I have really been enjoying the first month or so of learning how to play the Ukulele. I began my journey by watching YouTube videos to learn some beginner notes. I then looked for easy songs to learn how to strum. The first song I could find was “Riptide” by Vance Joy. Although the notes were fairly easy to follow, I found it difficult to “island strum”. I worked through a couple other of popular songs before deciding to focus on three songs that I want to master. The three songs that I want to learn are Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Hush Little Baby, and Riptide. I think Row, Row, Row Your Boat will be a simple start to practice the notes I need to be comfortable with for my other songs. So far, I am comfortable playing the following notes:
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I am struggling to move my fingers fast enough on the ukulele to play sixteenth notes. I also have a hard time singing the lyrics along with the melody of the song. With that being said, I will try to master playing the song before singing along to it.
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Lauryn