

Note: The videos for this free lesson were selected from the Strum Your First Four Songs course in the Club Ukulele online video lesson membership. Eventually, with enough practice, your fingers will know exactly where to go for each chord without thinking about it! Right now, you’re in the process of building muscle memory. If you find your strumming and chords fall apart once you start singing, then, that is an indicator to hold off on singing and continue to practice the strumming and chords. Once you’ve done these three steps, you’re ready to start humming or singing out the melody of the song.

Ensure you can change between chords smoothly. The third step is to play through the song’s chord progression without singing. Play Through the Song Without Singing.Practice the strumming pattern till you can play it without a thought! The second step to learning a song is learning the strumming pattern used to play the song. Review the chords used to play this song in the previous lesson here. The first step to learning a song is to look over the chord chart or arrangement of the song and practice the chords in the song. To make learning this song easier, I recommend breaking it up into three steps: Some prefer to strum down across the strings with the index finger and some prefer the middle or ring fingers. Sidenote: In the video above, I give you an alternative way to strum down across the strings.
Twinkle twinkle little star ukulele how to#
Okay, now it’s your turn to learn how to play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star! Remember one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a new ukulele player is to rush the process. These are challenges every ukulele player faces and this song helps you to overcome these challenges easier. Įven though this is a simple song, learning this song helps you master three essential basics to playing ukulele: Next, grab the sheet music and ukulele chords for this song.ĭownload the sheet music and chord chart for Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
