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.
Adding A Backbeat
This is a first for Ukulele Go – a guest post from Andrew Hardel of Rock Class 101. I’ve been pretty impressed with Andrew’s ukulele lessons so I’m really pleased that he’s contributed to the site. Over to Andrew… Continue reading
A Different Kind Of Ukulele
You’ve probably seen oil can guitars before – I stumbled upon them via YouTube where I saw a guy playing one that he’d built himself and became a little bit obsessed for a while. I dug around and found that a company called Bohemian Guitars had started manufacturing them for the mass market. Then a few months back I saw a few hints that an oil can ukulele was being developed too. I got chance to talk to the guys at Bohemian Guitars about their project and their upcoming oil can ukulele…
E Chord on Ukulele – Learn How To Play It
The e chord is every beginner ukulele player’s nemesis. Players will go to great lengths to avoid playing an E chord on ukulele. It’s not uncommon for people to play an E7 in it’s place or just to transpose a song completely. Check out my guide to helping you get to grips with the e chord…
32 Ukulele Strumming Patterns
Strumming patterns – some people can’t play without them, others never use them. Personally I never really know which pattern I’m playing unless I analyse afterwards, but I know some people really need a strumming pattern to guide them through a song. With that in mind I’ve put together a PDF of 32 ukulele strumming patterns to help anyone that needs a little inspiration.
The Secret Ukulele, Pinky Muting and Waiting In Line
Apologies in advance for this post, this is just me waffling on about all kinds of things that have been going on over the past month…
The First Cut Is The Deepest by Cat Stevens
I was doing a bit of playing by ear the other night and I ended up listening to a great cover version of Cat Stevens’ The First Cut Is The Deepest which inspired me to do a really basic fingerpicking tab for any beginners out there.
Ukulele Round Up – 19 June 2015
What’s this? Two round-ups in a month, no way! Yep, don’t go expecting this every time though. Here’s what’s been going down lately in the ukulele world…
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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