Ukulele – Basics

As the two of us journey along the paths of music, as your teacher I will choose the routes according to your abilities.

  • Ukulele Lesson Topics

  • Introducing Ukulele Basics

  • The Anatomy of the Ukulele

  • Exploring the Most Common Tuning – gCEA

  • Various Tuning Methods

  • Holding On to Your Ukulele

  • Playing Standing Up or Sitting Down

  • Developing Your Strumming

  • Proper Left-Hand Position

  • How to Properly Fret Notes

  • Reading Chord Diagrams

  • Proper Strumming Mechanics

  • Understanding Down and Up Beats

  • Useful Strumming Patterns

  • Accents

  • Shuffle Strumming for Blues

  • Up Beat Strumming for Reggae

  • Deciding On the Appropriate Strumming Pattern

  • Getting to Know the Chord Families

  • The I – IV – V Chord Progression

  • Fingering Barre Chords

  • Moveable Chord Shapes

  • Picking and Single Note Playing

  • Getting to Grips with Tablature and Notation

  • Reading Rhythms

  • Fingerpicking Patterns

  • Strumming Melody and Chords Together

  • Soloing Techniques

  • Rocking Out on Your Uke

  • Playing Blues Chord Progressions

  • Buying Your First Ukulele

  • How Much To Spend?

  • What size of Ukulele

  • Keeping Time with a Metronome

  • Restringing and Maintaining Your Ukulele

  • Deciding When to Restring

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