Learning Music The Straightforward Technique

Learning Music The Straightforward Technique

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The ukulele is a great instrument to learn. The basics are really easy to pick up. It's particularly suited to young children, with its diminutive size, and will teach a number of skills that translate to other instruments, particularly the guitar. To get you started on your journey, here are ten tips that will kick start your ukulele playing.

Take the time to tune up properly. Because it's short, it can be quite hard to get the Ukulele for sale in uk in tune. But it has to be done. If your ukulele is out of tune, you WILL sound terrible. There are plenty of tools online to help you to do this. My particular favourite is the AP Tuner.

W: Workout Video: Watch an exercise video. Wait! Don't just watch it, move along with the exercise leader! Most libraries carry a large selection of children's exercise tapes. Check them out and try some new exercise moves.

C: Crazy crawling: Spread out kitchen chairs and try crawling under and around them. Get a stopwatch and try to beat your time. If you are too big to crawl under chairs, try crawling under the table instead!

You can learn to play the Ukulele as soon as you learn the notes. You are probably better off to start with a four stringed instrument as it will be easier to learn the four notes instead of six. A ukulele is similar to a guitar, but a bit easier to play. You pluck the strings and learn chords, but because the instrument is smaller, there are less chords and fewer strings. This means you can easily start playing once you have learned the notes.

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This gives the tenor ukulele more the feel of a guitar (the tuning of a low-G tenor ukulele is the same as the top four strings of a guitar capoed at the fifth fret). It gives the ukulele more options for playing bass notes: which can be very helpful when you are Ukulele playing solo and need to provide your own bass line accompaniment.

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.