Will Shakespeare

<!– @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –>When people start playing the ukulele they can get a little intimidated by the difficulty of some of the chords they have to play. But there are plenty of easy ukulele chords out there – ones that can often be substituted for those that are a little two difficult to be played for a beginner. There is also a need for beginners to play more ‘jazzy’ chords. Often they are too intimidated to tackle these chords. However, they can often be easier to play than the standard chords. So, in this article I’ll be going through a number of chords that use only one finger to play them and even two chords that require no fingers at all.The C ChordThe first chord that most new ukulele play guitar songs ers learn to play is the C chord. This chord is played just by putting your ring finger on the A string (i.e. the one nearest the floor) at the third fret. You should put your finger on the string between the second and third fret bar from the neck end of the ukulele. The other strings are all played in the open position (i.e. not fretted at all). In ukulele terms, this chord is written like this: 0003The Am ChordThe Am chord (short for A minor) is played by placing your middle finger on the second fret of the G string (the one nearest your head. The other strings are left to play open. This is written as 2000Open String ChordsIf you are feeling particularly lazy, you can strum all the strings open. This will give you a chord which can be seen in two ways.