Hello everyone,
I am a quiet reader of the forums and I think this is my first post. So hello to everyone
I have started playing the Uke almost two years ago. My girlfriend brought my attention to this amazing instrument and since I played my first chords I never laid the Uke down. Even though I didn't have any musical education as a kid (I am 32 now) I really got into it and put in a LOT of time practicing. For the last two years I pretty much played every day for half an hour to an hour and Naturally I learned a lot and consequently I wouldn’t call myself a beginner anymore.
Let me explain what I like to play and what I know:
Since my voice is really horrible (it really is…!) I almost exclusively play fingerstyle chord melody style and I almost never just strum along. I also play some classical pieces. All of my Ukes are Tenors which I feel suit that style the most.
I know all the notes of the first 12 frets of the fingerboard and can play them up and down the fretboard at a speed of 15-30bpm. I know chord shapes for major, minor and 7th chords and I can slowly (!) play them up and down the fretboard. I like to look online for songs/pieces and I try tofind some advanced tabs/sheets for them and then practice the hell out of them.
What I don’t know, is how to take the next step. To be completely honest, I don’t even know what the next step is.
I think what I would like to learn is improvisation. But I don’t know how to tackle the subject. I have a book of hundreds of scales for the Uke but I don’t know what to make of it or how to use the knowledge to begin to learn improvisation.
How do I learn to improvise and to be creative? I just don’t get it. And while it’s easy to find tutorials for beginners it’s hard to find some guidance that that on youtube.
I don’t know, if you understand what I am trying to say. I don’t just want to practice to play someone else’s music, I want to play my own.
What would a guitar beginner be told after he really learned to play his favorite and even a bit more complex songs really well?
I hope you understand my misery.
Kind regards and an advance thank you for all your replies.
Jan
I am a quiet reader of the forums and I think this is my first post. So hello to everyone
I have started playing the Uke almost two years ago. My girlfriend brought my attention to this amazing instrument and since I played my first chords I never laid the Uke down. Even though I didn't have any musical education as a kid (I am 32 now) I really got into it and put in a LOT of time practicing. For the last two years I pretty much played every day for half an hour to an hour and Naturally I learned a lot and consequently I wouldn’t call myself a beginner anymore.
Let me explain what I like to play and what I know:
Since my voice is really horrible (it really is…!) I almost exclusively play fingerstyle chord melody style and I almost never just strum along. I also play some classical pieces. All of my Ukes are Tenors which I feel suit that style the most.
I know all the notes of the first 12 frets of the fingerboard and can play them up and down the fretboard at a speed of 15-30bpm. I know chord shapes for major, minor and 7th chords and I can slowly (!) play them up and down the fretboard. I like to look online for songs/pieces and I try tofind some advanced tabs/sheets for them and then practice the hell out of them.
What I don’t know, is how to take the next step. To be completely honest, I don’t even know what the next step is.
I think what I would like to learn is improvisation. But I don’t know how to tackle the subject. I have a book of hundreds of scales for the Uke but I don’t know what to make of it or how to use the knowledge to begin to learn improvisation.
How do I learn to improvise and to be creative? I just don’t get it. And while it’s easy to find tutorials for beginners it’s hard to find some guidance that that on youtube.
I don’t know, if you understand what I am trying to say. I don’t just want to practice to play someone else’s music, I want to play my own.
What would a guitar beginner be told after he really learned to play his favorite and even a bit more complex songs really well?
I hope you understand my misery.
Kind regards and an advance thank you for all your replies.
Jan