Everyone always wants to learn the most complicated ways to strum a particular piece of music.
The reality of it is when beginning to play as well as throughout your life of playing a ukulele,
sometimes the simplest of strums is the best way of achieving a sound you are striving for. The
goal is always whatever sounds best to you and to make a song your own! 

This session is part of the Beginner Track!
Date
Sat @ 09:30 AM
Level
Novice
Beginner
Session Type
Workshop
Location
Kittanning Room
Basics

Skill Levels

  • Novice: A student who perhaps has never picked up a ukulele before.
  • Beginner: A student at this level is brand-new to the ukulele. He/she has perhaps learned one to three chords but stops in-between chord changes to move the fingers to the next location.
  • Advanced/Confident Beginner: A student at this level knows a handful of chords and can move from one chord to another without pausing. Student may have trouble with, say, the B-flat chord shape. Student has learned a strum or two and/or a finger pattern for picking.
  • Intermediate: A student can hold a steady rhythm and is competent with a variety of basic chords. Understands simple chord progressions, can sing and strum at the same time, and learns chords to simple tunes fairly quickly.
  • Advanced: A student at this level can hear I, IV, and V chords, has mastered some chord inversions, knows there is life above the fifth fret, and has been there with barre or 4-fingered closed chords. Plays lead and backup easily with others and keeps steady rhythm.