Ukulele Newcomers - Study The Ukulele
Ukulele Newcomers - Study The Ukulele
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In this lesson you will learn to play Amazing Grace on your ukulele. I will instruct you on how to play the melody and you will also learn to use an easy form of ukulele tablature.
The ukulele is easy to learn - Anyone who has had a child learning the violin will know the terror of practice time. It takes many months of practice for a child to produce in tune, pleasant sounding notes. This can be discouraging for both parent and child. The Ukulele for sale in uk, on the other hand, is much easier for beginners. Most children will be able to strum a chord or two within minutes of picking it up.
I will also use an easy form of tablature notation that will help you find your way around your ukulele guitar. Guitar tablature or guitar tab is very common on the internet. It is a notational system with six lines representing the strings on a guitar and numbers on the lines indicating which frets to press down.
At this stage, knowing some chord theory is useful. Learning the harmonized major scale will mean you can quickly assess whether a chord is likely to be major, minor, seventh etc.
It is of course preferable to use a tuner or piano or tuning fork in Ukulele tuning but it is not necessary to tune exactly to the concert pitch if you don't play with others.
Now you will learn to interpret this notation. The digit before the slash indicates the fret to press down. The digit after the slash shows you Ukulele for sale which string to play.
S: Silly Scarecrows: Scarecrows are pretty floppy and flexible. Try walking like a scarecrow with loose arm and leg movements. Remember how the scarecrow in the Wizard of OZ had trouble dancing? Skip, hop and dance like a very bendable scarecrow.
Being a beginner, don't go overboard on your first instrument! I've been playing guitar for just under 30 years and my first ukulele only cost me $60 NEW! My second cost closer to $300. I've tried playing all the different ukulele types and I prefer the tenor. The fret spacing is easy to finger and I still have the feel and sound of a ukulele. The first thing you're going to want to do after you get your ukulele is tine it. You can tune by ear but for just Ukulele for sale in uk a few bucks the ease and perfection of an actual tuner. I been playing for a while and an electric tuner has been one of my best investments. Report this page