the lowest string on the ukulele is the second to top string. Some people (myself included) find that it’s a bit more intuitive and natural to assign the thumb to pluck this lowest
“Für Elise” by Ludwig van Beethoven was definitely not a ukulele-original, but it is a great tune if you want to put your ukulele-playing skills to the test. Try learning the melody for “Für Elise,” but make sure to start off slow before picking up the pace. One way to do th...
If you find yourself with stiff fingers, then one of the best things you can do is take a brief five minutes as you pick up your ukulele to warm up the fretting hand, strumming hand, and the mind. By doing so, most importantly, you get yourself into a relaxed state. Sometimes we un...
Learning instruments should be fun, and none more so than the ukulele. After all, the ukulele is one of theeasiest instruments to learn. And some of the coolest songs out there are also easy songs to play on the ukulele, even if you’re a complete beginner. With just a few simple cho...
For the picking hand, I’m just using my thumb to pluck the notes of the A-string. For the fretting hand, since this song plays notes all across the fretboard, my challenge to you is to try to use as many fingers from your fretting hand as possible to make your changes between notes...
Brush up on your arpeggio picking and palm muting with Blue Öyster Cult’s 1976 acclaimed “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” This song has a haunting vibe, andRolling Stonenamed it song of the year the year of its release. Learn how to play “Don’t Fear the Reaper” here. ...
VH1 named ZZ Top’s “Tush,” the only single from fourth albumTush, the 67th best hard rock song of all time, and it definitely deserved to be on the list. A 12-bar bluesy rocker, it took John Lee Hooker’s rhythm approach and added modern hard rock picking and lead work. Fender...
Easy Solo Guitar AboutComfortably Numb Artist:Pink Floyd Album:The Wall Genres:Rock,Pop Composer(s):David Gilmour, Roger Waters PLAY THIS TAB Other tabs arrangements ofComfortably Numb Comfortably Numb Full Score Comfortably Numb Guitar & Vocals ...
His fourth albumBroken English(released in January) is a modern folk commentary on our tenuous American life–written before the pandemic. Though performed on guitar, the songs were written on the banjo. “With the fingerpicking, flat-picking style I play there’s sort of the bones of the me...
So go ahead and give this rock ballad a try on the acoustic guitar. 10 Bonus Songs to learn with open chords If you want to learn new songs fast, an easy way to do this is by picking songs you already know that use only, or mostly, open chords. You can learn many songs with ...