Constructing Ukulele Chords

Constructing Ukulele Chords

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I'm sure you can all remember the shrill or the beautiful notes from the recorder and the screeches of waxed horsetail on those violin strings, lest we never forget. Were those the only instruments that we could learn in school? I remember my times in the recorder orchestra being accompanied by a couple of Violins - I was so proud at the time - I only recently discovered how "interesting" it sounded when I was dragged by my sister to my nephews first concert. I'm so glad I took the ear plugs.

Every note to play in the chord is notated with two numbers. The first number tells you which fret to press down and the next number indicates the string. 31 Ukulele for sale in uk example means, press down the third fret on the first string. 04 means that you play the open fourth string, that is, without pressing down a fret.

Record your own playing as often as you can. It's difficult to play and listen at the same time. Quite often just noticing what you're Uke doing wrong is enough to fix the problem.

Make sure you bookmark the ukulele tuner site for future use. You'll want to tune before each playing session (and often during). The strings will naturally go out of tune as the uke sits and as its played.

Children can relate to it - The Ukulele looks like a mini-guitar. Kids love to imitate their favorite stars and immediately take to the ukulele. They will also probably be familiar with the ukulele from cartoons such as Sponge Bob Square Pants and Lilo & Stitch. As soon as you give them a ukulele, they'll be strumming and striking rock star poses.

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.

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 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.