About The Method

The Ukulele is a relatively easy instrument to learn in the beginning. But like anything, if you don’t have a roadmap you won’t know if you are approaching your destination!

My method isn’t a series of lessons, or regimented linear progression.  Rather it follows some insight I gained while studying the piano & attempting to build a large repertoire of music.

1. Keep a list of songs you want to learn.  This is updated continuously as new songs come to you.  They can all be of a single genre, or span a large number.
2. Choose 3 songs to Actively Learn.  By trying to learn too much at once, you spread yourself too thin & end up learning at a far slower rate.  I like to learn one simple song, one fingerpicking & one harder, more theory based song at any one time.
3. Once a song is learned (reasonably well) it is moved into the repertoire section.  Obviously this will build over time & needs to be practiced & maintained in order to keep your chops!

Thats it in a nutshell.  By learning easier songs you will build your repertoire quickly, while working on some more advanced skills at the same time.  Then when you want to sit & jam you will have a big bag of songs to dig into!

S.