How To Play A Ukulele

The type of strings you use can make a big different to the sound of your ukulele. The strings you get with your ukulele are likely to be cheap and nasty. It's worth replacing them with higher quality strings such as Worth, Aquila or D'Addario.

The Ukulele is a small-sized guitar with 4 strings. The word Ukulele means in Hawaiian "jumping flea". The legend goes that there was an English army officer who was quite an expert in playing this instrument. Because he was small and sprightly, he was nicknamed "Ukulele", and that's how the ukulele got its name.

Ukulele  for sale in uk You can play and sing at the same time - As adults, many of us become nervous and almost ashamed of singing. Children have no such problem and love to sing. Teaching them to play a wind instrument such as the recorder prevents them singing. Similarly, a piano is too loud and will overwhelm the child's voice. Give a child a ukulele and they'll be singing and strumming before you know it.

Ukulele for sale 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 for 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.

G: Grab that Tail: Get a partner for this fun grabbing game. Put an 18" piece of ribbon or crepe paper in the back of your pants waistband. About 12" should hang out. Stand back to back with your child, hands on head. (OK, you're backs won't touch, but you get the idea!) On "GO!" turn, and try to grab each other's ribbon tail.

In rock music, C to F is one of the most common chord changes there is. You'll hear it over and over in all sorts of genres from country to blues to pop to metal.

Even if it is awkward at first you will soon get used to this type of fingerings. This will help you to play the notes without looking at the fretboard.