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Learning to Play
the Ukulele
The ukulele can be
one of the most instantly
rewarding instruments to play.
With only 4 strings, many
ukulele
chords are easy to master, and
with a few simple steps you can
be playing songs in minutes.
There are several
good
books
and DVDs to help you learn the
ukulele.
You might also find a book of
ukulele chords useful,
as well as a chromatic tuner for
tuning your ukulele.
There are also lots
of great resources on the
Internet for learning to play
the ukulele, and we have listed
a few below:
Tuning Your
Ukulele
To help you tune
your ukulele, see the
Sheep Entertainment web
site. This also has some nice
"play along" songs.
Getting Started -
Some Ukulele Basics
See
Pineapple Pete's Ukulele School,
UK Uke and
Dr Uke for a range of useful
tips, songs chords and general
info. There's also a very
useful range of Ukulele
Tutorials at
ezFolk.
Finding Ukulele Songs to
Play
Chordie has a big database
of songs, and if you choose the
"formatted" version of any song,
it will allow you to change the
guitar chords to ukulele chords.
One of the best
known resource around is the
Beatles Ukulele site. Hours
of fun for any ukulele / Beatles
fan.
You might also come across
"Tabs" for the ukulele. Tabs is
short for Tablature, and is an
easy way to read and write music
for the uke. Learn how to read
uke tabs at
ezFolk.
Finding
Inspiration
UkeCast is a great source
for new ukulele music, news,
reviews, interviews...Also see
Midnight Ukulele Disco for
clips of ukulele players from
around the world. And of course,
you MUST go and see
The Ukulele Orchestra of
Great Britain.
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