-|
G|------------|---------|---------|---------|------------|------------|------------|---|
Mary Had a Little Lamb (traditional), in tab. Notes, bar by bar: E D C D | E E E | D D D | E G G | E D C D | E E E E | D D E D | C. Chords: C | C | G7 | C | C | C | G7 | C. Tab and chords worked out by us from the tuning Britannica: ukulele.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
C F C F C G7 C C F C G7 C F C G7 C F C F C G7 C
A|------------|-0--0----|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|-0--0----|------------|---------|
E|-------3--3-|-------3-|-1--1--0--0-|---------|-3--3--1--1-|-0--0----|-3--3--1--1-|-0--0----|-------3--3-|-------3-|-1--1--0--0-|---------|
C|-0--0-------|---------|------------|-2--2--0-|------------|-------2-|------------|-------2-|-0--0-------|---------|------------|-2--2--0-|
G|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (traditional), in tab. Notes, bar by bar: C C G G | A A G | F F E E | D D C | G G F F | E E D | G G F F | E E D | C C G G | A A G | F F E E | D D C. Chords: C | F C | F C | G7 C | C F | C G7 | C F | C G7 | C | F C | F C | G7 C. Tab and chords worked out by us from the tuning Britannica: ukulele.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
C C C C G7 C
A|---------------|---------------|-3--3--3----------|------------------|------------|---|
E|-------------0-|-0-----0--1--3-|----------3--3--3-|-0--0--0----------|-3--1--0----|---|
C|-0--0--0--2----|----2----------|------------------|----------0--0--0-|----------2-|-0-|
G|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------|---|
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (traditional), in tab. Notes, bar by bar: C C C D E | E D E F G | C C C G G G | E E E C C C | G F E D | C. Chords: C | C | C | C | G7 | C. Tab and chords worked out by us from the tuning Britannica: ukulele.
London Bridge
C C G7 C C C G7 C
A|----0-------|---------|---------|---------|----0-------|---------|------------|
E|-3-----3--1-|-0--1--3-|----0--1-|-0--1--3-|-3-----3--1-|-0--1--3-|----3--0----|
C|------------|---------|-2-------|---------|------------|---------|-2--------0-|
G|------------|---------|---------|---------|------------|---------|------------|
London Bridge (traditional), in tab. Notes, bar by bar: G A G F | E F G | D E F | E F G | G A G F | E F G | D G E C. Chords: C | C | G7 | C | C | C | G7 C. Tab and chords worked out by us from the tuning Britannica: ukulele.
Frère Jacques
F F F F F F F F
A|-------0----|-------0----|-0--1--3-|-0--1--3-|-3--5--3--1--0----|-3--5--3--1--0----|---------|---------|
E|-1--3-----1-|-1--3-----1-|---------|---------|----------------1-|----------------1-|-1-----1-|-1-----1-|
C|------------|------------|---------|---------|------------------|------------------|----0----|----0----|
G|------------|------------|---------|---------|------------------|------------------|---------|---------|
Frère Jacques (traditional), in tab. Notes, bar by bar: F G A F | F G A F | A B♭ C | A B♭ C | C D C B♭ A F | C D C B♭ A F | F C F | F C F. Chords: F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F. Tab and chords worked out by us from the tuning Britannica: ukulele.