Ukulele fingerstyle songs
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Here are five ukulele fingerpicking patterns to start with, listed more or less from easiest to hardest!
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If you have any questions about the names, numbers or notes of the open strings we have covered it in detail! Many advanced players will use multiple fingers instead of just the thumb for the speed it allows. Your middle finger is only responsible for the E string and now your ring finger comes in to play the A string. The only string your thumb will be picking is the G string, while the C string is now done by the first finger. For this style your thumb will alternate between the G and C strings, your first finger will play the E and your middle finger will play the A. The three-string style is tough for many beginners. You can also play two finger style where the thumb controls the G, C, and E string, and the first finger is only used on the A string. A common pattern for this arrangement is the Spanish guitar sound of G, A, C, A, where you basically would alternate between picking with the thumb and finger. Your thumb is responsible for picking the G and C strings while the first finger will do all of the E and A string notes. Two finger style includes the use of your thumb and first pointer finger to do the work picking notes. That being said, there are two, three, and four finger ukulele fingerpicking styles. For the ukulele, it is common to leave the pinky and ring finger anchored on the uke. This adds a bit of consistency to where your hand will be and gives you a point of reference to start and return to. The fingers not being used should be placed ie anchored on the instrument just below the sound hole and left there. We will talk more about this pattern an a few others a little later in the article, but it is easy to start fingerpicking with just the thumb. Using just your thumb and playing the ukulele open try out playing the string closest to you, and on down, pick each string individually. Notice the slight variation in the sound as you do… order does matter more on that later. You just fingerpicked the F chord! Now, change up the order that you pick them in.
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Using just your thumb, pick each string individually. The fretting hand controls the notes, harmony and chords while the picking hand takes care of when they are sounded. At some point you may want to start learning ukulele fingerpicking techniques to give yourself a better repertoire of sounds. Nothing wrong with that, good place to start. When most people start to play a new stringed instrument, they strum chord shapes.