Got a uke for my B-day
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So my parents got me a Uke for my birthday. It's pretty cool the guys at the shop i buy from flipped the strings (I'm a lefty player) and it's pretty awesome.
Anyway does anyone have any tips? I found a chord chart online but was wondering if anyone had any tips. I'm not wanting to take it serious just a good instrument to play and take a break from the guitar every once in awhile.
Thanks
Anyway does anyone have any tips? I found a chord chart online but was wondering if anyone had any tips. I'm not wanting to take it serious just a good instrument to play and take a break from the guitar every once in awhile.
Thanks
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My advise is get a good relaxed strumming hand action going, you can create a lot of character in your playing from the strumming. Also learn some chords, and be creative, you be surprised how you can fool around and discover chords etc.
Learn Sleeping By Myself, it's easy and has a good strumming pattern to follow.
My other advise is don't be afraid to finger pick.
Oh and get a PJ sticker on it
tough to play like eddie though. but I still hear the songs in there, hubby said I'm getting better.
EV uke stuff came, talked to bro in idle conversation how inclined I'd be to try and hear those songs from me. here comes the uke just after christmas.
th uke songbook doesn't have the strumming, so I'm making due with my naive musical ear. lots of public domain songs. martin website has like 4 songs for download for free.
I can play satelite, the 1st page to you're true. I work on more than you know (for the strong feeling) I have also love on the rocks by n. diamond and yellow ledbetter (ridiculous) but if I don't try I don't know.
amy
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Tonight I learned State of Love and Trust. That's super-fun and pretty simple on a uke.
I found formal lessons were good to get me going, but playing with a friend let the learning meander a bit more, and a lot cheaper
I know what you mean I don't mind learning songs from the internet but when i first started playing guitar i got more out of actual lessons then just off the internet. It's been a few years since my last lesson so i should go back for a few more just to keep up and learn new stuff. Funny/cool story my instructor told me about a professer at Boston College i think who does personal lessons and he looked at his book and it was Eric Clapton he thought just a name coincidence then when he went to the are there he was Clapton. So lessons are always good no matter what skill level.
Thanks for all the info guys helpful. I have been just having fun with it. I found a uke chord chart and it has helped. It seems easy which may be because of playing guitar first but no matter what it's fun to play
Kinda wanna get one myself...
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I have small calasus on my fingers, sometimes they fade if I don't play for a few weeks. Moving onto Longing to Belong and I can't remember the other in eddie's book. making it to the 2nd page of you're true.
blue bayou.
without you is playing 3rd fret and higher and I think it's tough.
amy
New Orleans LA 7/4/95 reschedule 9/17/95
Chicago IL 1998, 10/9/00, 06/18/03, 05/16/06, 05/17/06
08/23/09, 08/24/09, Lolla 08/05/07
Champaign IL 4/23/03
Grand Rapids MI VFC 10/03/04
Grand Rapids MI 19May06
Noblesville IN 05/07/10 Cleveland OH 05/09/10
PJ 20 2011
Baltimore MD, Charlottesville VA, Seattle WA 2013
St. Louis MO, Milwaukee WI 2014
Tampa FL, Chicago IL, Lexington KY 2016
Missoula MT 2018
where do you normally sit the most?, at the TV, Computer?
keep it within arms reach, So during an ad break or while a web page is loading you just grab it and fiddle
Don't store it away so its kind of an effort, you have to decide to go play it, bugger that.
make a little stand and keep it right next to where you most often are
At $30 each (for a cheap one) i keep 1 in the car 1 in the shed and 1 next to my computer
(strangely theirs not one in the music room.. hmmm)
Happy Birthday!