Take it slow and easy!
These 3 things are something teachers always find themselves reminding their students.
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All students will have the tendency to play to quickly too fast, to not concentrate on playing in time, and to work on far too many things.
As a result, they can't master the things that need to be mastered before moving on.
You will need to constantly remind yourself of these three things if you don't have a teacher to do so.
A common mistake most people make is trying to play a complicated part up to speed right away. A complicated part for a beginner might be a simple chord change, for a more advanced player, it could be a complicated finger-style passage.
The secret to playing that part cleanly and clearly is to start slow. Play the part very slow and then gradually bring it up to speed as you start to get it down.
Make sure what your playing has a steady and even beat. always count out loud, start slow, and be sure you are playing evenly and keeping a steady beat.
Even if it's the most basic strum you are learning, start very slow and count evenly. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc... and strum along. It may help to tap your foot as well, while you count.
It would be most helpful if you had a metronome. A metronome has a steady clicking sound that you can play along with. You can adjust the speed of the clicking so that you can play slower for faster songs.
Using a metronome is the best way to make sure you are keeping steady time.
Most teachers recommend always playing with a metronome, one of the things most beginners have trouble with is keeping time.
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Don't try to do to many things at once, work on a few things and when you get good at them add to them.
For example: if you are just starting out don't work with a whole bunch of rhythms or lots of chords, take a few chords that work well together, and a basic rhythm or a few basic rhythms and work with a few songs that use those chords and that you can use the basic rhythms with.
Playing the songs will be your practice, and it will help you to get down the rhythm or strum you are working with and the chord changes.
In the Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook, after you learn new chords and rhythms, there are songs to play especially arranged for the method to provide study for those chords and rhythms.
So you can play songs, have fun and see progress, rather than doing boring studies, or exercises.
I do recommend running through the chord progression in the song a few times before playing the song to get ready - but that's it. After that, play the song a few times to familiarize you self with the chords your working on and get the the rhythm you're working on down.
When learning a new rhythm you'll play through it a few time before using it in a song as well.
Don't be afraid to pause during a song to make the chord change, that's what you should do in the beginning.
In the FREE Play ukulele NOW eBook, you'll learn two chords and a basic rhythm or strum. You'll then have quite a few songs that you can play that use just those two chords and that basic rhythm.
In the Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook, after you get better at that basic chord change and that basic rhythm, it's time to add a chord that works good with those two chords, and then you'll have some songs that use those three chords to play. After you get better at that, it's time to look at a little more advanced rhythm or strum, etc...
It is important that learning is like building blocks and each thing builds a little bit more on what you have already learned.
It is important have an understanding of the step you are on before you move to the next step. This is what the Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook dose.
Don't know where to start get the Play ukulele NOW eBook FREE, click here to get yours
The Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook teaches Ukulele one step at a time quickly and easily learn to master chords and rhythms, click here to get yours
As a result, they can't master the things that need to be mastered before moving on.
You will need to constantly remind yourself of these three things if you don't have a teacher to do so.
1. Start Slow
A common mistake most people make is trying to play a complicated part up to speed right away. A complicated part for a beginner might be a simple chord change, for a more advanced player, it could be a complicated finger-style passage.
The secret to playing that part cleanly and clearly is to start slow. Play the part very slow and then gradually bring it up to speed as you start to get it down.
2. Play in time, with a steady beat
Make sure what your playing has a steady and even beat. always count out loud, start slow, and be sure you are playing evenly and keeping a steady beat.
Even if it's the most basic strum you are learning, start very slow and count evenly. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc... and strum along. It may help to tap your foot as well, while you count.
Get a metronome
It would be most helpful if you had a metronome. A metronome has a steady clicking sound that you can play along with. You can adjust the speed of the clicking so that you can play slower for faster songs.
Using a metronome is the best way to make sure you are keeping steady time.
Most teachers recommend always playing with a metronome, one of the things most beginners have trouble with is keeping time.
Here's a great, inexpensive metronome, its a good idea to use it every time you practice
Take it to next level
Rather than a metronome, you may want to get a drum machine or rhythm machine.
With a drum or rhythm machine you can create a beat to play along with, you may like it better than the clicking of a metronome.
3. Take it one step at a time
Don't try to do to many things at once, work on a few things and when you get good at them add to them.
For example: if you are just starting out don't work with a whole bunch of rhythms or lots of chords, take a few chords that work well together, and a basic rhythm or a few basic rhythms and work with a few songs that use those chords and that you can use the basic rhythms with.
Tip: Don't do boring chord studies, just play songs
Playing the songs will be your practice, and it will help you to get down the rhythm or strum you are working with and the chord changes.
In the Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook, after you learn new chords and rhythms, there are songs to play especially arranged for the method to provide study for those chords and rhythms.
So you can play songs, have fun and see progress, rather than doing boring studies, or exercises.
I do recommend running through the chord progression in the song a few times before playing the song to get ready - but that's it. After that, play the song a few times to familiarize you self with the chords your working on and get the the rhythm you're working on down.
When learning a new rhythm you'll play through it a few time before using it in a song as well.
You can pause during a song to make a change
Don't be afraid to pause during a song to make the chord change, that's what you should do in the beginning.
For a beginner, songs, chords and rhythms or strums are the building blocks...
In the FREE Play ukulele NOW eBook, you'll learn two chords and a basic rhythm or strum. You'll then have quite a few songs that you can play that use just those two chords and that basic rhythm.
In the Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook, after you get better at that basic chord change and that basic rhythm, it's time to add a chord that works good with those two chords, and then you'll have some songs that use those three chords to play. After you get better at that, it's time to look at a little more advanced rhythm or strum, etc...
It is important that learning is like building blocks and each thing builds a little bit more on what you have already learned.
It is important have an understanding of the step you are on before you move to the next step. This is what the Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook dose.
Don't know where to start get the Play ukulele NOW eBook FREE, click here to get yours
The Play Ukulele NOW Method and Songbook teaches Ukulele one step at a time quickly and easily learn to master chords and rhythms, click here to get yours
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