Ukulele Tutorial - Strumming Down And Up

To learn how to play faster and more complicated rhythms with the ukulele, this video tutorial for beginners walks you through down strums followed by up strums. You’ll be learning how to use fingernails for down strum and fingertips for up strums.

It is possible to use both multiple fingers or only the index finger. Follow carefully the instructions in the video tutorial to make the movement smooth and make sure your wrist and strumming hand don’t get too sore.

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If you want to practice what you are learning, you can download Yousician app (available on PC, Mac, iOS and Android). With tens of ukulele lessons and hundreds of exercises and songs, Yousician guides you from being a beginner ukulele player through the different stages necessary to become a musician.

By giving real time feedback while you play ukulele, you will right away know what part of the lesson or of the exercise you are struggling with, so that you can focus on that particular piece using the practice mode.

Let us know in the comments what other ukulele tutorial or lesson you'd like to see. Hope you'll enjoy the video and Yousician.

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