Well, everything is difficult when you first start out, but it's also fun. And if you can be amused by your own frustration it the process, even more so. The thing is, the very beginning of learning a string instrument like that is always very tough because your fingers are not used to the odd shapes you have to make, and you don't know how hard to press on the strings and then your fingertips hurt after a while because you haven't built up the calluses yet, you get crampy after a while in your left hand from not being used to the odd angle at which you have to hold it, and learning to strum and sing at the same time is hard as hell too, but I love instruments like the guitar and ukulele because you can actually play a couple of basic songs very very quickly and it's incredibly satisfying.
Finger calluses form pretty quickly from what I remember from back when I used to learn the guitar and as long as you pay attention to holding it correctly and learn to form the chords with your fingers correctly too, your hand should not hurt so quickly anymore after maybe a week of practice or so, and finger strength increase happens surprisingly fast as well as long as you practice only a little bit every day.
even 20 minutes is enough, if you don't have a lot of time in your day, like me. You can still get the basics relatively quickly and it starts getting more and more fun the more confidently you can play the few chords you learn.
The cool thing is too that with these 4 chords for example (C, G, Am & F) you can already play a plethora of songs so you get rewarded for your hard work very quickly.
which is awesome.
Also ukulele's rock.
They're tiny and super portable and light and as I mentioned in the video, that one cost me about 40 Canadian dollars and although it's one with nylon strings and not one of the higher quality ones, it's still decent enough for a beginner and not too big of an investment if you're unsure of whether or not you'll stick to it. I mean I spend more money grocery shopping for the week!
I recommend it anyhow! :D give it a go ;)
there's tons of tutorials and free tabs on youTube and the internet in general so you can very easily learn by yourself, just practicing a little everyday.
... whoah! text wall. LOL sorry about that.
hope that helped.
and glad you enjoyed the post! haha ;D
Well, everything is difficult when you first start out, but it's also fun. And if you can be amused by your own frustration it the process, even more so. The thing is, the very beginning of learning a string instrument like that is always very tough because your fingers are not used to the odd shapes you have to make, and you don't know how hard to press on the strings and then your fingertips hurt after a while because you haven't built up the calluses yet, you get crampy after a while in your left hand from not being used to the odd angle at which you have to hold it, and learning to strum and sing at the same time is hard as hell too, but I love instruments like the guitar and ukulele because you can actually play a couple of basic songs very very quickly and it's incredibly satisfying.
Finger calluses form pretty quickly from what I remember from back when I used to learn the guitar and as long as you pay attention to holding it correctly and learn to form the chords with your fingers correctly too, your hand should not hurt so quickly anymore after maybe a week of practice or so, and finger strength increase happens surprisingly fast as well as long as you practice only a little bit every day.
even 20 minutes is enough, if you don't have a lot of time in your day, like me. You can still get the basics relatively quickly and it starts getting more and more fun the more confidently you can play the few chords you learn.
The cool thing is too that with these 4 chords for example (C, G, Am & F) you can already play a plethora of songs so you get rewarded for your hard work very quickly.
which is awesome.
Also ukulele's rock.
They're tiny and super portable and light and as I mentioned in the video, that one cost me about 40 Canadian dollars and although it's one with nylon strings and not one of the higher quality ones, it's still decent enough for a beginner and not too big of an investment if you're unsure of whether or not you'll stick to it. I mean I spend more money grocery shopping for the week!
I recommend it anyhow! :D give it a go ;)
there's tons of tutorials and free tabs on youTube and the internet in general so you can very easily learn by yourself, just practicing a little everyday.
... whoah! text wall. LOL sorry about that.
hope that helped.
and glad you enjoyed the post! haha ;D
WOW! Thanks for all those tips @jillustrations , I really apreciatte them!
my pleasure!! :D always happy to help