Uke Minutes 146 – A String Ghost Notes

Hey UUers! A while back we taught you how to do Ghost Notes and Muted Ghost Notes on your ukulele. With these two techniques, we primarily focused on using ghost notes while picking and ghost noting on the G, C, and/or E strings. On this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you how to [...]

Uke Minutes 145 – Finger Picking Rhythm

Hey UUers! It’s the weekend … do you know where your uke is at? This time on Uke Minutes we talk about Finger Picking Rhythm and how to finger pick in time with the music. Basically, take the beat of the song and play your finger picking pattern so that it lands on the beat. [...]

Uke Minutes 144 – How to Create Finger Picking Patterns

Hey UUers! Saturday is here! That can only mean one thing – another awesome episode of Uke Minutes for you to watch and play around with. In this week’s episode, Aldrine shows you how to create your own finger picking patterns! Try it out, create to your hearts content, and let us know what you [...]

Uke Minutes 141 – Staggered Strumming (+ UKEtoberfest!)

Hey UUers! Today Aldrine and the UU guys are hanging out at UKEtoberfest (in Eugene, OR)! This all-day event is being held at the Eugene Faith Center so if you’re in the area, come on down and hang out with us! This kicks off Ukulele Underground’s two-week live TOUR in Oregon & Washington – check [...]

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 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 [...]