Uke Basics

Daniel Ward’s 8 Tips to Take Your Playing to the Next Level

Daniel Ward shares eight essential tips to help you improve your technique, expand your musical knowledge, and get more joy out of your playing.

Fresh Jams! How to Keep the Same Old Songs from Getting Stale on Ukulele

Many of the concepts here may not be new to you, but this will give you a template to improve your playing and enhance the sound of your group at the same time

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I–vi–IV–V? Learn the Roman Numeral System to Play Better with Others—and Improve Your Ear

Here's how to build chords starting on each note of the major scale, as well as some common chord progressions found in thousands of songs

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A Beginner’s Guide to Good Ukulele Technique

These tips will help you avoid developing bad habits

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Sing it, Play it: The Best Way to Learn Scales on Ukulele

One of the most important parts of learning to play ukulele is ear training and becoming familiar with the intervals of the major and chromatic scales.

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How to Read Ukulele Music: Your Guide to Understanding Musical Notation

Here’s a comprehensive primer on how to read ukulele music notation, covering all of the notational aspects for any type of ukulele.

Learn 3 Essential Hawaiian Ukulele Strums

Strums and rhythms can be a very powerful musical tool and, when used correctly, can completely change the entire mood of a song without even changing the chords.

Making the Jump from Beginner to Intermediate Ukulele Player | Part 1

This first of a three-part series gets into goal setting and tracking progress, notation, playing cleanly, technique, and more

Slide on In: How to Play Bottleneck Blues on Ukulele

Nearly everything that can be done on slide guitar can be transferred to the ukulele. Here's how to get started with playing bottleneck slide blues on ukulele.

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Unlock Big Changes in Your Ukulele Playing with Daniel Ward’s Meditative Arpeggio

This ukulele lesson looks at a simple arpeggio that has the power to quickly unlock big changes in your playing, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned musician.