How to Fix Buzzing Ukulele Chords With One Easy Trick
You finally figure out how to play that one ukulele chord that’s giving you all sorts of trouble, but when you strum: Bzzt! No matter what you do, playing the chord sounds like fingernails scraping...
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5 Different Ways to Play a C Major Chord on Ukulele
An exciting way to take your ukulele playing to the next level is to find new ways to play the same chord on ukulele. Yes, there are often several different ways to play the same chord on ukulele, and...
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“The Star Spangled Banner” Chord Melody Ukulele Tab
Happy Memorial Day! Today I’m playing a chord melody arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner on ukulele (scroll down to get the ukulele tab). Chord melody is a style of playing ukulele where you strum...
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6 Reasons Your Ukulele is Going Out of Tune
There’s nothing worse than an out-of-tune ukulele. Even if it’s just you locked away practicing in a room by yourself where nobody can hear you, listening to out-of-tune chords and notes can you make...
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“Perfect” by Ed Sheeran Ukulele Chords & Lesson
I’ve always thought ukulele is a romantic instrument so of course learning to play Perfect by the romantic hit-song-wonder Ed Sheeran on ukulele is only fitting. Whether or not you want to woo that...
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“Happy Birthday” on Ukulele: Easy One-String Fingerpicking Play-Along
You don’t have to be a world class singer to make beautiful music on ukulele, and you certainly don’t need to be advanced to start with some easy, simple fingerpicking. Today, in this fun song...
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“You Are My Sunshine” on Ukulele: Easy One-String Fingerpicking Play-Along
Fingerpicking the ukulele doesn’t have to be hard, and you certainly don’t have to shred in order to get started! Today, in this fun song play-along, we’re fingerpicking the melody of You Are My...
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Overcome These 3 Biggest Bm Chord Challenges on Ukulele
Barre chords on ukulele, like Bm (B minor), present a lot of challenges, but they also present opportunities to improve your fretting hand technique. Bm Ukulele Chord Diagram If you can figure out a...
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Try These 5 Easy Ukulele Warm-Up Exercises For Your Stiff Fingers
One of the great pleasures of teaching ukulele the last decade has been seeing students successfully learn to play ukulele in their 70s, 80s, or even 90s. Because ukulele is an instrument for everyone,...
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10 Beginner Ukulele Chords Every Ukulele Player Needs to Know
If you just started playing ukulele, then you need to know these beginner ukulele chords. It’s just a matter of time before you’re learning a song with these chords. Believe it or not, in the free...
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Improve Your Internal Tempo Clock With This 3-Level Metronome Exercise
Today I challenge you to a 3-level metronome exercise to assess and improve your internal sense of rhythm on ukulele. If you’re able to complete all three levels of this exercise, then, it’s safe to...
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Let’s Jam & Strum This Beginner-Friendly Ukulele Chord Progression Together
Today, let’s jam out and strum this beginner-friendly ukulele chord progression. Playing with others is one of the best ways to learn how to keep a steady strumming rhythm and stay on track with your...
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Strengthen Your 6/8 Strumming & Jam “Hallelujah” With Me on Ukulele
In today’s video, let’s jam out the chorus of “Hallelujah” to practice our chord changes and strumming. I give you four beginner-friendly chords and two strumming pattern options to jam this song in...
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Strum & Fingerpick This Improvised Moody-Sounding Chord Melody Vamp on Ukulele
Chord melody is a style of ukulele playing where you strum the chords and fingerpick the melody at the same time. Often chord melody arrangements feature modern pop songs you would normally sing but...
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Solo Ukulele Tab For Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license”
In this video, I perform my ukulele tab arrangement of Olivia Rodrigo’s drivers license solo on ukulele. This was a really fun song to arrange the ukulele tab where I combine single-note melody,...
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This Is the Solo Ukulele Tab For Adele’s “Easy On Me”
This was the most fun I’ve had in awhile arranging a solo ukulele arrangement of a popular song. Adele’s Easy On Me took the world by storm late 2021 and now you can play it on ukulele. In this video,...
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3 Ukulele Strumming Tricks to Instantly Add Energy to a Rock Song
It’s true that with just a few chords and a simple strumming pattern you can play hundreds of songs on ukulele. But maybe you’ve noticed it’s one thing to strum the chords and another thing to sound...
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How to Practice Ukulele and Lose Track of Time
In my 30 years of playing music, there’s one trait that’s helped me practice ukulele and improve the most as a musician. It’s helped me so much so that I… Lose track of the time when I practice… Have...
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How to Play the E Major Chord on Ukulele the Easy Way
It doesn’t matter if you’ve been playing ukulele for a month or a decade… The E major chord is one of the worst chords to play! And by worst, I mean hardest. But yet, there are SO MANY songs with E...
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Ukulele vs. Guitar: Complete Guide to Decide Which to Learn
Yes, this is Ukulele Tricks, a website that helps you become a better ukulele player, but… Spoiler alert: I’m not just going to tell you to learn to play ukulele! Contrary to popular belief, ukulele...
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