How to Practice Ukulele—4 Tips to Get Better Faster
You aren’t just playing the ukulele, you're playing music—so here are some practice tips to not help you become a better ukulele player, but a better musician as well.
Lessons and Advice
Ukulele Fingerstyle Songs For Beginners: Learn the 16th Century Lament ‘What If A Day’
This fingerstyle ukulele arrangement of "What If a Day" is good for beginners in that it is simple, uses only five chords, and employs a few different techniques.
Learn to Play an Easy Ukulele Arrangement of ‘Happy and You Know It’
With a little practice and the help of this video lesson, you'll soon be entertaining family, friends, students, and loved ones with this upbeat folk song.
How to Play ‘Blues on a Ukulele’ by Jim Beloff & Herb Ohta
Born from the idea that people think of ukulele as a happy instrument incapable of channeling a sad song, Jim Beloff and Herb Ohta wrote "Blues on a Ukulele" in 2003.
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How to Solo on Ukulele
In this ukulele lesson, you’ll learn how to solo based on an approach inspired by the blues guitar lexicon. It can also come in handy for rock and country soloing.
Take a Slack-Key Ukulele Lesson with George Kahumoku, Jr.
Learn some slack-key ukulele techniques courtesy of Hawaiian musician George Kahumoku, Jr. Plus, learn his arrangement of the classic tune “Meleana e.”
Daniel Ward Teaches You How to Play Harmonics on Ukulele
Daniel Ward offers a lesson on how to achieve high-pitched harmonics effects on the ukulele with only fingertips.
Homesick Blues: Learn A Tárrega Classical Guitar Prelude on Ukulele
Francisco Tárrega's classical composition “Lágrima” happens to work out very nicely on the ukulele, as this arrangement for high-G ukulele by Tony Mizen demonstrates.
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Learn a Fingerstyle Ukulele Arrangement of ‘Dallas Rag’
This arrangement uses a couple different picking techniques, including alternating bass thumb picking, multiple string pinches, single notes, & even some strumming.
Learn to Fingerpick ‘Deep Ellum Blues’ on Ukulele
Here we use “Travis picking,” which involves playing alternating bass notes on every beat with your thumb, while picking melody on the high strings with fingers.