Published:
2022-01-04
Updated:
2022-02-07
Learning Ukulele with Curt
Building Left Hand Technique
Building efficient left-hand technique and the Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering. Learn the secrets of navigating the multitude of possible pathways on the Ukulele fingerboard.
Main Category: Technique Main Instrument: Ukulele
2022-02-07
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Building efficient left-hand technique and the Six Secrets of Ukulele Fingering. Learn the secrets of navigating the multitude of possible pathways on the Ukulele fingerboard.
Fingering is one of the universal topics. Whether your style is Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz, or Classical, these principles will improve your technique, your solos, even your sight-reading.
Think of fingering as a series of pathways. When you learn to connect these pathways, there are benefits to technique and creativity. All fingering on the ukulele can be reduced to six principles of motion. Each principle has physical and musical characteristics that you can use to improve your playing.
Technically, fingering problems are inseparably linked to an instrument's tuning. A tuning's characteristics can force constant fingering adjustments and contribute to the difficulty of learning the notes on the neck. Note duplication, open strings, and unequal tuning all contribute to the complexity of fingering. Since strings vary in diameter, notes produced on different strings vary in tone color. Generally, thicker strings produce warmer or darker tone color. Thinner strings produce a brighter or more cutting tone color.
Workshop Details
Technique
Ukulele
4 sessions
TBA
$79.0
PDF included
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Technique
Musical technique is simply the physical aspect of playing a musical instrument. The ability to exert efficient, optimal control in order to produce the precise musical effects that are desired. Improving one's technique generally entails practicing exercises that improve one's muscular sensitivity and agility. Technique is independent of musicality.
