Ukulele Practice

Use the following videos to play along and help expand your comfortability with ukulele playing. We have played with some of these in class and some of them are just for your enjoyment.

Remember it is okay to repeat a song to practice it more than once. If you can play the strums on the beat, try changing your strumming pattern along with the song. You can also try to strum and sing at the same time for more challenge.

PRACTICE

Use this video to play along with ONLY F & C chords.

This video expands to use the Am (A minor) chord.

SONGS

Below are songs that use the chords we have worked on in class. There are a few more chords we can learn that will unlock a lot of different songs. It will prove to be best if you can familiarize yourself with C, F, and Am before we move on. Play them so much that you don't make mistakes. Play them for other people. You are awesome.

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE - American Authors

This song uses the following chords:

C
F
Am

There are also rests (stop signs). Try to play without playing into the rests.

THUNDER - Imagine Dragons

This song uses the following chords:

C
F
Am

This is a great song to work on using different strumming patterns.

HO HEY - The Lumineers

This song uses the following 2 chords:

This is a great place to start if you are still getting used to moving your fingers.

MELT WITH YOU - Bowling for Soup

This song uses the following 2 chords:

C
F

This is a great song to get more comfortable with the F chord. It is also a lot of fun. The audio is a little strange, so it might be hard to hear the singing.

MEANT TO BE - Bebe Rexha featurin Florida Georgia Line

This song uses the following 3 chords:

C
F
Am

This song is very repetitive but allows you to really practice on moving the left hand fingers into the right frets.