bodhran
Well-known member
Having had a stroke I was finding finger control and positioning for strumming really difficult and so have using a leather plectrum.
Each day i have been trying about 10 minutes strumming using my index finger. Suddenly it has got easier and yesterday, for the first time I was able to play for about 1 hour without using a plectrum at all! I had not really noticed any drastic improvement and had resigned myself to using a plectrum but yesterday something changed. I now have back about 60% of the control of the fingers in my right hand that I had prior to the stroke and I attribute this to the 'exercise'' of playing the ukulele.
This is really great and a huge boost in life.
Each day i have been trying about 10 minutes strumming using my index finger. Suddenly it has got easier and yesterday, for the first time I was able to play for about 1 hour without using a plectrum at all! I had not really noticed any drastic improvement and had resigned myself to using a plectrum but yesterday something changed. I now have back about 60% of the control of the fingers in my right hand that I had prior to the stroke and I attribute this to the 'exercise'' of playing the ukulele.
This is really great and a huge boost in life.