Try These 5 Easy Ukulele Warm-Up Exercises For Your Stiff Fingers

[@UkuleleTricks]

How do you like to warm up? Let me know! Join me in the FREE four-lesson "Learn to Play Ukulele Today" course right here 👉ukuleletricks.com/learn-to-play-ukulele-today/

[@rainellevazquez8949]

I'm 71yrs young and got a Ukulele for my birthday. I really appreciate your lesson on excercisng my hands on my ukulele. It's extremely helpful . Thanks so much and I'll subscribe for more great tips.

[@UkuleleTricks]

Happy birthday, Rainelle! I'm so glad you enjoyed the tips.

[@johnbower7274]

I am 81 years young, and have found your tips very handy. Thank you

[@namvet6971]

I definitely need this for my 74 year old beginner fingers. I'm now a follower too...👍🏼

[@montanacrosses]

I appreciate the way you take your time and give clear instructions. Your voice helps me focus well!

[@UkuleleTricks]

Thanks for your comment!

[@chantelharper2600]

Hi Brett. I am really enjoying your videos. I am having fun. First time I am learning to play. You make it easy and loads of fun. Thank you. From Chantel in Pinetown, SA.

[@nancygelizon-dejesus7457]

Just got my ukelele yesterday and found this video today. I must say this is very helpful, I was trying to figure out the C major scale yesterday to no avail😅 I'm glad I found this! The exercises are very very useful especially for someone like me who is trying to learn from scratch💙

[@UkuleleTricks]

Welcome to the world of ukulele, Nancy! I'm happy you're enjoying these videos. Let me know what else you want to see from the channel so I can help you in your journey!

[@lourdesramos-heinrichs5773]

Thank you so much for these very helpful finger exercises for the Ukulele.

[@UkuleleTricks]

I'm glad I could share! Thanks for your comment, Lourdes!

[@herminefostet-smith7571]

I am learning to play Ukulele, but I am having problems with strumming. I was watching you showing how to strum. Thanks for the tips.

[@SandieSimmons]

I found your tips very helpful, for i just started learning those very three chords you played! Thanks so much!

[@RavenTheLabrador]

Im 42 and just learning to play the ukulele I just started in person lessons with a teacher ut i enjoy watching your videos to practice with inbetween my lesson every week. Thank you very much 🎼🪕🙂👍✌

[@UkuleleTricks]

That's so exciting!! Welcome!

[@paulaweinkauf6053]

I am 61 and just learning how to play ukulele. I’ve played instruments in my much younger years (clarinet, saxophone and guitar). I like your videos because you go slow and describe what you are doing although I struggle with strumming and want to use my thumb up and down. I will continue to practice using your videos. Thanks for showing me (slowly) how to play.

[@UkuleleTricks]

I'm glad you are enjoying these lessons, Paula! Definitely keep working on other ways to strum because it will really open up the kind of sound you can get from your uke! Thanks for your comment.

[@MikeTaylor-u8r]

THANKS DUDE!

[@roenadonato2115]

Hello, I’m new to this channel. I used to play guitar in HS. And now after so many years , 20+ years. Im now learning ukulele. Im on my third week. I love these exercises. I will definitely do these before every practice session. 😊

[@UkuleleTricks]

Welcome aboard!!

[@BeverlyTilton]

Thank you for this! I have been having issues with my arthritis stiffness and this seems to help, so far. I’m glad I stumbled upon you! I purchased my first Uke 4 weeks ago and was beginning to think I am too old and arthritic to play. I’ll keep trying ❤

[@TheChurlishBoor]

That was a banger that! Nice one, thank you very much!

[@roxanemarin5387]

Great warm up exercises. Thank you✌️🌸

[@AnnamariiBerta]

Sometimes I just turn on your videos because you’re such a nice person it gives me a home feeling :D pls be my friend haha. Keep up with the good work! We can see your heart in it😊

[@sudiptaarjun7237]

Thnx and gratitude for this simple yet very effective exercises. Love from 🇧🇩🇧🇩🙏🙏

[@UkuleleTricks]

You're welcome! Thanks for your comment.

[@tinagonzalez7714]

Thank you for the great exercises! Really enjoy your teaching style. Thanks again. :)

[@UkuleleTricks]

I'm glad you liked them! Thanks for watching!

[@tortugagoogle3867]

Very helpful thankful very much❤❤❤God bless your chanel

[@UkuleleTricks]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@fromthedell1960]

thank you im a beginner very helpful

[@UkuleleTricks]

I'm glad I could help, Geoffrey! Thanks for your comment.

[@rainett]

This was super helpful. Thank you!

[@UkuleleTricks]

That's great to hear, R Z! Thanks for watching.

[@jaycee8334]

Thank you so much for this video!! Grateful!!

[@UkuleleTricks]

Woohoo! Glad I could help, Jay! Thanks for your comment.

[@allanvictormonteroadames7013]

Bro, your better at teaching than many so called "guitar instructors" out there👏

[@UkuleleTricks]

I appreciate that, Allan! Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.

[@rajeshparkar5683]

Great, thanks

[@UkuleleTricks]

Thanks for watching!

[@markyd1976]

Make is sound so easy....excellent video and will make a start soon. Cheers ....Mark from Liverpool

[@UkuleleTricks]

Glad to give you some ideas, Mark!

[@markyd1976]

@@UkuleleTricks defo will....cheers 👌

[@TheSpektacle]

Hi Brett... thanks for these ideas, very helpful. One question, I notice you pick with only using your thumb. Do recommend NOT using the other fingers?

[@UkuleleTricks]

For simple picking, you can often just use the thumb. The thumb sounds especially nice when you combine strumming and picking at the same time, like in chord melody! However, for faster picking, you often need to use the other fingers (stuff like patterns, arpeggios, fast melodies, etc.).

[@ruthdoyle5479]

Another exercise someone showed me is what she called the spider. Without playing any notes, you place all 4 fingers on the 1st string on the first 4 frets, and one by one walk then to the next string, then the next, then the last, and then walk them back down. It's also good for teaching your fingers (and brain) to work independently.

[@caesarwong4753]

Really helpful.

[@UkuleleTricks]

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching.

[@jeanneparent5476]

Thank you for the tips, and explained why they are valuable. I do C, A,F, G7 and back to C to practice my different strums. i am going to sign up for the upcoming blues with you.

[@UkuleleTricks]

Glad to be of help, Jeanne! And it would be great to have you for the blues!

[@67angie]

Definitely giving it a try tomorrow (again). Thank you for your tutorials - it's a pleasure to watch them. For some reason strumming is a problem for me. My fingernails can't hit every string the same way , so some of them sound louder than others. 🙄 Maybe I should use a plectrum. (Kidding) I will try to get that in balance.

[@UkuleleTricks]

That's a good observation to make about your playing! The goal is to find a consistent strumming motion and sound. Keep working at it!

[@67angie]

@@UkuleleTricks I will. With your tutorials 😊 Thank you for taking the time to reply.

[@CreatedbySusanMontgomery]

Thank you for this. I recently had surgery on my fretting hand and am slowly getting back to playing. Exercises like these will be important.

[@UkuleleTricks]

Glad to help, Susan!

[@diannewilliams1585]

Due to brain issues I’m struggling to get my ring and pinkie fingers to be strong and form chords and currently barre chords are beyond me. Do you have any exercises that would focus on those two fingers and also on barre chords? Thanks for these lessons. They are very helpful.

[@maplemyth8459]

I've just started learning ukulele yesterday(at home). Then i searched ukulele beginner tutorials on youtube & I found your 8 yrs ago video “5 effective strumming lessons”. It’s so helpful for me🥺🥺 because the way you speak is too patient and too easy for me to understand than other ukulele teachers on youtube. (As i'm Asian & don't know English very well🥺). Thank you so much. And now i only wanna learn from this channel🥺 Can you tell me abt which videos and playlists should i learn first from your channel sir? 😥 Cus i found many videos in your youtube channel and don't know what to learn first. 😟😟

[@UkuleleTricks]

Welcome, Maythu! I'm so happy you found me. If you click over to my website, I have a very organized free four-lesson email course that I highly recommend. It has all you need to learn! I would definitely check that out if you haven't already.

[@maplemyth8459]

@@UkuleleTricks Thank you so much Sir.🤗 i've already visited over your website and just received the lesson emails. I really appreciate it🥺 Thank youuuu🤍

[@winniepeg9869]

So good to see you again Brett! This is an important exercise. Scales are overlooked. To be honest I didn’t think the ukulele had scales 😟 I thought it was just the piano, yup I’m not musically minded. Anyway I will have a go ..... my knuckles need to limber up! Thank you for the lesson young man!! Love from Winnie x

[@UkuleleTricks]

Indeed the concept of scales from piano to ukulele can be a bit of a brain bender! Let me know how the exercises go for you! Thanks for your comment.

[@kanijferdowsi2147]

it’s quite a difficult sir.. but i will try.... thanks for this helpful great tutorial..... Sudha

[@UkuleleTricks]

Yep, just give it your best effort, Sudha! These exercises may be unfamiliar at first so they take practice before including them in a warmup repertoire. Thanks for watching!

[@kanijferdowsi2147]

@@UkuleleTricks sir i can't understand this exercise properly.... it’s really difficult.....

[@debadrichowdhury9936]

Hey Anything for warming up fingers for finger picking?

[@Thebluezman]

I can see and feel how the scales exercise will warm the fingers up but also help with finger dexterity in general. Are you playing a concert or tenor sized ukulele?

[@UkuleleTricks]

That's right! Scales definitely help improve finger dexterity. This is a Kala tenor ukulele I'm playing. I love it!

[@张西西-k5q]

I think the key point of a serious ukelele player is not songs u can play is the exercises u do and so as the skills improving during it. And with fingers warming u will get a better result and u can go far on this road 。 ps I am from Asian. Thanks very much on this exercise . We need it more than songs

[@UkuleleTricks]

Thanks for your comment!

[@LMNevada]

What Ukulele are you playing? Thank you.

[@joepardi9369]

What is the ukulele you are playing? Thank You

[@UkuleleTricks]

Hey Joe, in this video, I'm playing a Kala KA-ATP-CTG, which is a tenor ukulele!

[@67angie]

How do I find out what kind of Ukulele I have? Soprano or concert, I'm not sure which one it is. Corpus: 27,5 cm Mensur (scale) : 38,5 cm

[@3Dhyana]

I’m very wise. I’m 80.

[@UkuleleTricks]

Yes, you are, Diana! Hah!

[@52Goober]

The chromatic scale in this video is inaccurate. It skipped the open strings creating a whole step in place of all half steps.

[@UkuleleTricks]

You are correct, but the point of this exercise is not to play a chromatic scale note-for-note but rather to warm up the fingers using a specific fretting hand finger pattern, not note pattern.

[@glgauge7999]

I'm just learning a ukulele and find I'm struggling, I'm 76,plus I'm tone deaf, 🤣

[@SerialAnkleBiter]

I think bass messed up my hands they don’t move

[@dwnthk]

those exercises are too hard for me...

[@UkuleleTricks]

I recommend starting with the first chromatic scale exercise and focus on that before adding it or the other exercises into your warmup repertoire. For the chromatic scale exercise, just take it a string at a time as demonstrated, and you will begin to see progress. Thanks for watching and for your comment!