Uke Minutes 152 – How to Roll on Ukulele
Hey UUers! How’s your Saturday going!? On this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine shows you how to do a Roll on the Ukulele! This is a technique that we’ve covered before (if you’d like to take the amazing journey back in time to Uke Minutes 6 to see how UU rolled back in 2008, [...]
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 143 – Advanced Golpe (with Craig Chee!)
Hey UUers! You may remember a nifty little technique that we showed you awhile back called “Golpe” (if you don’t remember, click HERE to see the tutorial!). While in Oregon for the Eugene UKEtoberfest, we got to meet ukulele virtuoso, Craig Chee, who showed us his way of applying golpe to his playing. So this [...]
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 [...]
Uke Minutes 129 – Thumb & Middle Picking Technique
Download this Video (right click > Save As…) or click the link to watch the video on your iPad or iPod Touch![/s2If] Hey UUers! The weekend has arrived and, along with it, another weekly episode of Uke Minutes! On this week’s episode, Aldrine introduces a simple yet powerful technique – Thumb & Middle Picking! This [...]