by Alice Bulmer | Apr 30, 2020 | Beginner ukulele, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele teaching
Learning to play ukulele in a group is great. In fact, I think it’s actually better than learning on your own. With most musical instruments, group teaching is a cost-saving option. When a teacher has four or five students in a group, they’ll get a better hourly rate,...
by Alice Bulmer | Sep 8, 2019 | Beginner ukulele, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele teaching
Tips to get the most out of ukulele lessons The ukulele is the easiest and quickest instrument to learn from scratch. You can go from zero to playing confidently in just a few weeks. But don’t underestimate how much you’ll be learning along the way. Here are some tips...
by Alice Bulmer | May 7, 2019 | Beginner ukulele, Ukulele beginners, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele practice tips, Ukulele teaching
This post is about how to find time to practice the ukulele, in your already busy life. In order to do regular ukulele practice you’ll need to form a new habit. Some people find it very easy to take on a new habit. Others will find the week rushes by and they haven’t...
by Alice Bulmer | Mar 4, 2019 | Beginner ukulele, Ukulele beginners, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele practice tips, Ukulele strumming, Ukulele teaching, Uncategorized
Here are some tips on how to practice a song, for beginner ukulele players. Because playing songs is where the fun really kicks in. (Click here to read the first post in my Ukulele practice tips series.) When you learn a new song, don’t just start at the beginning and...
by Alice Bulmer | Feb 17, 2019 | Beginner ukulele, Ukulele beginners, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele teaching
This is a post about how to practice the ukulele. It’s especially aimed at beginners. Right at the start, if you get a few basic skills locked in, you’ll make much faster progress. This isn’t about how to practice ukulele technique. That’s a whole other topic....
by Alice Bulmer | Jan 22, 2019 | Community music, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele music theory
This is a very basic, practical introduction to transposing for the ukulele. In this post I cover what transposition is and why it’s useful. I also discuss four tools for transposition: a chord chart, an online transposer tool, a capo and barre chords. Many...
