Learn Ukulele Teaching Methods
Learn Ukulele Teaching Methods
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The ukulele is a very interesting and beautiful instrument. It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. The typical ukulele most people think of is the four string, tenor ukulele. It is tuned GCEA.
This might be pointing out the obvious, but you have to listen to the song before you try to work it out and before you even pick up your Ukulele for sale in uk. Try to pick out the structure of the song, when the chords change, when sections are repeated. See if you can relate the song to one you know already. Many songs are structured in a very similar way. If you can relate it to a song you know already, you're off to a head start.
I will also use an easy form of tablature notation that will help you find your way around your ukulele guitar. Guitar tablature or guitar tab is very common on the internet. It is a notational system with six lines representing the strings on a guitar and numbers on the lines indicating which frets to press down.
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.
It is of course preferable to use a tuner or piano or tuning fork in Ukulele tuning but it is not necessary to tune exactly to the concert pitch if you don't play with others.
The standard tuning for soprano, concert and tenor Ukulele for sale is C tuning which means the four strings will be associated with the pitch Uke of G C E A. The 4th string is G, 3rd string is C, the 2nd string is E, the 1st string is A. That is when you strike the open string it sounds those notes. The G is tuned to the G above middle C on the piano, an octave higher than you might think. The baritone ukulele is tuned to D G B E with the sound going from low to high.
As the years marched on, we find ourselves in 1986 and me in Kansas. I was the proud owner of a Gibson ES 335, the guitar of Larry Carlton, BB King and Alvin Lee. This was without question the finest guitar I had ever owned... the finest guitar I have ever played to date.
Now you can play a Christmas melody on your ukulele. The ukulele tab notation I have used is good for finding the notes but I recommend you to learn the melody by heart so you can play it anywhere without the need to read on a piece of paper you will not find anyway!