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Uke Minutes 81 – Pinky Exercise 2
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! This week on Uke Minutes, Pinky Exercises are back with a vengeance! We’ve shown you single-string pinky exercises before, but this time your pinky will be covering all four strings on your ukulele to work up some powerful pinky muting. Check it out, let [...]
Uke Minutes 80 – Triplet Strum
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! Alright, last time on Uke Minutes we brought you the concept of Triplets – this time, the infamous Triplet Strum! Try it out, use it to add a little flare to your strumming pattern, and show us what you come up with! For those [...]
Uke Mintues 78 – Pinky Exercises
Got a question about this episode? Post it Here! Hey UUers! Strong. Quick. Terrifyingly dexterous. If you don’t already associate words like these with your Pinky Finger, don’t fret – you will soon enough! This week’s episode of Uke Minutes is going to make your Pinky finger a beast – check out the video, do [...]
Uke Minutes 77 – Strum Picking (with Harmony)!
Got a question about this episode? Join the discussion HERE! Hello UUers! It’s Saturday – do you know where your children are? (Probably watching another awesome episode of Uke Minutes!). This week on Uke Minutes, we bring you an alternative to the thumb-intensive Strum-Picking Technique. In the original Strum-Picking episode (Uke Minutes 26), Aldrine showed [...]
Uke Minutes 76 – Alternate Chord Position Exercises
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! Saturday has rolled around again and right along with it, another episode of Uke Minutes! This time we got a quick little exercise for you to practice switching between different positions of the same chord. Why do I need to know different positions of [...]
Uke Minutes 75 – Using Thumb Picks
Got a question about using thumb picks? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! Back to your regularly scheduled programming, with another episode of Uke Minutes! This time, Aldrine picks up right where he left off with how to use thumb picks on you ukulele. Using a thumb pick is even more common on the ukulele than [...]
Uke Minutes 74 – Using Flat Picks
Got a question about flat picks? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! In the world of ukulele playing, the use of picks is a subject often overlooked (and sometimes vehemently shunned), but there are still those who use them and a few that actually prefer them – so in this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine [...]
Uke Minutes 73 – Slack Key Tuning
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! It’s Saturday, school’s out for winter break, there’s only 6 more days ’til Christmas (or 12 more days until the new year), and life is good – why not celebrate with a new episode of Uke Minutes! This week, we drop-it-drop-it low (one full [...]
Uke Minutes 72 – Musical Direction II
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! Here it is – the final installment (for now) in Dominator’s instructional tablature series! This time, Dom goes over the D.S. and D.C. notations, as well as the al Coda and al Fine designations in tabs musical direction. Also, be sure to check out [...]
