Fingerpicking can be pretty daunting if you’re new to ukulele. It sounds really impressive, looks very complicated and as a result it can take a while to really to get to grips with, but did you know there’s another option?
Tips
If You Say It You Can Play It
There are two tips I learned when playing guitar that I think are the two most important things I ever learned. Fortunately for you guys these lessons translate perfectly to ukulele and are simple enough to get to grips with.
Getting Started With Funk Rhythm
I love messing around with funk rhythm on ukulele, I treat it really loosely and probably almost never play the same rhythm twice. It’s great to experiment with and it should do wonders for other areas of your playing when you get to grips with the basics.
Advanced Ukulele Strumming Techniques
I’ve been digging around a lot lately looking at ways to improve my strumming and going beyond just playing different patterns. I think the ukulele really sings when you go beyond regular strumming and start adding some of it’s unique approaches to playing. Here’s some videos on more advanced strumming techniques that I’ve found on my travels…
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Recording Ukulele Videos for YouTube
Over the past few months I’ve been making a few video tutorials of simple songs for beginners to have a go at. I’ve talked in the past about struggling to get decent sound quality without spending a lot of money on cameras and mics. Here’s what I’ve learned so far…
The Circle Of Fifths
Here we go with a little music theory (not too much though). Take a look at the circle of fifths below, yeah it looks complicated and in truth, it can be a little bit – but we’re going to take a really basic look at it today and it won’t be scary.
One Chord Songs On Ukulele
I was watching some harmonica lessons a few weeks back and one those lessons was to restrict your improvisation to a single hole which gives you just 2 notes to play with. It’s a real challenge to try and play something interesting with just 2 notes and it makes you focus more on other things like timing and dynamics/volume. Without a doubt it improves you as a player, so I wondered how that might be adapted to ukulele.
Ukulele Parts Diagram
You should really take the time to get to know your ukulele, otherwise when you hear someone mention the nut or the saddle you’re not going to have a clue what they’re talking about and you might end up looking the fool.
Ukulele Fingerpicking For Beginners
Fingerpicking can be a little bit daunting if you’re only used to strumming chords on your ukulele. Here’s my approach to get you started with ukulele fingerpicking the simple way. You’ll be up and running in no time. It’s easy when you know how…
20 Minute Beginners Ukulele Practice Schedule
If you really want to develop your ukulele skills as quickly as possible then it’s important to get yourself a practice schedule sorted out as soon as you possibly can. Check out my daily 20 minute practice schedule to get you improving quickly.