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Nails or No Nails on Ukulele? Should you use nails or no nails when playing fingerstyle ukulele? Using fingernails in the right (strumming and picking) hand can add volume and a range of tones to your ukulele playing. They can also break, can get rough and uneven producing a weak, shrill sound, and can catch … Read more
In this video Jeff offers a lesson on Lágrima for ukulele. This piece is a short prelude originally written for classical guitar by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. Lágrima for Ukulele Lesson The word Lágrima is Spanish for “teardrop” and Tárrega composed the piece in London while he was longing for his home country of Spain. … Read more
Right-hand technique has a wide versatility on the ukulele and different approaches can create different sounds. This versatility in the right hand can be used to play many genres of music on the ukulele. The Versatility of the Right Hand The Thumb There are many ways to play the ukulele with the right hand from … Read more
In this video, Jeff plays his solo arrangement of traditional folk song The House of the Rising Sun for fingerstyle ukulele. Performance: The House of the Rising Sun for Fingerstyle Ukulele This traditional folk song is about hard times in New Orleans. It was first made popular in the 1964 recording by the rock group … Read more
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