Monday 16 January 2012

Easy Ukulele Songs for Newbies

By Stephen Heather


Ukulele music has for some time been associated with Hawaiian culture, nevertheless it is growing in popularity today. Many folks are finding themselves hypnotised by its unique sounds and are hot to find out how to play it. But just as the case is with any instrument, it is always necessary to start at the beginning by learning simple songs with just three or four chords.

Traditional Hawaiian songs generally use only three or 4 straightforward chords. Famous Hawaiian songs include "Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u," "Hene Hene Kou 'Aka," "Hilo Hanakahi," "Aloha Oe" and "Ama Ama." Where popular music is concerned, it is possible for a beginning player to play the same three- or four-chord songs on a ukulele that she or he can play on a guitar.

Popular songs for new players include "Wipeout" by the Ventures, "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles and "Brown-Eyed Girl" by Wagon Morrison. Most pop and rock songs feature three and 4 chords and are written in the I-VI-IV-V progression, making them a good kick off point from which to increase performance talents.

Children's songs are also very simple to play; preferred selections in that classification include "Happy Birthday to You," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "Bingo," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." Religious music that is suitable for beginning players includes "All Things Bright And Beautiful," "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," "Amazing Grace" and "Nearer My Lord To Thee." Other conventional songs to try out include "Auld Lang Syne," "Buffalo Gals," "Greensleeves," "You are My Sunshine" and "Cockles and Mussels."

Achieving mastery of easy songs is the 1st step towards gaining proficiency in the ukulele. By devoting sufficient time to practicing methodology and developing a stock of easy songs, the beginning ukulele player can learn new performing talents whilst progressing to more harmonically complicated songs. From that point, there are just a few limits to what a dedicated player can do.




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