I scoured internet forums for tips and tricks.Īnd eventually, by the end of high school, I was accepted into a music program at university. I started shadowing with the youth band at church. Shortly after failing to play Take Me Home, Country Roads I went all-in on music.īecause I lived in a small town and didn’t have access to fancy private tutors, I downloaded as many videos I could find on the internet (this was pre-YouTube mind you!). Hey, I’m Brett McQueen, a life-long ukulele player, author of Ukulele Exercises For Dummies and creator of the best-selling Ukulele Tricks course Strumming Tricks, which has helped over 10,000 students from all around the world become proficient ukulele players. I needed to take learning music seriously.įrom then on, I made the choice I would do whatever it takes to play the music I love. Isn’t there a musical gene we’re supposed to inherit?!Īnd, why did it seem like everyone could feel the music around me, but I couldn’t?ĭespite those questions, I knew one thing for certain: It seemed like music just naturally flowed out of him. You see, my dad was the kind of guy who would blast the stereo as loud as he could and just start playing the song that was on the radio. Me, my dad, and grandfather jamming out in a less frustrating moment My dad was loudly singing about the great joys of “country roads” – I think he thought if he sang the song louder it would help me keep up – all the while I was sputtering about struggling to just “stay on the road” so to speak, until finally, I set my instrument down in frustration and said, I sounded like a car engine that just couldn’t get started.įor every chord change I would have to stop altogether because my fingers hurt so bad.Īs I strummed my fingers would get caught between the strings and any strumming I did muster was stiff and robotic. I proceeded to “just feel it” and whew… let me tell you what: “So,” I asked him sheepishly, “How do I strum this thing?” He had just shown me the first four chords needed to play Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver. I remember sitting in the living room that summer afternoon with my dad, instruments in hand. Today I Reveal The Secret Formula That’s Helped Over 10,000 Ukulele Players Play The Music They Want On Ukulele
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