So today was my very first lesson. I viewed the Ukulele 101 "Intro" video. It was very informative, and I know I'll have my work cut out for me this week practicing my C, F, and G chords. I have no idea how I'll get the G chord right with that weird finger placement, but I will work at it every day.
My strumming fingers, though, are another story. I understand I need to use the following procedure:
Point at myself with my index fingers, and strum down, and then up, rotating my wrist and not my whole forearm.
Okay, well the problem is that on have the strums, I'm not touching all the strings. And almost every time on the way up, it's very clumsy and not a fluid sound at all. I'm trying using the side of my fingertips, my nails, the tops of my fingertips, nothing seems to work.
Does this happen to everyone, and it's just something I'll have to work through? Or should I try something different? I don't want to get used to any bad habits off the bat.
My strumming fingers, though, are another story. I understand I need to use the following procedure:
Point at myself with my index fingers, and strum down, and then up, rotating my wrist and not my whole forearm.
Okay, well the problem is that on have the strums, I'm not touching all the strings. And almost every time on the way up, it's very clumsy and not a fluid sound at all. I'm trying using the side of my fingertips, my nails, the tops of my fingertips, nothing seems to work.
Does this happen to everyone, and it's just something I'll have to work through? Or should I try something different? I don't want to get used to any bad habits off the bat.