Hello, fellow lemmy ukulelians,
I'm just getting into this cute little instrument. I have a bit of a background in playing guitar, so I figured I might have an easy time playing Ukulele as well. However a few introductory lessons might be useful to really get into it.
If you know of any online resources, that you can recommend for learning, please do post them here!
5 Comments
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
If you have a guitar, put a capo on the 5th fret, and remove the top two strings (E and A), you basically have a ukulele.
Start by playing songs you want to play.
Also, it’s not cute. It’s a serious instrument for serious fun. Seriously.
SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Basically but not really. The G-string on the Uke being an octave higher than the capoed guitar D-string makes a real difference, and timbre matters a lot as well. Fortunately, I do own a dedicated Ukulele. Harmony-wise it absolutely works though and I guess it's a good idea to think about it that way to easily translate chord shapes. So thank you for the input, I guess that will boost my progress sustantially.
Also, I don't think calling it cute is derogatory in any way. It can be cute and serious at the same time. Its cuteness just adds to the fun.
Voran@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I would personally just get a chord chart, pick some songs and practise them slowly until you can handle them at normal speed. That's what I do when I want to play a cover rather than an original.
AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'm not actually a ukulele player, but I've found some interesting discussions and tutorials regarding the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and his playing and strumming style...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TLUaVIfc5VA
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KdCoaMpixH0
And of course, you can't bring up "IZ" without linking his official version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
The four basic ukulele chords:
https://musiprof.com/blog/the-4-basic-ukulele-chords/
How to play 10 songs using just the four basic chords
https://takelessons.com/blog/learn-4-simple-chords-and-play-10-songs-on-the-uke
I haven't used either of these sites yet, so I don't know whether the songs are actually easy to play, but when I eventually get around to it I'll let you know 🙈