So I got the ukulele to at least hit the right notes and hold a tune long enough to get through some songs (or at least some combination of chords and strumming patterns)! I'm finding Youtube to be my biggest ally so far. I'm finding the tutorial videos extremely helpful, although many of the songs I've looked at are a few chords that repeat over and over for the most part, none of which have been that long. Youtube is very helpful as a type of modeling to see the chords used (most times they are shown at the beginning of the video) as well as the strumming patterns for the song. The strumming patterns is where I have been getting caught up the most when just trying to read the chords or tabs. I need to hear it, at least this early on, so the audio in the videos has been great. I know if I ever try to make a uke arrangement of a song I'm going to have to work hard at figuring out the strumming patterns... chances are though, from what I'm seeing there is probably a ukulele arrangement for almost everything.
That said, I was starting with Vance Joy's Rip Tide week 1, but got sidetracked this week. We had a birthday party for Scarlett's 2nd birthday so I thought I would look at the theme song to her favorite show... Sesame Street! She loves Elmo and is learning the words to the song too. All I hear is her singing, "Sunny Day" all the time. So we tried that out for her birthday. Needless to say, With my current level of playing and her lack of fully knowing the words, there is some room for improvement but it was fun none-the-less.
For week three I will continue practicing Sesame Street for her, and Vance Joy for me, but I might look for one more song to try and play (mostly) all the way through... I'm thinking a version of Jeff Buckley's "Halleluja" or "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles. Thoughts?
That said, I was starting with Vance Joy's Rip Tide week 1, but got sidetracked this week. We had a birthday party for Scarlett's 2nd birthday so I thought I would look at the theme song to her favorite show... Sesame Street! She loves Elmo and is learning the words to the song too. All I hear is her singing, "Sunny Day" all the time. So we tried that out for her birthday. Needless to say, With my current level of playing and her lack of fully knowing the words, there is some room for improvement but it was fun none-the-less.
For week three I will continue practicing Sesame Street for her, and Vance Joy for me, but I might look for one more song to try and play (mostly) all the way through... I'm thinking a version of Jeff Buckley's "Halleluja" or "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles. Thoughts?