Ukulele Lesson - Jingle Bells Instruction
Ukulele Lesson - Jingle Bells Instruction
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The ukulele is a very interesting and beautiful instrument. It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. The typical ukulele most people think of is the four string, tenor ukulele. It is tuned GCEA.
Listen to lots of ukulele players. The more you listen, the more you'll get a feel for the Ukulele for sale in uk and the way it sounds. It will influence how you play subconsciously.
The first benefit of learning ukulele is its size. Many small children struggle with larger instruments such as guitar. While guitars can be purchased in sizes as small as a quarter of the size of a regular-sized guitar, they are often still too big for kids who are 5-10 years old. Ukulele, on the other hand, is small enough to be handled easily by someone in this age range. The body of the instrument is small and easy to hold. The neck is also thin with narrow frets, which makes it easy to play basic chords.
At this stage, knowing some chord theory is useful. Learning the harmonized major scale will mean you can quickly assess whether a chord is likely to be major, minor, seventh etc.
The names of the chords we will play are dependent upon the tuning of the uke. In this Ukulele lesson we will use the common tuning in C. This means that the first string of the ukukule is tuned to A. The first string of your uke is the bottom string when you play.
Why is it so easy to play? Well because of the way it is tuned Ukulele for sale you usually have to hold down one or two strings and strum and you have music. But even better is you can just fiddle with it and make pleasing music, and no more intermittent screeches or dribbles.
You can use your first finger for all the notes but a more professional approach is to play the notes on the first fret with your first finger, the notes on the second fret with your long finger and the notes on your third fret with your ring finger.
The best way to pick up on these chord variations is to listen to the melody. It's often easier to work out single notes than it is full chords. Discover If you can figure out how to play the melody, all the better. Melody notes are often picked up on in the chords. So if you can find these notes, they will help you find those subtle chord variations.