Ukulele chord journeys for smoother transitions

If rough chords are harshing your sound, it’s time to take a squint at what exactly your fingers are doing as they fly from chord to chord. Are they slacking off or are they putting those in-flight moments to good use? We’ll take a look at how you can shave time off your chord transitions and smooth of the rough edges.

Song sheet for “Blue Skies” https://www.ukuleleclare.com/_files/u...

The smart phone metronome that I use is MetroTimer - it’s simple and free
https://onyx3.com/MetroTimer/
You can also Google one by just typing in “metronome”
Some tuners come with a built-in metronome

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I'm a ukulele teacher and performer. I help people tune into their inner ukulelian and cut through learning challenges with patience and laughter.

I don't come from a musical background. Growing up, my main instruments were the record player and radio. I crooned along with what we now consider Americana and the country oldies on the dearly departed WHN Country station out of New York.

I didn't pick up an instrument for real until I turned a fateful trip to Hawai'i when I turned 50. Without musical training, I had to come up with my own ways of explaining to myself what was happening musically. I share these hard-earned nuggets with other folks with little or no musical background, illuminating a slightly different pathway to learning how to music. It ain't perfect and it ain't done, but it has helped me tip-toe farther and farther into the scary jungle of music theory. Turns out the lions and tigers and bears in that jungle aren't as scary up close! It all comes down to how you coax yourself to approach them.

I'm here to help you coax yourself to approach your own lions and tigers and bears and musical dreams.