Here I am, returning to playing and the forum after close to two years of not touching my ukes or guitars. In those two years, I got into fitness, working out, and got sidetracked. I kept telling myself, I can get back into playing ANYTIME, and everything would just come back to me, just like in the movies. Well, guess what? It ain't like that! I had to print out a uke chord chart and relearn all the chords! The fretboard, once so familiar to me, is a mystery again. The only thing that's stuck with me is theory.
What finally brought me back to the ukulele was serendipity. Last Thursday, I was hanging from a pull-up bar at the gym, just stretching. Then, over the sound system, drifted "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, and tears started streaming down my face . . .
Incidentally, on my fitness journey, I realized that my shoulders, especially my left shoulder, were internally rotated. I suspect it's from fretting and being too tense, too hunched forward. Took me a while to rehabilitate, so I would advise everyone to be mindful of their form when playing. But hey, maybe it was just me.
Anyway, good to be back!
What finally brought me back to the ukulele was serendipity. Last Thursday, I was hanging from a pull-up bar at the gym, just stretching. Then, over the sound system, drifted "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, and tears started streaming down my face . . .
Incidentally, on my fitness journey, I realized that my shoulders, especially my left shoulder, were internally rotated. I suspect it's from fretting and being too tense, too hunched forward. Took me a while to rehabilitate, so I would advise everyone to be mindful of their form when playing. But hey, maybe it was just me.
Anyway, good to be back!