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!
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.
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.
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…
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.
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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 🙈
