Ukulele chord journeys for smoother transitions

[@suenidasa6497]

An excellent lesson for beginners!

[@lisacompton3661]

Really enjoyed this tutorial and found all your advice so helpful. I too love your teaching style. Thank you so much. All best.

[@ukuleleclare]

Thanks! And I'm glad it's helpful.

[@marilynndonini7247]

Yours is just the approach I needed to truly learn a new piece (I should have "the more slowly you practice the more quickly you'll become a faster player" tattooed on my fingers!). Thanks so much for your precision, thoroughness, and gently straightforward "ukeside" manner!

[@ukuleleclare]

Yahoooo! I’m so glad it works for you.

[@jocularwin]

Very insightful teaching and true learning for me. Appreciate your great lessons.

[@maswack]

so helpful thank you from Ireland 😊

[@ukuleleclare]

So glad it worked for you!

[@ericabelisario3529]

Thank You so much! Love your way of teaching!!!

[@ukuleleclare]

I'm glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching.

[@juliasmaistrla4407]

Very helpful thank you

[@raymondeargle8653]

What strum tech do you use index, thumb, pick, strum style.

[@ukuleleclare]

Many moons ago, I started with my middle finger. No idea why - it just felt right. About a year later, I noticed that my body had self-corrected to the index finger. A few years later, while trying to hear myself over all the guitars and banjos and mandolins at a rousing bluegrass jam, I thought that if I used 2 fingers (index and middle), I'd be louder. It's kind of true, but I think what it really helps with is speed, because the weight of the fingers (my fingers are actively flicking up and down, wrist is rotating, the rest of my arm is pretty relaxed and still) helps move my hand - much like when you jump over something: You throw your arms forward to create momentum and so that you don't have the dead weight of your arms to add to your body weight. I find that I am more able to keep up with the 900 mph of bluegrass AND I can hear myself a tiny bit better, and I feel like I have a really strong strum for when I need that extra drive. I've never used a pick, though my guitar-playing partner often uses a pick. I'm more of a fingerpicker for that style. Thanks for the question!

[@geraldmartin7417]

I tried to skip all the talking, but everywhere I FF to is just more talking

[@ukuleleclare]

Yep - this is an introduction to how to think about chord transitions, so it's more of a basic technique explanation than it is a play-along video. Hmmmmmm - maybe I should write a song about it so it's not just all me blithering away about it ....