Ukulele Chords - Play Easy Chord Changes
Ukulele Chords - Play Easy Chord Changes
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Before we delve to deeply into our ukulele chords let's take a look at the tuning of your ukulele. The resulting names of the chords we play depends on how we tune the ukulele.
Play slow, very slow. Imagine you're a snail and the strings are the road and play it as slow as you can. You will get the correct rhythm, you won't make mistakes that later on would be very difficult to address and try to increase the speed gradually over time, even if Ukulele for sale in uk now it doesn't sound very good.
Two months later I had my final payment and I brought the shiny instrument home only to realize that electric guitars need amplifiers. My dad laughed and said let's go see what we can do in my shop. Daddy was an electronic genius and woodworker extraordinaire and access to his shop had been someone limited to me prior to this. Our first father/son project was afoot.
On some sites you will find ukulele tablature which works the same way. The only difference is that ukulele tabs have four lines as an ukulele usually has four strings.
It's absolutely vital that you learn to tune your Ukulele properly. Nothing will make you sound worse than being out of tune. It's well worth practicing to get this right. There are a number of options for people who need help tuning their ukulele (digital tuners, pitch pipes, or just using your ears). Pick a method and use it until you're confident that you can get in tune.
Another reason is that you can keep your hand Ukulele for sale in the same position as you only need to move your fingers and not your left Ukulele hand. This will help you a lot when you start to play more difficult melodies.
Once the instrument is tuned, play around with it a bit. Learn how the different notes sound and get what they call an "ear" for music. Some people have this as a natural gift, others can learn this. You can also take a look at some tutorials on the proper way to pluck the instrument, using your thumb and in some cases, your thumb and forefinger.
Once you are comfortable with holding the instrument, high in your arms, and plucking the strings with your thumb or felt pick, you are able to take lessons and learn how to really play the instrument and make some good music.