Do not complain of boredom. Please don’t bother moaning about life having no meaning. Nobody wants to hear about how you can’t figure out how to pick up some dollars. You say that nobody ever wants to hear what you have to say? Maybe it’s because you’re boring, or maybe you just say things in a boring way. Sorry, but neither I nor other people can waste time listening to the above complaints, especially when such a simple solution applies to all of them: Learn how to play the guitar. Of course picking the guitar will not solve every problem in your life, but it will help make any of the above less severe. If you are bored, nothing fills all those extra hours like running your fingers up and down the scales and chords. If life lacks meaning, write a funny song about it! If you need money, sing a song and pass a hat around sometime. (It’s quite exciting.) If you feel like everyone ignores you, realize that people will be much more likely to listen to you if you sing to them rather than shout at them. You may have convinced yourself that you can’t learn to play guitar, that it’s impossible for you because you lack talent. Well, nobody is born with that talent. It’s a matter of a little bit of knowledge and a lot of practice. If you would rather idly complain about your problems, go right ahead. Nobody will want listen to you. Pick up a guitar and they will, though. It is as simple as that. You have the power to do something about this. That’s all I’m saying. Chances are, you probably haven’t even read this far. If I were singing it to you, you would have heard every word. Chuck Lin
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You will learn to sing Amazing Grace with your own ukulele accompaniment in the key of C-major. We will use tabs so you will not need to know sheet music notation. First you will have to take a look at the way you have tuned your ukulele. Some people don’t care how they tune their ukulele as long as the strings are tuned together. It’s okey as long as you are not playing together with another instrument. But, in order to play the chords in C-major we presupposes that the you first string is tuned to an A. If you can find middle C on a piano you can play the notes up to A. C D E F G A. Right, there it is! We will first take a look at the C-major chord. With the tab notation we will use it will look like this: C-major: 0/4 0/3 0/2 3/1 Now you will learn to interpret this notation. The digit before the slash indicates the fret to press down. The digit after the slash shows you which string to play. 3/1 means, press down the third fret on string one. To play the chords to the first line of lyrics you will have to learn one more chord. Here is F-major: F-major: 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1 With these two chords we can play the first line of lyrics: A-(C)mazing Grace, how (F)sweet the (C)sound The chords to play are written before the syllable in the text where you are to strum it. Another way to notate the chord progression to play will look like this: C / / C / / F / / C / / Strum once on every chord name and once more on the same chord for every following slash. For the next line we need a third chord. Here is G7: G7: 0/4 2/3 1/2 2/1 Time for the next line: That (C)saved a wretch like (G7)me or written like a chord progression: C / / C / / G7 / / G7 / / We will take the two last lines together as you now know how to read the chords: I (C)once was lost, but (F)now am (C)found And in ordinary chord notation: C / / C / / F / / C / / C / / G7 / / C / / C / / To make music of the song with ukulele accompaniment it is important to be able to change between chords smoothly. I suggest that you work on the art of changing from one chord to another by choosing for exampel C and F. Strum once on every chord and change to the next one until your fingers obey your command. To change from C to G7 I suppose that you play the C chord with your left hand ring finger. To get to G7 you can slide your ring finger to fret two on the first string. After that you only have to place your left hand middle finger on the third string and your index on your second string. Peter Edvinsson
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I honestly don’t wanna have a instructor I just wanna be able to sing so, can I learn to sing by just playing acoustic guitar ? You could just get books on singing. They come with audio CD’s so you can hear how the vocal exercises sound. They are the alternative to getting lessons with an actual teacher. You can learn at your own pace, its great. Some people even learn better this way. It can be a bit frustrating at times because maybe you won’t fully understand something but you can always Google it. I suggest "Singing for Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Singing", they are both very good books and easy to follow along with because they don’t require any knowledge to music. They teach the traditional way of singing and come with tons of vocal theory which is very important to know too.
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I’ve been playing guitar for a while and I still can’t get over that hump. I can’t sing and play at the same time. If I start trying to sing my strumming or chord progression goes to shit. I don’t really like to sing on my own, but I would like to be able to sing and play. Any ideas on how to learn? Thanks. If singing is harder for you than guitar playing, then I suggest you completely master the guitar strumming part to the point where you can do it — strum the rhythm, change chords, etc — without having to think about it very much at all. It should be pretty much automatic. THEN you can focus the bulk of your attention on your singing and let the guitar part sort of take care of itself. OTOH, if the singing comes pretty easy to you and playing the guitar part is the harder thing to do, then practice the vocal part until you can sing it in your sleep without thinking about it very much, then you can focus the bulk of your attention on your guitar playing and let the voice take care of itself. The human brain can’t really focus on 2 things at once, so if you can make ONE of the two things automatic, you’ll be better able to do them both at the same time.
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You will learn to sing Amazing Grace with your own ukulele accompaniment in the key of C-major. We will use tabs so you will not need to know sheet music notation. First you will have to take a look at the way you have tuned your ukulele. Some people don’t care how they tune their ukulele as long as the strings are tuned together. It’s okey as long as you are not playing together with another instrument. But, in order to play the chords in C-major we presupposes that the you first string is tuned to an A. If you can find middle C on a piano you can play the notes up to A. C D E F G A. Right, there it is! We will first take a look at the C-major chord. With the tab notation we will use it will look like this: C-major: 0/4 0/3 0/2 3/1 Now you will learn to interpret this notation. The digit before the slash indicates the fret to press down. The digit after the slash shows you which string to play. 3/1 means, press down the third fret on string one. To play the chords to the first line of lyrics you will have to learn one more chord. Here is F-major: F-major: 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1 With these two chords we can play the first line of lyrics: A-(C)mazing Grace, how (F)sweet the (C)sound The chords to play are written before the syllable in the text where you are to strum it. Another way to notate the chord progression to play will look like this: C / / C / / F / / C / / Strum once on every chord name and once more on the same chord for every following slash. For the next line we need a third chord. Here is G7: G7: 0/4 2/3 1/2 2/1 Time for the next line: That (C)saved a wretch like (G7)me or written like a chord progression: C / / C / / G7 / / G7 / / We will take the two last lines together as you now know how to read the chords: I (C)once was lost, but (F)now am (C)found And in ordinary chord notation: C / / C / / F / / C / / C / / G7 / / C / / C / / To make music of the song with ukulele accompaniment it is important to be able to change between chords smoothly. I suggest that you work on the art of changing from one chord to another by choosing for exampel C and F. Strum once on every chord and change to the next one until your fingers obey your command. To change from C to G7 I suppose that you play the C chord with your left hand ring finger. To get to G7 you can slide your ring finger to fret two on the first string. After that you only have to place your left hand middle finger on the third string and your index on your second string. Peter Edvinsson
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I used to enjoy drama as a child but frequently suffered sore throats/chest infections (several times a year). I noticed by age 14 my voice felt weak and out of tune and I lost the confidence to sing. Years later I still do not like my own voice and am unable to sing but Iove music. I am starting to research online into training my voice. Any advice for someone in my position? I’m not kidding myself I could become a great singer, but I’d like to be able to hold a tune and so not be so embarassed of my singing voice.
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An ukulele can be used to play chords when you sing but you can also play melodies. It’s fun and quite easy to learn melodies on your uke with ukulele tab. Let’s learn to play Happy Birthday To You! As many people know “Happy Birthday to You” is a song which is sung to celebrate a person’s birth. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, “Happy Birthday to You” is the most popular song in the English language. Here is the most common lyrics. “Peter” is to be replaced by the name of the celebrating person. Happy birthday to you, I use my own form of ukulele tab for articles like this to be sure that the tabs are readable on article sites. The more common ukulele tab staff notation can be found on my site with ukulele tabs and free sheet music. The string with the highest pitch is usually an A and is called the first string. The first string is the string nearest your feet when you play your uke. The first notes in the song are on the third string. The first number indicates the fret. The second number after the slash tells you which string to play. Here is the first line of lyrics and the ukulele tab: Happy birthday to you, 0/3 0/3 2/3 0/3 1/2 0/2 0/3 indicates that you play the third string with your right hand thumb for example without pressing down any left hand finger. It is called to play on the open third string. This type of ukulele tab doesn’t indicate the length of the notes. I guess you hear that the first two notes are short and the last note long. Let’s play the next line: Happy birthday to you, 0/3 0/3 2/3 0/3 3/2 1/2 3/2 means that you press down a left hand finger on the third fret of the second string. I haven’t told you anything about which left hand finger to press down on the frets on your ukulele. You can use your first finger for all the notes but a more professional approach is to play the notes on the first fret with your first finger, the notes on the second fret with your long finger and the notes on your third fret with your ring finger. Maybe it’s difficult at first but with practice it will be easier for you to find the right notes. You don’t even have to look at your fingers to find the right fret if you get accustomed to this way of playing. The next line comes now: Happy birthday dear “Peter”, 0/3 0/3 3/1 0/1 1/2 0/2 2/3 You know what the ukulele tab above tells you by now. The last line comes here: Happy birthday to you. 1/1 1/1 0/1 1/2 3/2 1/2 Now you can play Happy Birthday To You on your ukulele and you are prepared for the next birthday party! Actually you can play this melody with the use of the above ukulele tab notation on a guitar also. The first three strings are tuned the same way but not in the same pitch. The ukulele tab notation I have used is good for finding the notes but I recommend you to learn the melody by heart so you can play it anytime and anywhere! Peter Edvinsson
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soo i looked up vocal excersises on yahoo answers,this one girl said that she sings alot of paramore and now she sounds like hailey.possible?and how exactley do you learn to sing by ear? Move alone guys, nothing special to see here.
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