# Ukulele See [[making and learning music log]] Remember to [[enjoy the process]] and that [[learning happens when you sleep]]. [[just start|just do it]] #Time/Everyday Real talk... do I want to learn this or quit? Make an active decision. What reluctance feels like... [[reluctance]] I want to be able to play the ukulele. What being [[consistency|consistent]] would feel like - ## Concerns re: [[repetitive stress injuries]] - Remember you don't need to be applying much pressure from the wrist or fingers, if your hand is hurting on things like the g-chord chances are you are pressing too hard [[Strumming patterns]] ## Warm up... - Literally warm up (do cardio, the extra blood will be helpful) - Do the climbing wrist exercises ## Ukulele physiotherapy... - Suggestions... - Do a little bit each day (instead of a bunch in one day) - Look into overlap with [[climbing]] physio - ??stretch a tiny bit... - - Strumming hand - 2023-11-07 felt issues that made me want to stop - They might be general inflammation as I've been dealing with it recently - See... https://sites.google.com/musicatgreengables.com/ukulelebasicsworkshop/home (Ukelele Basics) How to improve learning... - Green Gables #IWantToTry (I've signed up for Sept) - Try to learn a specific song I'm jazzard about - Private lessons #IWantToTry > [!NOTE]- Sizes of Uke > You have found soprano too small and used tenor > ![[sizes of ukulele.png]] ## The instrument - Current left handed ukulele is... Tenor horse something (I think 26") - left handed - Current right handed ukulele is... Hricane Tenor Ukulele 26inch (right handed) - Why I picked this? I think I picked Tenor so I didn't have to do as intricate finger work ## Misc - Hanging it on the wall oddly helped encourage use ( ex. of [[elephant - rider - path]] - I've tried a smaller uke and found it harder to learn ## Related - [[Youscician - App]] - [[ambidexterity]] - [[KPL]] - [[singing]] - [[making music]] - [[guitar]] - See [[ukulele jams by Green Gables]] - Friends that play - Kait, and I think a handful of others