Tuning The Ukulele - Seven For You To Do It

Tuning The Ukulele - Seven For You To Do It

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I'm sure you can all remember the shrill or the beautiful notes from the recorder and the screeches of waxed horsetail on those violin strings, lest we never forget. Were those the only instruments that we could learn in school? I remember my times in the recorder orchestra being accompanied by a couple of Violins - I was so proud at the time - I only recently discovered how "interesting" it sounded when I was dragged by my sister to my nephews first concert. I'm so glad I took the ear plugs.

Take the time to tune up properly. Because it's short, it can be quite hard to get the Ukulele for sale in uk in tune. But it has to be done. If your ukulele is out of tune, you WILL sound terrible. There are plenty of tools online to help you to do this. My particular favourite is the AP Tuner.

Record your own playing as often as you can. It's difficult to play and listen at the same time. Quite often just noticing what you're doing wrong is enough to fix the problem.

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.

The names of the chords we will play are dependent upon the tuning of the uke. In this Ukulele lesson we will use the common tuning in C. This means that the Uke first string of the ukukule is tuned to A. The first string of your uke is the bottom string when you play.

In West Maui, just south of Lahaina Town, trek approximately a mile into the fields at Olowalu to view ancient petroglyphs. Ask Ukulele for sale directions to the petroglyphs at the General Store.

R: Rocky Robot Dance: Robots have very jerky movements. Play some lively music. Dance along as if you were a robot. Move very stiffly, with your arms flexed in front of you. If you want, sing along to the music, using your best monotone robot voice. Keep dancing while you sing!

In the stillness you may discover a new self. Humans have similar responses to grief, yet your grief is unique. The melody of your life is unique as well. You may have trouble hearing that melody right now, but it is there, deep inside you, and waiting to come out. Hear that melody. Add to it. Share it and play with all your being.