How to Practice Baritone Ukulele for Beginners // Easy Tutorial

Today I'm talking about how to practice baritone ukulele (for beginners)! This easy ukulele tutorial will cover my ground rules for practice, I'll teach you several exercises you can work on, and then I'll walk you through a short sample practice routine with a metronome.

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I'll be demonstrating on baritone ukulele for this video, but the beginning applies to people who sing, people who play piano, people who play guitar, etc! Anyone can benefit from these principles.

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Ground Rules for Practice
0:35 - Rule #1
2:09 - Rule #2
2:44 - Rule #3
3:01 - Rule #4
3:36 - Practice Examples/Demonstrations
4:00 - Strumming Practice Demonstration
6:31 - Scale Practice Demonstration
8:34 - Chords Practice Demonstration
10:59 - Guided Practice Routine
13:01 - Strumming Exercise #1 (goals: rhythmic accuracy at a slow tempo; building muscle memory)
13:57 - Strumming Exercise #2 (goals: adding complexity; rhythmic accuracy at a slow tempo; building muscle memory)
14:55 - Strumming Exercise #3 (goals: combine exercises #1 and #2; same goals as above)
16:14 - D Major Scale Exercises (goals: build finger strength; build left-hand accuracy; learn names of notes on the neck) EACH EXERCISE CAN BE REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES
16:39 - D Major Scale Exercise #1
17:06 - D Major Scale Exercise #2: Scale w/ Note Names
17:35 - D Major Scale Exercise #3: Scale w/ Degree Names/Numbers
17:57 - Chord Progression Practice (goals: practice switching between chords; build left-hand strength; build left-hand accuracy; memorize chord names)
18:14 - Chord Progression Exercise #1
19:27 - What do I do when I make mistakes?
20:45 - How long should I practice?
21:28 - Outtakes and thanks