Archive for the ‘Uke Minutes’ Category
Uke Minutes 140 – Left Hand Minor Scale Exercises
Hey UUers! Are you ready for another ukulele workout for your fingers!? Last week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine showed you Left Hand Major Scale Exercises. This week we up the ante and make you work a little harder with Minor Scale Exercises! In this exercise your pinky finger does double-duty, covering two frets instead of [...]
Uke Minutes 139 – Left Hand Major Scale Exercises
Hey UUers! Want to give your fingers an ukulele workout this weekend!? Well this week’s episode of Uke Minutes is just the thing for you! This time, Aldrine shows you a great exercise to help improve the strength and dexterity of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers on your left hand. This will definitely come [...]
Uke Minutes 138 – Picking Dynamics
Hey UUers! Cheers … to the freakin’ weekend! Another Saturday has rolled around, along with another episode of Uke Minutes! This time, Aldrine goes over picking dynamics to really get you to be mindful of what you are doing to control volume and expression while picking. This may sound like a pretty simple concept, but [...]
Uke Minutes 137 – Strumming Dynamics (Volume Control)
Hey UUers! How’s everyone doing on this fine Saturday!? Today on Uke Minutes Aldrine breaks down the basics of Strumming Dynamics, that is, changing the mood during a song by changing the volume and “attitude” of your strum. Check it out and let us know what you think! Also, we’re closing in on the last [...]
Uke Minutes 136 – How to Record Your Ukulele Using a Microphone
Hey UUers! Good to see you! It’s another great weekend here in the Underground – strings are being strummed, songs are being hummed, and we’re watching the summer slowly disappear together in ukulele harmony. On this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, it’s a continuation of last week’s episode “How to Record Your Ukulele” with an [...]
Uke Minutes 135 – How to Record Your Ukulele
Hey UUers! Welcome to the weekend! This week’s episode of Uke Minutes is the first of a series discussing the art of recording your ukulele on your home computer. For those of you new to recording audio, Aldrine breaks down some basic processes and programs you can use to record your ukulele at home. Check [...]
Uke Minutes 134 – How To Clean Your Fretboard
Hey UUers! Summer is almost over! If you’ve been rocking that uke of yours all summer long, you might notice a little finger grime on your fretboard. Or maybe it’s that greenish tint developing along the length of your fret wires. But don’t fret! We’ve got a solution for your fretboard blues with this week’s [...]
Uke Minutes 133 – Picking Technique: Tone
Hey UUers! Have you ever wondered how great ukulele players are able to get a good tone while picking, no mater what ukulele they are playing? How can another player pick up a really cheap uke and still make it sound good? The tone that you’re getting out of your ukulele surprisingly has less to [...]
Uke Minutes 132 – Minor Scale Sweeps
Hey UUers! If you’ve been waiting all week for the weekend to arrive … it’s finally here! And along with it another episode of Uke Minutes! This time, Aldrine goes over the sweep technique on the ukulele, this time using minor scales. Check out the Uke Minutes on Minor Scales and the Thumb & Middle [...]
Uke Minutes 131 – Major Scale Sweeps
Hey UUers! Sweep the leg!! Unfortunately, we can’t teach you how to do a sweep in Karate (mostly because we don’t know Karate) … but today on Uke Minutes we CAN teach you how to do a sweep on your ukulele! A sweep is basically a run of several notes in succession, played quickly. Here [...]
