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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Ukelele By Accident

So this past holiday I got my husband a ukelele.  It was on his secret santa list and I didn't think anyone was going to get it for him.  Lo and behold, he ended up with two.  I decided, why not try to learn this cool little instrument?  I've played some guitar here and there, how hard can it be.  There are a ton of youtube videos of kids rocking out on them.


Well, there are four strings, not six.  The strings are nylon so its easier on my phalanges but the chords are totally different.  Plus the tuning is weird.  Barr chords are easier but my long gangly digits are a clumsy mess.  But I'm still doing it and I've learned chords, a few tunes and I'm sure I'll sound a lot better as time goes on or until I find my next thing to get into.

***Update:  Now I attached two videos of my attempt to be musical.  My singing however is not up for discussion. :) *****


2 comments:

  1. Great job! I'm so impressed! My sister, brother-in-law, and dad play ukelele. Soon there will be armies of ukelele players...

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    1. Army and ukulele together sounds like an oxymoron but it's true, everyone plays it. I took them to church yesterday (I teach nursery) and the kids loved it.

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