The location stated above is the sweet spot. Each type of ukulele has their own spots where you can make the most out of the strumming sounds. For example, soprano ukuleles have the sweet spot where its body meets the neck. Larger ukuleles have different sweet spots. In most cases, the spot is the area between the sound hole and the end of their bodies. The best way to know is to experiment and see which one sounds best without straining you.
If you find your fingers hurting due to your strumming, you might not be doing it properly. To prevent this, the right method of strumming your ukulele is to keep it loose. Tightening it up makes your sounds seem robotic while tiring your fingers out much faster.
Another good thing to follow is to use your wrist to strum rather than with the use of your arm. The up and down motion you do with your arm will make it more tiring for you quite fast. Move your wrist and ensure that your forearm does no other motions than rotating. It becomes more difficult for you to steady the rhythm and tire your fingers much faster.
When strumming down, ensure that your nail will hit the string first. This is a well-balanced pattern between softer up-strum and forceful down-strums. You need to relax your entire body. It can get a bit difficult since you might tense up without noticing while you concentrate on playing. This can make you feel more tired, and your fingers might hurt even more.
To avoid this, you need to make a conscious effort to relax. Start with your arms and shoulders before you get back to strumming your instrument. With practice, you can get better and more used to it. If the pain is worse, it might be better for you to increase the frequency of your practices. Do this while decreasing the time you spend for each practice session. Sometimes, it feels stiff when you start playing your ukulele. The simplest solution for this is to start doing some hand and finger exercises before starting.
There are a lot of hand and finger exercises out there you can use. Doing these exercises on a regular basis can help strengthen them and make them more flexible. A lot of the more adept and professional players out there do it. If you want to be really loud, and play lead lines and single notes, then yes, do play with a plectrum. I prefer not to, I prefer finger picking both for strumming and for lead melody playing but some lead players use a plectrum in order to get a louder sound when they are playing lead lines.
It sounds nicest if you strum over the fretboard. A musical and a practical reason to shift your finger along! You must be logged in to post a comment. I hope we cover the top 5 questions associated with strumming your ukulele below: 1. Can I play with my thumb? You can also, add your thumb to the mix and use your thumb nail on the up strums.
The third and last tip is to develop a natural swing. If you're focusing too much on strumming patterns, you'll end up sounding robotic.
The goal is to stay in time, but also develop a natural sounding swing with your strum. That's it for this quick lesson, We have hundred of videos just like this one, so if you found this useful, you can feel free to browse our video lesson library as well as our song library. Thanks Aldrine and Underground Ukesters. You keep me moving forward with my uke with your quick straight forward lessons. You answer a lot of my questions as a beginning uke player.
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