Ukulele Right Hand Technique - 10 Essential Tips - Beginner Lesson and Tutorial

[@divinemotherwisdom6611]

Really excellent demo and explanations--especially on making the trade-off from strumming in the "sweet spot" to strumming at a slightly lower spot so as to not have to move your hand and arm down a bunch when switching to finger-picking. Nice clarity!

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

Thanks so much, I appreciate your feedback!

[@berryblu1314]

Thank you for this! Your tip about keeping your wrist angled down to also help with finger picking helped me tremendously

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

You're most welcome! I'm glad that tip was so helpful 😊

[@savannahtaylor304]

The ‘sweet spot’ JUST BLEW MY MIND THANK YOUUU ✨✨✨

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

You're so welcome! 😊

[@feelinglikecinderellanaega6359]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@sole_to_soul]

Thank you for this helpful video Lara! Also, your example at 5:05 was beautiful! I'd love to learn how to play that song.

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

You're very welcome! Glad you found this helpful. The example is from an original piece called My Island on my Waking Heartstrings album. I'll add it to my tutorial requests list for future consideration 😊

[@robertq8412]

watched the left hand technique seemed to make sense to watch this one too (grin) Didn't know about the sweet spot Mahalo

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

Glad you found this one helpful as well 😊

[@noor-wi7om]

Thank you, that's great ... keep going

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

Thanks so much!

[@MrInnekedb]

Hello! I have another question. I bought a shoulder strap once, but i cant confirm it well on the ukulele. Where did you buy yours? There is one end of the strap that I can see on the video, where is the other one attached? Thanks in advance!

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

Hi! Thanks for the questions! Here's the strap that I'm using in the video: amzn.to/2WM3r20. Check out this tutorial where I talk about using a strap...you'll see where the strap attaches to the peg at the base of body 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/joezc5SKg89lpJI

[@patci4951]

Please use captions

[@salwamelancolic3827]

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[@trollgummaszauberwelt3530]

Sorry Lara, but there is one question left and I hope you won't lough about it: Do I always have to pick or strump with my fingerNAILS? I prefer picking with the tip of my fingers. It sounds warm but it sounds different from time to time.. Is it possible to get this warm sound by playing with fingernails? Ups, two questions....

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

There are players who prefer to strum/pick with the tips of their fingers. I'm not quite sure how to answer your question about the warm sound 😉 When I experimented with my right hand fingernail length, I found a sweet spot that was great for strumming and picking. For picking, I find it easier to pick the strings more cleanly with nails rather than finger tips. I also prefer the sound picking with nails as I can better control the volume and the sound feels more muted when I pick with my finger tips. There are no rules here so do whatever feels best to you. If you want to compare, you can let your nails grow a bit and try it out, and then file them back if you don't like it. Thanks for the question(s)!

[@trollgummaszauberwelt3530]

@@LaraMarkowitzMusic Thank you very much for your answer. Yes, if course I am going to try it out! Stay healthy!

[@chachiandtedtittsolseks1997]

Ok so I’m right handed so do I play ukulele left and right😭🧍🏻‍♀️

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

Generally right handed players strum/pick with their right hand and fret with their left hand 😉

[@chachiandtedtittsolseks1997]

@@LaraMarkowitzMusic thx 😉

[@iritanawanoa9504]

Why does my left wrist hurt after playing for awhile?

[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

It could be the angle of your wrist and how you're playing chords. You may find my video on left hand tips helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXupqmahfcijf5Y

[@yok72u]

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[@LaraMarkowitzMusic]

Thank you for watching 😊