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Jenniferbeese says: Having just become a proud owner of a hand-me-down ukulele, I am excited to start learning how to play it. Since I can't afford lessons, I turned to the Internet. YouTube and Google are full of tutorials, but the iPhone is a great teacher too! Jenniferbeese's picks UkeChords Learning how to play the ukulele? Beginner Ukulele Lessons. You’ve just got your hands on a ukulele (or are just thinking of buying one).
Here are a few things to read and songs to play that’ll get you up to speed quickly. Step One: Learn the basics - So You’ve Just Got Your First Ukulele – a free PDF I put together for beginners including essential links, first chords, tips and links to suggestions for the first songs to learn. - 10 Things I Wish I’d Known About Ukuleles (Before I Bought One) – Don’t make the same mistakes I did. - 10 Tips for Ukulele Beginners - How to read chord charts. Extra Credit: Ukulele for Dummies – The (paper) book I wrote covering all the ukulele basics from buying your first uke, to strumming, chord shapes and far beyond. Ukelele lessons. Fake Strums Tutorial. The fake strum is a simple technique that I use a lot in my arrangements.
So it’s about time I gave it a post of its own. It’s used in fingerpicking pieces to play full chords. It sounds like a strum but it’s just done by picking individual strings in sequence. Here it is played twice slowly then up to speed. Why bother?