Digital Wandering

You can actually play melodies on your ukulele! In this ukulele tutorial you will learn to play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in the key of C. I will tell you how to place your fingers on the frets so you will not have to read sheet music! There are many ways to notate melodies for ukulele. The most common way is to use ukulele tablature that consists of four lines representing the strings on your ukulele and numbers placed on the lines to indicate which frets to press down. In this article I will instruct you with English words how to play on your ukulele. We will play this melody in the key of C. I presuppose that your ukulele is tuned in C which is the most common tuning. C-tuning means that the first string on your ukulele is tuned in A. The first stri guitar songs ng is the bottom string when you hold your ukulele in playing position. The second string is tuned in E, the third string in C and the fourth string in G. The notes I just mentioned can be found in the fourth octave on a piano. That is the octave in the middle of a piano or a keyboard. Remember, the first string is the bottom string on your ukulele when you play. Try to use your left hand index finger to play the notes on the first fret, the middle finger to play the notes on the second fret and your ring finger for the notes on the third fret. Practice to play this way and you will experience that this is an effective way to play melodies as you can keep your left hand in the same position as you play the notes and it will also be easier to find the notes.