Reddit reviews Hal Leonard Ukulele Method Book 1

I took a free ukulele class at the local Guitar Center that they have once a month. It was just me and one other guy. In just an hour, the teacher had tuning the ukulele, playing a few simple songs, understanding how to read ukulele music from a page, and pointing us to tons of other resources for learning. If you can find anything like that, it'll save you a ton of time. The teacher answered a hundred questions and helped me pick an instrument to buy. I also bought a clip-on Snark tuner which essentially do what many ukulele phone apps also do. I bought a few beginner books, including this Hal Leonard Ukulele Method Book 1, which was helpful, and a 4-chord songbook to practice with.

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A few pieces of advice.

1. If you don't play a stringed instrument, your left-hand finger-tips are going to hurt like hell for about a week. Keep playing. That pain all goes away.
   
   
2. Some chords that seem very difficult to get at first will definitely become easier over time. Practice...
   
   
3. When you learn something one way, it's very hard to unlearn it and do it a different way. I got into playing quickly, learning on my own. By the time I started working with a teacher, 3 months in, he had to tell me that the way I had learned to finger some of the chords, was OK, but not the best way to do it. There's no one-way to do some things, but certain ways will make things harder for you later on. I'm stuck now feeling that some ways to hold a chord feel natural, while the recommended ways can feel less comfortable.
   
   
4. Have fun!

http://www.amazon.com/Hal-Leonard-Ukulele-Method-Book/dp/0634079867

I liked this book to help teach me to the picking notes on the ukulele, if you are interested.

The Hal Leonard book is pretty good.

It looks like a used copy is less than $2.