Learning The Ukulele - Seven Top Tips

 


In this lesson you will learn to play a melody on your ukulele! You do not have to read sheet music. It is time to learn to play Mary Had A Little Lamb with an easy instruction and tablature notation!

As you can see Ukulele for sale in uk this chord sequence you have one note in common in the A-minor chord and the F-major chord. I suggest that you keep your left hand middle finger down on the second fret on the fourth string as you move from Am to F.

Fsus2 is a very jazzy sounding chord, so you have to be quite careful how you use it. It is played by putting your index finger on the first fret of the E string. The best way to use it is to switch between F and Fsus2 whilst playing. This is a trick that Zack Condon of Beirut often uses.

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.

Learn to read Ukulele tab. Tablature is a method of showing how to play melodies on the Ukulele as well as chords. It's easy to understand - much easier than standard music notation. There is plenty of ukulele tab available on the net and it's a lot of fun to play. Search for 'how to read ukulele tab' on Google and you'll find some helpful articles.

When visiting during the winter, watch the humpback whales, as they come to Maui every year to give birth. Watch them put on the best show on Earth from Ukulele for sale the lanai of your vacation condo from the beach or just about anywhere you can see the water! January through March are the peak months, when you can see whales every day.

You can use your first finger for all the notes but a more professional approach is to play the notes on the first fret with your first finger, the notes on the second fret with your long finger and the notes on your third fret with your ring finger.

We haven't used the fourth string in ukuleles this melody but you can listen to the two notes 3/2 and 0/4. These two notes should have the same pitch if you have tuned the ukulele correctly.

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