autojoy
Active member
Hello! How are you all today?
I'm really enjoying playing our ukulele!! My background is that I started a few years ago, but hit a brick wall (not literally...) with my playing and stopped for a while. I picked up again about two weeks ago & I've been scouring the internet this time to help me out! I'm having WAY more fun!
Here is the routine(s) I am using at the moment to help me progress:
- Mike Lynch Finger Strengthening Exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pse641zHpP8
- Major Scales (so far got CMajor, C# & DMajor quite good and clean, will progress onwards!) liveukulele.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Major-Scales.pdf
- Art of Arpeggios for Ukulele by Sam Muir (first four going quite well! Will progress onwards!) https://gumroad.com/l/artofarpeggios
- Uncle Rod's Ukulele Boot Camp (Key of C only so far, these are hard to transition smoothly and cleanly for me!) http://ukulelebootcamp.weebly.com/
- Started doing some suggested easy strumming rhythms, and I'm learning to chunk/chuck, which I am finding quite hard and keep accidentally playing the strings instead of muting them, haha.
How does this look to you...? Am I hitting the right bases as a beginner? Should I be adding anything else...? I am finding my little finger's reach isn't too bad but it likes to "flatten" itself out at the first knuckle - especially when using the g & C strings - instead of curving strongly around like the rest of my fingers? This will just come with practise, right...?
Thank you for reading and in advance for any suggestions offered!
I'm really enjoying playing our ukulele!! My background is that I started a few years ago, but hit a brick wall (not literally...) with my playing and stopped for a while. I picked up again about two weeks ago & I've been scouring the internet this time to help me out! I'm having WAY more fun!
Here is the routine(s) I am using at the moment to help me progress:
- Mike Lynch Finger Strengthening Exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pse641zHpP8
- Major Scales (so far got CMajor, C# & DMajor quite good and clean, will progress onwards!) liveukulele.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Major-Scales.pdf
- Art of Arpeggios for Ukulele by Sam Muir (first four going quite well! Will progress onwards!) https://gumroad.com/l/artofarpeggios
- Uncle Rod's Ukulele Boot Camp (Key of C only so far, these are hard to transition smoothly and cleanly for me!) http://ukulelebootcamp.weebly.com/
- Started doing some suggested easy strumming rhythms, and I'm learning to chunk/chuck, which I am finding quite hard and keep accidentally playing the strings instead of muting them, haha.
How does this look to you...? Am I hitting the right bases as a beginner? Should I be adding anything else...? I am finding my little finger's reach isn't too bad but it likes to "flatten" itself out at the first knuckle - especially when using the g & C strings - instead of curving strongly around like the rest of my fingers? This will just come with practise, right...?
Thank you for reading and in advance for any suggestions offered!