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The basics
There are heaps of web pages and YouTube videos showing you how to play the ukulele.
Here's a few useful ones:
Video on tuning the ukulele
Chord chart
C scale tab
Video showing 11 basic chords
Web based chord generator
Strumming techniques
Bruce has also put together his own little guide to Strumming and Picking Techniques.
When you get a little more advanced, you may want to try some of these chord variations;
different chord inversions that add variety and interest to your playing:
Movable chords, open string chords and chord inversions.
Oh, and you can listen to Bruce's song How To Tune the Ukulele! (Track 13 on the CD "Balance")
Tunes
The tunes below are graded by ease, basically according to the chords that are in them.
The easy ones have C, Am, F, G, G7 and C7.
Within each category they arranged alphabetically.
As you go down the categories progressively more chords - and more difficult ones - are introduced.
If you don't know the song, just type the title into Google or YouTube and you'll find the original, and quite possibly a ukulele cover version.
Good luck and happy playing!
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