Start here: your first week on ukulele

Step 1 — Tune up

Every session starts in tune: G–C–E–A, “Good Children Eat Apples”. Use the microphone tuner.

Step 2 — One chord: C

Ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string (bottom string). That's it — one finger.

▶ Hear C

Step 3 — Add Am and F

Am: middle finger, 2nd fret of the G string. F: add your index on the 1st fret of the E string while keeping Am's finger down — F is “Am plus one finger”.

Step 4 — Play real songs with 2–3 chords

• Oh! Susanna — C, G, F
• When the Saints Go Marching In — C, G, F
• Happy Birthday — C, G, F
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star — C, F, G
• Auld Lang Syne — C, G, F
• Clementine — C, G
• Drunken Sailor — Dm, C
• Michael Row the Boat Ashore — C, F, G
• Down in the Valley — C, G, G7
• Silent Night — C, G, F
• Jingle Bells — C, F, G
• Ode to Joy — C, G, F
• Frère Jacques — C, G
• Mary Had a Little Lamb — C, G

Step 5 — Ten minutes a day with the trainer

Smooth chord changes beat new chords. The chord-change trainer drills the exact changes of the song you're learning, at a tempo you choose.