The ukulele is a great instrument to learn. The basics are really easy to pick up. It's particularly suited to young children, with its diminutive size, and will teach a number of skills that translate to other instruments, particularly the guitar. To get you started on your journey, here are ten tips that will kick start your ukulele playing.
Once you've decided you enjoy the ukulele, get a nice one. Almost everyone starts of playing on a very cheap ukulele. These ukes are fine for deciding if playing the ukulele is for you. But once you're into it, get yourself a decent quality Ukulele for sale in uk. It'll be easier to play, sound better (so you'll be more pleased with the way you sound), and will give you more impetus to practice.
U: Ukulele Air Band: Here's your chance to perform in a wild Rock and Roll Band! Pretend you have a ukulele, an accordion or a bass guitar. Now start singing and playing that instrument in your Air Band concert. Get moving and jump up and down while playing so you work up a sweat!
On some sites you will find Ukulele for sale ukulele tablature which works the same way. The only difference is that ukulele tabs have four lines as an ukulele usually has four strings.
The Tenor Ukulele is one of the most common Ukulele. It is generally between 26-29 inches. The sound is a little more modern sound than the Soprano and the concert.
Actually you can play this melody with the use of the above Ukulele for sale tab notation on a guitar also. The first three strings are tuned the same way but not in the same pitch.
This gives the tenor ukulele more the feel of a guitar (the tuning of a low-G tenor ukulele is the same as the top four strings of a guitar capoed at the fifth fret). It gives the ukulele more options for playing bass notes: which can be very helpful when you are playing solo and need to provide your own bass line accompaniment.
Once you are comfortable with holding the instrument, high in your arms, and plucking the strings with your thumb or felt pick, you are able to take lessons and learn how to really play the instrument and make some good music.