Ukulele Parts

1. Headstock

2. Fret Board

3. Body

4. Soundhole

5. Bridge

6. Nut

7. Frets

8. Fret Position Dot

9. Tuner Keys

Playing The Ukulele

Playing The Ukulele

Placing of the thumb
To hold the ukulele with your non-strumming hand, you must place your thumb on the back of the neck and when you do this you must try to avoid your palm from touching the back of the neck. 

Strumming the ukulele


When you strum the ukulele, do not strum over the sound hole but strum the part where the neck connects to the body. To strum the ukulele you may use your index finger and thumbs or use a felt pick. When you use a felt pick, you hold it between your thumb and your index finger.

Ukulele Chords

Reading the diagrams

How to read the diagrams  

The chords will be chords for ukuleles that is tuned in C, which means the strings will be tuned GCEA. When the top of the diagram is bold, it is representing the nut. To read the diagram, you have to place your fingers (labelled in numbers) on where the diagram indicates to place.

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How does the Ukuklele work?

When the ukulele is plucked or strummed, the string(s) will start to vibrate. These vibration will be transmitted into the hollow body of the ukulele. The sound is then amplified though the sound hole(s) of the body. The length and/or the thickness of the strings will determine if the sound will be higher of lower. The shorter and thinner the string is the higher the notes will be and the longer and thicker the string is, the lower the sound will be. The length of the strings can be tuned to the right length by adjusting the key on the head of the ukulele. It can also be adjusted by pressing the strings against the frets and changing the notes. The ukulele can play numerous amount of notes depending on the type of ukulele and the type of string tuning that are used. There are no specific amount of notes since there are many different fret types, string tunings, and different amplification system within the ukulele family

Introduction to the Ukulele

Sizes of the ukuleleThe ukulele has 4 common sizes - Soprano, Concert, Tenor and Baritone. The Soprano is the "standard" size or the original size of the ukulele. The bigger the ukulele gets the the louder and and more deep tone the ukulele will have.

Soprano
Scale: 33cm
Total Length: 53cm

Concert
Scale: 38cm
Total Length: 58cm

Tenor
Scale: 43cm
Total Length: 66cm

Baritone
Scale: 48cm
Total Length: 76cm