C Major Scale with Harmony – technique exercises

Combinatorics was the math class that completely changed the direction of my post‑college life. Do you remember a class that did that for you? Combinatorics has everything to do with C Major Scale with Harmony – my next book in the Pick Pluck Play Series – released on Friday 23rd January 2026. It contains 24 progressive studies plus two waltzes and a bonus arrangement – Auld Lang Syne, just in time for Robert Burns Night.

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At its core, combinatorics asks the simple question: “How many different ways can you…?” It’s a concept I first encountered on Sesame Street, except they never warned me it would one day lead to counting notes, chords, and musical possibilities until my brain resembled a very tired abacus.

My new book dives into all the different ways you can:

• play the C major scale (one octave up and down from middle C—no shortcuts, no roller skates)
• accompany the melody with chords—how many types, and how many ways you can play them before your fingers file a complaint
• add notes to the C major scale and still manage to go up and down without falling off the musical staircase

To actually finish this book, I had to heroically resist the urge to include the warm‑up exercises. Instead, I banished them—lovingly—into a separate book with enough tongue‑twisting titles to qualify as a vocabulary workout. That may be my fifth book as yet untitled, but also a Technique Exercise for Beginners book, to follow C Major Scale with Harmony. The seeds of (re) harmonized C major scale were sown a couple years ago and again in my Daily Music Writing Project.

Which means, naturally, my work will never, ever end. But at least I’m counting things I love.

108 pages! the biggest book yet!

Screen shots two-page view for the draft.

108 pages of progressive, duet‑ready studies for tone, coordination, and harmonic literacy—designed for long‑term growth; priced to match the series’ premium standard.

I couldn’t resist doing a livestream to announce the release of this book, just in time for Robert Burns’ Birthday on 25th January!

and another livestream

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RELEASED TODAY!

Pick Pluck Play! Fingerstyle Ukulele
24 Progressive Studies on the C Major Scale with Harmony
108 pages • Black & White • $18.01

I’m thrilled to share the newest title in the Pick Pluck Play! series—a musicianship‑centered collection designed to build tone, coordination, sight‑reading, and harmonic literacy on the high‑G ukulele. 

Inside you’ll find:

• 24 single‑page progressive studies, from single notes to rich textures
• Chord Choreography™ for precise finger placement and smooth transitions
• Harmonic training, including secondary dominants (“last‑verse magic”)
• Solo or duet flexibility throughout
• Bonus content: major & minor waltz‑style scales, Auld Lang Syne (chord‑melody), and a chord reference table

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