The passion project. Those words left me thinking, what skill would I like to pursue? Now, thinking about these kinds of things is difficult for me. I never know what to do, should I do this or that, how should I do it, when, and why? However, it was not as difficult this time around, I chose what I was doing and why.
I chose the ukulele, yes, that musical instrument that has 4 strings and seems, I repeat SEEMS fairly easy to play. The first day I received the uke, I learned to play several chords and attempted to learn some strumming patterns. So my challenge that I hit pretty quick is I have zero, 0, nadda, zip, zilch musical talent. Get it? So I sat there watching Youtube video's on how to play the ukulele, I even read an online guide for dummies. After understanding how to do this, I attempted to put it to use and play the chords.
I noticed that when strumming my thumb and fingers would get caught in the strings or mute the chord. I did try several ways to change my strumming, but eventually settled on the knuckle of my thumb. After success with my strumming, I did notice that my fingers on my left and were not the best at changing chords. In the last week I had the uke, I flipped it around so i strummed with my left and which solved my problem but a new one arose... everything I learned was for playing the uke with the right hand strumming. To leave off on a positive note of playing, I learned how to play chords, and strum in patterns, but never play a song.
Why, you may ask? You may or may not care. I chose to play the ukulele because I love music, and I'm not musically inclined. The ukulele is supposed to be easier than the guitar due to the fact it has only 4 strings, and is pretty easy to hold from its size. I figured if I learned to play an instrument I wouldn't feel so rhythmically challenged. Also, my favourite state is Hawaii, and the common instrument played there is the ukulele. I felt like if I learned to play the ukulele I could give the guitar another shot, as I had tried before and made no progress.
I can't say this project was a failure, I have little to no skill set but I did learn more about the ukulele and how I should potentially play string instruments. Even though I did not reach my goal of playing a song I still believe it was a success.
After presenting, I learned that the uke was out of tune the whole time... I'm going to buy one with a built in tuner
I chose the ukulele, yes, that musical instrument that has 4 strings and seems, I repeat SEEMS fairly easy to play. The first day I received the uke, I learned to play several chords and attempted to learn some strumming patterns. So my challenge that I hit pretty quick is I have zero, 0, nadda, zip, zilch musical talent. Get it? So I sat there watching Youtube video's on how to play the ukulele, I even read an online guide for dummies. After understanding how to do this, I attempted to put it to use and play the chords.
I noticed that when strumming my thumb and fingers would get caught in the strings or mute the chord. I did try several ways to change my strumming, but eventually settled on the knuckle of my thumb. After success with my strumming, I did notice that my fingers on my left and were not the best at changing chords. In the last week I had the uke, I flipped it around so i strummed with my left and which solved my problem but a new one arose... everything I learned was for playing the uke with the right hand strumming. To leave off on a positive note of playing, I learned how to play chords, and strum in patterns, but never play a song.
Why, you may ask? You may or may not care. I chose to play the ukulele because I love music, and I'm not musically inclined. The ukulele is supposed to be easier than the guitar due to the fact it has only 4 strings, and is pretty easy to hold from its size. I figured if I learned to play an instrument I wouldn't feel so rhythmically challenged. Also, my favourite state is Hawaii, and the common instrument played there is the ukulele. I felt like if I learned to play the ukulele I could give the guitar another shot, as I had tried before and made no progress.
I can't say this project was a failure, I have little to no skill set but I did learn more about the ukulele and how I should potentially play string instruments. Even though I did not reach my goal of playing a song I still believe it was a success.
After presenting, I learned that the uke was out of tune the whole time... I'm going to buy one with a built in tuner