#LEARNING CHORDS ON UKULELE HOW TO#
#LEARNING CHORDS ON UKULELE MOVIE#

I have been playing the guitar since I was 15 years old. I wrote my first song when I was 12 years old and was fsinging before I could talk. I am a singer/songwriter with more than 25 years personal experience. YouвЂ™ve learned the names of the ukulele strings, the four most useful ukulele chords, and a few songs you can learn to play along with once you have mastered those four chords.

#LEARNING CHORDS ON UKULELE MOVIE#

YouвЂ™re Welcome by Dwayne Johnson (from the movie Moana)ДЄnd there you have it.Baby Shark (YouвЂ™re welcome, parents! LOL).All of these songs can be played using some combination of them. Some songs will have all four, and some songs will only have two or three of these chords. Now That You Know the Ukulele String Names & Basic Chords, What Can You Do With Them?Д«elow, youвЂ™ll find a few of the many easy beginner songs you can play using C major, F major, G major, and A minor. Great! Now that you know four of the most useful chords on the ukulele, you can learn and play a whole host of songs! To play it, place your middle finger on the second fret of the G string and strum all the strings. Our final useful chord is perhaps the simplest of them all- A minor. Strum all four strings make sure all of the strings ring out clearly and none of your fingers are muting the other strings, and you are good to go! To play it, place your middle finger on the second fret of the A string, your ring finger on the third fret of the E string, and your pointer finger on the second fret of the C string. G major is the third chord every beginner needs to learn. Strum all four strings together and congratulations, you have played your second chord! Then, take your pointer finger and place it on the first fret of the E string and press down. To play it, place your middle finger on the second fret of the G string and press down. If any guitarists are reading this blog, I know, you are all cringing right now- F major on guitar is notoriously difficult for beginners! Thankfully, the chord is much simpler on the ukulele. The next useful chord to learn is the F major chord. Congratulations, you have just played your first chord! Place the tip of your finger on the вЂњAвЂќ string in the third fret and press down then, strum all four strings together. Not only is it a very common chord in many popular songs, but itвЂ™s also simple to play! When holding the ukulele, find the third fret (a fret is a marker on many string instruments that helps you find where to place your fingers to get the correct tone from the instrument.) The C major chord is one of the most useful chords to know on the ukulele. That means that as an absolute beginner, you will want to make sure these are the chords you learn and practice first. In fact, by learning just four essential chords, youвЂ™ll suddenly have a repertoire of hundreds of great songs. Many popular songs can be played using just four useful chords.

#LEARNING CHORDS ON UKULELE HOW TO#

Now that you have learned the string names, youвЂ™re ready to learn how to play your first chords. If youвЂ™re feeling creative, you can also make up your own acronym for memorizing the string names, or work with your child to create an acronym thatвЂ™s most memorable for them. Memorizing the string names is the first step towards playing chords, reading chord charts, ukulele tabs, and understanding sheet music. Now, repeat after me: вЂњGood Charlie Eats A lot,вЂќ вЂњGood Charlie Eats A lot,вЂќ вЂњGood Charlie Eats A lot.вЂќ вЂњG C E AвЂќ вЂњG C E A.вЂќ вЂњG C E A.вЂќ Good! Good Charlie Eats A lot?ДЄn easy way to remember the ukulele string names is to commit to memorize the acronym, вЂњGood Charlie Eats A lot.вЂќ The first letter of each word stands for a ukulele string name, so as long as you remember the acronym, you will know the string names and their order forevermore! LetвЂ™s take a look at a tried and true way that you can remember those ukulele string names a simple acronym: Good Charlie Eats a Lot. Starting from the string closest to your chin and going in the direction of your toes, the names of the strings are G, C, E, and A. Unlike your standard guitar that has either six or twelve strings depending on the style, the ukulele has just 4 strings. So, whatвЂ™s the very first thing you should know before you can play ukulele? Well, the ukulele string names of course! So, Just What Are the Ukulele String Names?

Learning chords on ukulele