General uke discussion

Hi all. I thought I was doing pretty well playing melody notes using my thumb. But I just started Mat’s finger style course. He begins by having us use PIMA style to o play various scales. That means assigning 1 finger for each string with apparently no exceptions. I’m struggling with this in a big way. Sometimes when I get my 2nd finger going, I forget to use my index on the 3rd string and viras.

I’ve reached out to Matt about this but so far no response.

Is anyone else struggling with this concept.

I cam play arpeggios ok using Pima but those are just repeating patterns, so I get in the “groove”. But when the notes get mixed up, so do my fingers. Has anyone else had this issue?

Thanks.

Ted

I'm a total beginner and just watched the video about how to hold a ukulele and using a strap.

The strap that came with my ukulele doesn't look like the one Matt has in his video though and I don't get how to apply it to the top of the ukulele. I put one end on the bottom peg and it had a hole for that. The other end of mine has thick strings, not a button and hole. I am not sure how you are supposed to tie on these strings. Can someone help me with that?

Hi everyone,

Over the past few years our Learn Ukulele community has grown in a really lovely way. We now have thousands of players learning together across the website, YouTube, live sessions and our Facebook group.

One thing I’ve been thinking about recently is how to make the community feel more connected and easier to keep up with.

At the moment conversations happen in a few different places — the website forum, the Facebook student group, emails and comments — and that can sometimes mean people miss great discussions or helpful answers.

Can any of you wonderful tech wizards advise me how to record myself playing my ukulele? I have a MacBook, and an IPhone - but need to know if I need any other IT equipment to help record - [I am one of those who lived BEFORE computers - well - the ones I used needed coded entries 10011100011111010 - that sort of thing. I wans't allowed to take a calculator into lessons - used log books to calculate logarithms - and my brain to work out maths. so this tech age is tough on my brain - which I need to play all the notes - not necessarily in the right order. 😀😂