Archive for the ‘Uke Minutes’ Category
Uke Minutes 101 – Ukulele Vibrato + UU Cali Tour!
Hey UUers! This week’s Uke Minutes post comes to you from beautiful CALIFORNIA where the UU guys have just kicked off UU Cali Tour 2010! On this episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you a couple simple methods of creating vibrato on your ukulele. Try it out and let us know what you think! Last [...]
Uke Minutes 100 – How to Play the Ukulele in 5 Minutes!
Hey UUers! Can you believe it!? Uke Minutes … Episode 100!! For this very special weekly installment of Uke Minutes, we go back to basics. Are you a brand new ukulele player who just picked up your first ukulele? Great! In this episode, Aldrine takes you from unboxing your uke to tuning it up to [...]
Uke Minutes 99 – 1st Beat Emphasis Strum
Hey UUers! It’s another Saturday & another episode of Uke Minutes! Much like last week’s episode, Aldrine employs the “emphasis” strum, this time on the 1st beat, to create a strumming pattern to add a little variety to your songs. Try it out, experiment with other strumming patterns, and show us what you come up [...]
Uke Minutes 98 – 2nd Beat Emphasis Strum
Hey UUers! Are you ready for another weekend!? Ready or not, it’s here – along with another episode of Uke Minutes! This time Aldrine shows you an interesting strumming technique in the “2nd Beat Emphasis Strum.” The main concept involves slowing down a particular strum for emphasis, which can dramatically change the style and feel [...]
Uke Minutes 97 – Simple Bluegrass Strumming for the Ukulele
Hey UUers! Over the past few years, the ukulele has been popping up more and more in the bluegrass scene – with it’s high, twangy strings, it’s a perfect addition to round out any bluegrass song. In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you a quick little strumming technique to add that bluegrass-y [...]
Uke Minutes 96 – How to Figure Out the Key of a Song
Hey UUers! Have you ever wanted to figure out the chords for a song? Or maybe just the key that the song is in, so you know what scale to solo in? In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you the first few steps to figuring out simple songs – starting with finding [...]
Uke Minutes 95 – How to Figure out Strumming Patterns 2
Hey UUers! It’s another beautiful Saturday for some good old-fashioned ukein’. This week on Uke Minutes, we pick up where we left off in “How to Figure Out Strumming Patterns 1″ and add in rolls and chunks to create strumming patterns. There are a few rules to abide by, but for the most part, making [...]
Uke Minutes 94 – How to Figure Out Strumming Patterns 1
Hey UUers! Here in the Underground, a fairly common question we get is “What is the Strumming Pattern for this song?” Most strumming patterns can be pretty easy to figure out as long as you know the basics. In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine introduces Part 1 of “How to Figure out Strumming [...]
Uke Minutes 93 – add9 Chords
Hey UUers! Are you ready, kids!? It’s time for another episode of Uke Minutes! This week, Aldrine delves into the musical nomenclature of the add9 chord. For this one, it’s helpful if you know what a Major Scale is, so if you need a refresher, click waaay back to Uke Minutes 8 – Major Scales [...]
Uke Minutes 92 – Diminished Run Exercise
Got a question about this ukulele exercise? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! It’s another Saturday filled with ukulele-goodness & this time on Uke Minutes we’re bringing you a nifty little run you can play over diminished chords (for more info on Diminished Chords, check out Uke Minutes 45). Try it out, add your own variations [...]
