I hear horror stories of people who have had their strings on for 18 months! NO! Changing strings is part of ukulele ownership and you shouldn't be afraid to do it.
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The main one that surprises me people don't learn from the start is how to change strings. The ukulele is a tool to make music and certain parts of it are designed to be adjusted. If you do have really weak nails, try a false nail that can be fitted at a nail bar for very little money. Don't be shocked that as you practice the nails may wear or get sore.
You really only need to grow nails a little on the thumb, first, middle and ring fingers. For the strumming or picking hand don't be afraid to let the nails grow out if you can - they make a great sound.
On the fretting hand, keep the nails short and neat to allow clean fretting on the strings. If you really struggle, ignore those who say a strap is the work of the devil - if you play better using a strap, then use a strap! This may help you too.įingertips are what it's all about with the ukulele whether strumming or fretting. If you are not comfortable with it, it is going to work against your development as a player. Whether that is sitting or standing is up to you. Work out how you like to hold the ukulele the best. That action will build muscle memory of the most common chord shapes and will pay dividends down the line. Learn the basic chord forms and focus some of your practice on repetitive moving from one chord to another. Keep it simple with some two or three chord songs that you already know well ( Nursery Rhymes, simple well known tunes like 'Happy Birthday') and get to grips with them. The fact that song may have many chords and some complex ones at that is really not going to help you on your way. When you get home with your first ukulele you will probably find the urge to print off a song sheet for your favourite song is hard to resist. Playing anything on a ukulele that is not in tune is a pointless disaster that is going to sound bad. Uke strings do stretch, even older ones, but especially new ones and the tuning can go out with play. Before ANY play session you should check your tuning - and often check it through a session too. This seems obvious, but you would be amazed at how many videos you see where people have not tuned their uke before playing. We'll post any comment, quotes throughout the site and you can help spread the word. We always like to know how we are and you are doing. Want to drop & Learning Ukulele with Curt a nice comment. I can highly recommend Curt's Uke books - I have four of them and they are excellent. This guy knows his stuff and is able to pass it along too. Thank you so much for taking the time to write such great books! - Peter RheeĪloha, Curt, All I can say is WOW! What you have accomplished is simply incredible! All the best - Glen Hirabayashi, The Aloha Boysįolks, if you haven't stopped by Curt's site, do so right now!. I just might end up buying every book you've written and I'll be giving my highest recommendation for your books to my friends and students. Just browsing over both books, they look fantastic! I'm a guitarist and uke player for over 25 years and was thinking about writing a ukulele book but you've already written what I think are the best, most comprehensive and thorough books I've ever seen for the instrument.
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