How to Play Ukulele

By Preston Morales

Ukulele Enlightens

Do you want to play an instrument that enlightens the brain?

Stimulates nerves to exercise the mind?

Musical instrument that is relatively easy to learn?
An acquired skill that makes a challenge that is fun every day ahead?
You should grasp ukulele!
Island traditions, engages you in music industry crave for
melody/harmony/Hawaiian vibration

History on ukulele
Portuguese immigrants from island madeira
Sugar plantation workers came, celebrated for safe arrival in
Honolulu
Folksongs from homeland used machete for street concerts
Native Hawaiian community intrigued by harmony
Calls it ukulele jumping flees

Beginning Ukulele
Must purchase the wooden instrument
Or can construct it if you know who professions in
carpentry or wooden crafts for lifestyle
Koa wood- creates redundant echo through hole.
White European strings creates harmonic vibration

1p-The basics

Start with a tune down, strings are lower pitch

Strings are not tense, easy to strum or pluck
Ukulele Underground GCEA, sub for 1,2,3,4 string (for tuning)
Left hand on fret board (dont need worry about fancy sound)
Right hand on sound hole (chuckle)
Right hand and pointer finger
Twist wrist toward the ground
Face yourself, , then palm slap/chuckle.

2p-Strumming
Ukulele studies, first essential cord is C, which is used in many
component of songs
You read diagrams that you comprehend, and correspond the
dots using fingers to depict image
Play chord using up and downward motion
Kalani Das- Read chords from the neck left to right/ numerical
order.

Learn Chords
F chord second fret, first string, first fret,second string
G7 last string, second fret, third string, third fret, second
string, second fret, second string
Once you know chords by heart, repeat them
Can create own strum once you gain intelligence of strum
style to imitate song.

3p-Finger Picking/reading
4 line margins that rep. ukulele
Tablatures aka tabs consist of numbers that rep. frets being
picked to create algorithm
Read groups that come first to last
Alphabetical symbols rep. process down to create unique
sound
p-pull off
H-hammer
0-Open string
/- sliding

Finger picking practive

If they are stack on each other- play during
same duration of time
Staggered diagonally- play with slight pause
consistently
Alternate pattern- play up, down, up down
rhythm

Play at once

Play with pause

Conclusion

Ukulele is fun instrument that stimulates brain

Grow musical movement and find passion
Superb to listen to and entertain
Taught corresponding chord reading
Read Tab/ fingerpicking notes

Conclusion: Tips
Get ukulele with original and suitable sound
for you
Holding the ukulele/good posture
Fingering exercises for fluid movement
Play along with others or watch ukulele
players
Record yourself and listen for errors in playing

Mahalo
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http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/ukulele-history
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