10 Quick Tips for Ukulele Beginners
If this is your first time picking up a ukulele, there are a number of things you may be asking yourself. And the answer to those questions may determine whether you stick with the uke as your instrument or abandon it all together.
In this article, I'll give you ten quick tips to make sure your ukulele playing gets off to a great start.
1. Buy the best ukulele you can afford - the more you invest in your playing, the more you'll want to practice.
2. Learn the C, F and G chords - once you have these chords under your belt, you'll be able to play a range of songs.
3. Learn to tune the ukulele - too many performances have been ruined by out of tune ukuleles. This is the first, and most important, step to making sure you sound great.
4. Hold the ukulele right - start getting the good habits in right away.
5. Play with others - there are tons of ukulele groups around. If you can't find one; start one.
6. Start slow - by far the best way to practice is incredibly slowly. So slowly you can't possibly make a mistake. Get the moves 'under your fingers' and things will be much more easy to speed up.
7. Invest in some good strings - a good brand of strings (such as Worth or Aquila) will serve you very well. It's the cheapest and easiest way to improve the sound of a ukulele.
8. Steal ideas - it may seem a little like cheating, but listen to your favourite music, work out what they are doing and incorporate it into your own music.
9. Watch carefully - there are hundreds of ukulele videos online. Take a close look at the players you admire and how they play. How do they hold the ukulele? How do they strum? How do they sit? You don't have to ape them exactly, but take pointers from what they do.
10. Enjoy your playing - this is probably the most important tip of all. If you hate what you are doing - you'll end up putting the instrument down and never picking it up again. If your practice is getting boring and you feel yourself slipping into a rut, try playing something entirely new and different to rediscover that passion. - 18758
In this article, I'll give you ten quick tips to make sure your ukulele playing gets off to a great start.
1. Buy the best ukulele you can afford - the more you invest in your playing, the more you'll want to practice.
2. Learn the C, F and G chords - once you have these chords under your belt, you'll be able to play a range of songs.
3. Learn to tune the ukulele - too many performances have been ruined by out of tune ukuleles. This is the first, and most important, step to making sure you sound great.
4. Hold the ukulele right - start getting the good habits in right away.
5. Play with others - there are tons of ukulele groups around. If you can't find one; start one.
6. Start slow - by far the best way to practice is incredibly slowly. So slowly you can't possibly make a mistake. Get the moves 'under your fingers' and things will be much more easy to speed up.
7. Invest in some good strings - a good brand of strings (such as Worth or Aquila) will serve you very well. It's the cheapest and easiest way to improve the sound of a ukulele.
8. Steal ideas - it may seem a little like cheating, but listen to your favourite music, work out what they are doing and incorporate it into your own music.
9. Watch carefully - there are hundreds of ukulele videos online. Take a close look at the players you admire and how they play. How do they hold the ukulele? How do they strum? How do they sit? You don't have to ape them exactly, but take pointers from what they do.
10. Enjoy your playing - this is probably the most important tip of all. If you hate what you are doing - you'll end up putting the instrument down and never picking it up again. If your practice is getting boring and you feel yourself slipping into a rut, try playing something entirely new and different to rediscover that passion. - 18758
About the Author:
For more on ukuleles, read Al Wood's blog where you can learn how to buy a ukulele and read his Fluke ukulele review.
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