Learn how to play “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” with easeįirst, take a listen to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and hear how it sounds.

Review the strumming pattern you learned in a previous lesson.

Discover the steps to learning a new song.

You’ve put forth an excellent effort into learning to play the ukulele so far. Once you can do this, try to do this on the ukulele.Today, you learn to play your first song on the ukulele. To better understand this, practise counting (1-tri-plet, 2-tri-plet, 3 tri-plet, 4 tri-plet) while clapping the rhythm. With a Swing feel (triplet subdivision), it looks like this. The universal strumming pattern played normally, looks like this: “Swing” means the rhythm is based on triplets. The steps below explain how to develop a swing feel. I’ve written the song out in this simplified format: Riptide PDF (Easy) Universal Strumming Pattern (with a swing feel) Triplets Try practising the song with pattern #1 of the ukulele strumming patterns PDF.

It can be tricky to sing the lyrics of this song while playing this pattern. Strumming Pattern for Rip tide (Vance Joy) Then, see if you can bring the two together again. After this is comfortable, try playing beats 3 and 4 only. *If you’re having difficulty playing this pattern, work on beats 1 and 2 only. Make sure to count 1,2,3,4 when you first start working on this. This first pattern is made up of only down-strums.> Sign up for an online ukulele lesson with me. This way you can hit two birds with one stone. *To challenge yourself, Practise the strumming patterns with a harder chord like the G. Click here to learn how to play the 4 basic ukulele chords. To make things easy, try using the C chord. Use the nail of your thumb to strum up.įor the following exercises, use the chord of your choice.Use the nail of your index to strum down.If you’re having trouble singing the lyrics of a particular song with strumming pattern (#4 or #5), then try working through the song using pattern #1.Each pattern can be used while playing popular songs.(A fun rhythmic pattern that works on most popular songs). Each pattern builds off of each other to eventually allow you play the universal strumming pattern. This ukulele strumming patterns PDF will help you build up your ability to play interesting strumming patterns on the ukulele.

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