A "jumping flea" sounds like something to be avoided, right? Not if you are from Hawaii and love music. You see the "jumping flea" is a nickname for the musical instrument, the ukulele. The ukulele is a four-stringed, guitar-shaped musical instrument with a long history, not only in Hawaii.

M: Muddy Movements: It's easy to just walk across a room. How would you move if the ground was covered with thick, wet mud? What if you had to walk through Jell-O? Try moving through a room of pretend peanut butter. Now move as if you had glowing lava under Ukulele for sale in uk your feet!

U: Ukulele Air Band: Here's your chance to perform in a wild Rock and Roll Band! Pretend you have a ukulele, an accordion or a bass guitar. Now start singing and playing that instrument in your Air Band concert. Get moving and jump up and down while playing so you work up a sweat!

In order to play the notes with minimal movement of the left hand I suggest that you play the notes on the first fret with your left hand index finger, the notes on the second fret with your middle finger and so on.

In addition to using an electronic tuner, you can also Uke have the instrument tuned by someone who is teaching you how to play the instrument. If you received a new Ukulele either as a gift or purchased the instrument because you want to learn, you will most likely want to take lessons. You can learn how to play through tutorial tapes online or with another person. If you decide to seek a teacher, he or she will most likely be able to tune the instrument for you and may be able to teach you how to do this.

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This gives the tenor ukulele more the feel of a guitar (the tuning of a low-G tenor ukulele is the same as the top four strings of a guitar capoed at the fifth fret). It gives the ukulele more options for playing bass notes: which can be very helpful when you are playing solo and need to provide your own bass line accompaniment.

Hold down the second string (from the top) at the 4th fret, and pick it alternating with your open string underneath it. Tune this open 3rd string to sound the same as fretted one above it.