Ukulele Beginners Jumpstart: Essential Elements of Ukulele and How to Read Different Chords

Book excerpt: Learn to play ukulele, FAST! Even if you've never made music before, you'll gain confidence as you hear your first notes, strum your first chords and complete your first songs. And, you'll be learning the Seeing Music method that lets you learn music easily using visual cues. Learn the proper way to strum, form chords, and find different and interesting rhythms. Any time or age is a great time to begin the ukulele. This method has been tested with child and adult learners and has proven to work. It's like having a teacher with 30 years of experience sitting right there with you! In this Ukulele For Dummies book, you will discover: - This book assists you with lots of chord changes. The goal is accuracy and the speed will naturally come and will not the other way around. - Refer to the figures on how to correctly hold your Ukulele standing or sitting. - Proper strumming influences your sound when beginning. Besides strumming you can palm mute and then slap the strings to get down and funky. - Do exercises and practice fingering. This will make you more accurate and you guessed it, faster. Begin Your Ukulele Playing Adventure Here! Learn the right way from day one and you'll be on the road to musical success.