Ukulele Picking Exercises: The following is a collection offingerpickingexercises intended to build dexterity and prepare your hands for playing. Do each slowly until it becomes natural. If you can’t play it perfectly all the way through, go slower. Rushing and playing sloppy isn’t going to ...
Warming up, which is often overlooked, is an important part of practicing because it helps bring your mind and body into a relaxed but engaged state of mind. In total, these warm-up exercises shouldn’t take more than five minutes at the beginning of your practice session. If you’re som...
Brett McQueen is the founder of Ukulele Tricks and author of the internationally-published bookUkulele Exercises For Dummies. He teaches thousands of people from around the world to play ukulele in a non-intimidating, easy-to-follow style.Read more....
Our thumb will be used to the pluck the 4th and 3rd strings. Our index finger will be used to pluck the 2nd string. Our middle finger will be used to pluck the 1st string. We will also plant our pinky on the top of the ukulele, just below the sound hole, to stabilize our picking...
You may be thinking that we’ve already been picking in a linear fashion but this one is a little different. This time we’re deliberately aiming to pick from the lowest open string to the highest open string. I’m going to give you the option of using either a three finger picking st...
In this lesson, I’ll discuss some helpful ways to get your technique on track early. To get this info onto the strings you’ll explore a handful of simple right- and left-hand exercises that make it easy to avoid early pitfalls that lead to frustration. Because the ukulele can be so ...
Practice Muscle Memory Exercises Complement the above approach by developing your finger’s muscle memory. Repeatedly hammer-on and pull-off of each note in a chord using one finger at a time with the left hand. For instance, if you want to practice a G major, hold the chord and mash on...
Brett McQueen is the founder of Ukulele Tricks and author of the internationally-published bookUkulele Exercises For Dummies. He teaches thousands of people from around the world to play ukulele in a non-intimidating, easy-to-follow style.Read more....
Chapters include the Basic Index Finger Strum, Triplets, Flourish, Tremolo, Chunky Chop, Rhythm & Timing Exercises and and more! Play Ukulele By Ear Vol. 1: Learning To Listen 52-minute lesson Digital Download $10 Volume 1 is for anyone just getting started on the ukulele as well as ...
In this lesson, we’re going to learn how to fingerpick “Good King Wenceslas” on ukulele. This song is perfect for beginners, and if you’ve been fingerpicking for awhile, your family and friends will love to hear you play it this Christmas!