Lessons

‘Ukulele lessons can be hard to find. I feel that this is one of the most complete collections of written ‘ukulele lessons that can be found on the web. Beginner to advanced, hopefully you can find some info that you can learn from here.

If you can’t find what you are looking for here, be sure to check out the ‘ukulele info page. Sometimes it is hard to decide what articles go where.

‘Ukulele Lessons:

Video Lessons

For Beginners – Tips on where to start and how to learn

For Intermediates – Improving on the basic skills

For Advanced Players – Ideas for where to go from here and what I have found helpful

Finger Picking – Learn how to use your index and middle fingers along with your thumb

Harmony – Adding a second lead line to fill out a melody

High Notes Beyond the Fretboard – How to outwit the frets and access some otherwise out of reach notes

How to Read Music – Off-site guide to reading standard notation

How to Read Tab – Learn how to make sense of this practical way to write out an ‘ukulele song

Intervals – How to add 3rds and 6ths to your playing

Intros and Outros – Create jazzy lead ins with substitution chords

Muting Chords and Notes – Keep your playing tight and clean with mutes

Picking Patterns – Some common picking patterns (arpeggios) for softening up chords

Playing Clean – Some insight on the incredible skill of Herb Ohta Jr. and how he plays so clean

Scales – Use these in your solos

Sequencing Scales – Rearrange the notes of a scale for interesting practice and melodic ideas

Slack Key ‘Ukulele – Learn the basics of the alternating bass

Soloing – Overview of how to use scales to rip it up

Song Endings – My favorite ways to stop a song

Spirituality:

• Finding Inspiration
• Patience and Improving
• Silence
• Soulful Playing

Strumming – Strum techniques and strum patterns

Theory:

• Constructing Scales
• Constructing Chords
• Transposing

‘Ukulele Lessons on Technique:

• Arm-wah – The poor-man’s effects pedal
• Bending
• Hammer-ons and pull-offs – Learn the most important and fundamental technique
• Harmonics – Add some chime to your playing!
• Mono strum – James Hill’s signature sound
• Octaves
• Palm Mute – muffling the strings with the side of your hand
• Pull-offs up and down one string
• Slides
• Tapping
• Tremolo Picking
• Unisons
• Vibrato

Tone – The most overlooked aspect of playing

Tuning Your ‘Ukulele

Vamps

Warmups

Weird Sounds and Modulations – You can’t make an ‘ukulele sound like that! Yes, you can.

Hopefully you have learned from these ‘ukulele lessons. I update this page regularly, so be sure to check back often!