Hi everyone,

I have been trying to learn to play the ukulele for my blog. I have started by watching a basic welcome to ukulele YouTube video. The channel I am following is 10-day free ukulele lesson done by Andy Guitar. I did the first two days worth of videos that he has posted. The first video was very easy. Learning three different cords: the C major, F major, and the G major. We also finished the video by playing the song “You are My Sunshine”. We also practiced strumming to a four beat. I found this video a great introduction, he explained everything in great detail, and even gave some extra practice songs at the end.

The second day video I found extremely challenging. He tough us the A minor cord and a new strumming pattern. I found this lesson a massive jump from the first day. I ended up actually going back to the first video to practice a little more before going back to the day 2 video. I got myself familiar with switching cords fluently, but I never was able to figure out the new strumming pattern as it involved strumming the strings with a different finger then what I am used to. The final song he teaches in this video is “Take me Down to the Riptide”. He did not go over this song in nearly as much depth as the last video. I think it is going to take me a couple days of practice before I can move on to the next. He explains it very fast and doesn’t really allow you to follow along as well as when he did the song “You are my Sunshine”.

I really like learning through Youtube videos as the moment. It allows me to go back and restart things if I feel I did not do it properly. Or if I think I missed something I can always go back and check. It is also super easy for me to take a look back at things I have already learned and practice more.