Playing "First Dance" Throughout The Ukulele: A Lesson In Movable Chord Shapes
Playing "First Dance" Throughout The Ukulele: A Lesson In Movable Chord Shapes
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In this lesson you will learn to play Amazing Grace on your ukulele. I will instruct you on how to play the melody and you will also learn to use an easy form of ukulele tablature.
Play slow, very slow. Imagine you're a snail and the strings are the road and play it as slow as you can. You will get the correct rhythm, you won't make mistakes that later on would be very difficult to address and try to increase the speed gradually over time, even if Ukulele for sale in uk now it doesn't sound very good.
Two months later I had my final payment and I brought the shiny instrument home only to realize that electric guitars need amplifiers. My dad laughed and said let's go see what we can do in my shop. Daddy was an electronic genius and woodworker extraordinaire and access to his shop had been someone limited to me prior to this. Our first father/son project was afoot.
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.
Learn to read Ukulele tab. Tablature is a method of showing how to play melodies on the Ukulele as well as chords. It's easy to understand - much easier than standard music notation. There is plenty of ukulele tab available on the net and it's a lot of fun to play. Search for 'how to read ukulele tab' on Google and you'll find some helpful articles.
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The Concert ukulele is slightly larger, about 22-24 inches, and has a slightly bigger sound than the Soprano. Because of the relatively smaller size, this is a good size for ukuleles women and men who have smaller hands.
Improving your ear is a great way for any musician to improve. As well as helping your work out songs, it will improve your improvisation and song-writing. Although it takes some time to develop this skill, the rewards of doing so are very large.