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...
by Alice Bulmer | Dec 30, 2018 | Beginner ukulele, Ukulele beginners, Ukulele lessons, Ukulele strumming
Are you a beginner ukulele player? Here’s a ukulele startup toolkit. You’ll find most of what you need to get strumming here. Buying a ukulele If you don’t yet have a ukulele, here’s a link to my post about how to buy a beginner ukulele. How to tune a...
by Alice Bulmer | Oct 24, 2018 | Ukulele beginners, Ukulele lessons
This is a post about harmony and how it works with ukulele. For me, playing ukulele means coming into close relationship with the beautiful harmonies of music. It’s much more direct and practical than when I’m playing violin, or piano, or even bass guitar. When...
