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 117 – Mastering Difficult Chords (+ UUU Starts Today!)
Hey UUers! Have you ever encountered an ukulele chord that you just can’t get the hang of? When you see the chord in songs, do you skip it or avoid the song altogether? Have no fear – Uke Minutes is here! On this week’s episode, Aldrine shows you a quick exercise to get you to [...]
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 [...]
Uke Minutes 88 – Hammer-Pull Exercise
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! Back in the summer of ’08 the weather was fine, the gentle breeze was a blowin’, and Uke Minutes 19 introduced the “Hammer-Pull Combination” to the Underground. In this week’s episode, we revisit this technique for more hammer-pull fun that will help you out [...]
Uke Minutes 84 – Flamenco Warm Up I
Got a question about this warm up? Post it HERE! Hey UUers! This week on Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you a simple Flamenco-styled warm up technique to get those fingers moving and ready to rock some Spanish goodness! For more Flamenco techniques, don’t miss our previous Uke Minutes: Flamenco Finger Picking I & Flamenco Finger [...]
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 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 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 67 – Note Bending Exercises!
Got a question about this episode? Post it HERE! For more instruction on bending notes, check out “How To Bend a Note” on the ukulele! Hey UUers! With the holidays coming up, it is an excellent time to start working out so you can look your best! (And by “working out” we mean sitting at [...]