Exactly. Mine was like that too. Practise these exercises every day. Once you have memorised them and are used to doing them, they should only take two or three minutes. After six months you will notice a big difference.
But as very common, and I had the same problem before starting these exercises. Keep at it. Every day for three minutes of so. The change will be slow and subtle, but it will happen. Or your money back! Lol.
Well I feel I HAVE TO do them... cause they don't want to do it.. I am very grateful... Thankyou so much. I appreciate your time. Back to practice.. not bad for an old lady.. think I am doing well x
Don't cry, Amber! When I first did these exercises, I couldn't do the, especially finger 3. But I worked at it slowly, and over time things got better. Think yoga, not body building. Slow but regular practice is the key. Best wishes! Rob.
I can relate so much to this comment. I was crying out of frustration and decided to look for support in the comments hahah now i'm crying and laughing like a maniac.
a literal transcription of the spider description is with fingers to note-frets as I read it is: 3:20 "here we have fingers 1 and 3, uh, 2 there 4 there... 1, 3, 2, 4" [finger] [note][fret] 1 A1 3 G3 2 G2 4 A4 1 G2 3 A4 2 A3 4 G4 and then 3:32 "start that again, if I count them from the firs tstring, finger 1, finger 3, finger 2, eh, 4, and 2, finger 3 and 1, finger 2 finger 4" 1 A1 3 G3 4 A4 (says finger 2, then says uh 4 so I guess this is a correction) 2 G2 3 A3 1 G1 2 A2 4 G4 Honestly a bit confused because "start that again" suggests to me a repetition but this seems to be quite different. Maybe it is a correction. The crawling example is too fast for me to track. Be grateful if anybody else can add further illumination.
Its so weird, it’s like I have to put total focus into moving some of my fingers. It’s like trying to move a limb you never knew you had for the first time
I'm a newbie at Ukulele. This is a major problem for me. I have found lots of exercises for playing guitar, this is the best I have found for the Uke. Clear explanations for what they are for. The finger pressure example is outstanding! It is simple, but makes so much sense. I'm going to have to look up your books.
Coming from someone who tried to do music education for two years, this is absolutely brilliant and so under appreciated. Mad props m8!!!! These exercises are phenomenal.
Hi my name is Oren. I’m about to do this exercise every day now and will update you guys every month about my progress. Hope I’ll improve my skills and moreover maybe I’ll inspire others. Thanks Rob for this video :)))
Month February, first day: Index finger: feeling the boss, going well. Middle finger: feeling very noice, although she’s not functional like the index finger. Ring finger: ‘Brain has left the chat.’ Well it’s frustrating, you really feel how this finger is degenerated, and you just feel how it’s a peripheral area. Gotta work hard on that one. Little finger: Well in a way this finger has a better performance in compare to the ring finger but you feel that she’s connected to the ring finger. I want to separate between them and make each one independent. I have a lot of work ahead me, Will update you next months. Have a great life you all 😌🤞🏼
It's comforting to see how many people are having issues with the ring finger. I thought it was just me! These are some excellent exercises, though! Thank you!
This is the video I never knew o needed. This video shows how much you don’t know, it has improved and given me a whole new perspective on the ukulele. Thank you!
Thank you for this lesson, Rob. I was searching for this kind of exercises for a very long time. Nicely shown without scaring a hall out of beginners like me plus now I can work on my fingers everywhere even on the way.
I am using NYC subway few times per day. Now I can practice on the way using my right hand as a guitar neck to make my left hand fingers to progress a bit faster. Thank you again, Rob.
Just been having a session with three other uke players and watched your video. We've set ourselves the challenge of seeing how far we can improve in 6 and 12 months. Tracked down your Spider exercise to your book 20 Progressive Fingerstyle Studies for Uke. Copy on my Christmas list!
This is one of the most helpful and underrated videos ever! And one of the few tutorials that give practical ways to help improve your skills. Another way to explain the spider: Outer to inner 1 to 3 4 to 2 Inner to outer 3 to 1 2 to 4 Going string 1 to string 4 both times
Oh wow, I did not know I couldn't do this. Thank you so much for these excercises. Now I am one step closer to filling up my 40 hours of practice a day.
Thank you Thank you Thank you for these excercises. This is exactly what i needed , my fingers don't move independently . I hope they would ,thinking yoga and not bodybuilding.
when i first tried these excersises, i couldnt even begin to attempt any exercises aside from the first two. although the other 3 fingers were absolutely fine, my ring finger could only lift a couple of milimeters off the string, and it was incredibly shaky and uncomfortable. after a couple of days of practicing, i still dont feel entirely comfortable with the exercises, but im definitely seeing improvement, and now i can tap my ring finger up and down and alternating with my pointer finger is easier than it was before!! im returning to this video because after only doing the first two excersises for a while i think im ready to start attempting harder ones, maybe ill even get the spider exercise down pat someday :0 thank you for these!! also, ive observed that even on the first day my right hand had no problems. with any of the fingers. my ring finger was perfectly independent already. i have never been more jealous, of my own RIGHT HAND.
Great. post. Well, with one hand working, you're half-way there :-) Keep at it. It took me six months to get to a place where I felt I was beginning to get the freedom I was looking for. Forty years later I'm still doing them every day. Remember: Think Yoga, not body building.
@@RobMacKillop1 wow, still replying to comments after this video has been up for multiple years?? what a pleasant surprise :D! after rewatching the video im still not quite sure how the spider exercise works, can you explain it in words?
@@RobMacKillop1 need boat load of it, Rob. Frustration in not getting it....making me question on my learning! Perhaps...at 53 maybe too much to ask for? Thank you...though. I am going to try this for the next 15 days....nothing else!
oh god, my brain is really working overtime. i love it. frustrating but only because i'm pushing my brain past its comfort zone to develop a skill, so it's rewarding in its frustration. thank you!
Great advise Rob. It can be applicable for all instruments and styles of play. I purchased your book on 20 fingerstyle Celtic tunes for the Uke and a Uke. I know virtually nothing about the Uke, this is a great help. Thanks for your tutorial here.
I am so new at this that my Ukulele is still on the truck, but when it gets here. The second thing I will do is get out my digital postal scale and measure how much actual pressure I use to get a clear note. :o)
Looks like what I need starting out. I have been wondering what I'm missing. The first week is showing me muscle tension causing fatigue that shortens the session one day or I can practice all day the next day. I think I know why now. I have very long fingers too. The curl of the hand gets tired the thumb flies higher, and the reach gets tense. This video is teaching me a lot more than just the exercises. Thank you!
Thank you so much ❤ there are rarely videos which teach you the basic techniques first, and yours has been such a help ❤ keep making more videos for pathetic beginners like me😂
At first my pride would have kept me from watching something like this because I would have thought this is so basic. However, after a spinal cord injury, and wanting to get my hands capable again as much as possible....this video is great. Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing! i didn't realize i need to practice until i followed this tutorial.XD..Definetly will practice every day from now on, hope my fingers won't be this incoordinate soon.
Thanks Rob, so helpful! Haven't found this kinda of advice yet. How about the right hand fingers, does it matter that I use a different finger for each string? And Rob, don't be shy to show us your face!
Hi Fred. When focussing your practice on one hand, don't worry too much about the other. As for my face, it is too beautiful, and likely to be a distraction 😂
imma do this for a whole month day 1: it was hella frustrating, but im gonna trust the process day 2: done day 3: day 4: day 5: day 6: day 7: day 8: day 9: day 10:
Thank you for this video! I tried immediately. I would never have guessed this could be so hard! My fingers and brain don't seem to be connected.... No wonder I always take ages to change chords! And my middle finger has a life of its own and keeps moving when it's not its turn 😳 I will practice just the first few exersises until that works and then move on to the more difficult ones. Give me a few years 😉
Poor Angie! But don't despair. We've all been there, and if you work slowly but diligently, you will definitely make progress. Again, think yoga, not body building. Best wishes! Rob
Please make a video on how to string the uke. I am having a tough time. I feel like I will rip the fingers with which I string and I am not stringing all the strings properly. And thank you very much for this video. Made me realise how less I have been using my fingers😅
@@RobMacKillop1 Yes sir i tried to, each one seem to be giving a different advice and I am a bit confused as to whom to follow, I watched almost all your uke videos and I love how the uke sounds in your hand, so I thought I would rather learn from you. May be I should search more as you say. It had been only about a week or so since I started watching the uke videos and started playing it.
my pinky cant reach the 4th string, it is to short. You have such nice long fingers. But I am going to do this excercises anyway, for the other fingers sake :D
@@RobMacKillop1 :D I actually played guitar ten years ago but unfortunately I did quit back then. It was hard for me to reach anything with the pinky :)) but I have got such a huge urge to play some instrument again so I thought an uke could be a sweet start. Thank you for the encouragement, I will definitely keep practicing!
Ohmygoodness...😅😂 my dang fingers are like cement. Holy wah. I gotta practice. Im old. 68. Stiff as a board. I couldn't stop giggling. Sure Grandma, go throw 300 down on a uke, and you can't move your hands. 😂 Oye Gotta love me, lolol Yeah, pressure's gonna drop on me. Lol help Thank you for this lesson sir. 🎉
Hi Rob. Hope you are well. I've been playing through your Uke celtic fingerstyle book and managed to get a cut of "The Blarney Pilgrim" Would it be ok to post it on RUclips with a reference to your book?
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Brain to fingers:
Number 3 move
Number 4 stay where you are
Number 3 why aren't you moving?
Number 4 keep still
Thought that was just me 😂
Lmao 😂😂😂
Lol. Yep!
And when you get control over number 3 and 4, number 2 just decides to enter the game all of a sudden
Finge 2 is overactive.... Can't stay where it should 😕
I'm surpised at how difficult this is
bruh it was NOT hard ;-;
I felt like a baby learning how to use its hand for the first time.
I've been having a go at these. I never realised that my ring finger was such an uncooperative demon ! I will persevere though :)
Exactly. Mine was like that too. Practise these exercises every day. Once you have memorised them and are used to doing them, they should only take two or three minutes. After six months you will notice a big difference.
I will, thanks :)
Well, Soozie, have you been a good girl, doing this exercise every day? I hope so! :-)
@@RobMacKillop1 I wanna know it too!!
How’d it go?
This video has taught me that
1. My fingers like to work together as a team...
2. I need this video..
Thankyou
But as very common, and I had the same problem before starting these exercises. Keep at it. Every day for three minutes of so. The change will be slow and subtle, but it will happen. Or your money back! Lol.
Well I feel I HAVE TO do them... cause they don't want to do it.. I am very grateful... Thankyou so much.
I appreciate your time.
Back to practice.. not bad for an old lady.. think I am doing well x
🤣
Best not to do before bedtime. During the night my ring finger wandered off and started playing the ukulele without me...
Haha :-)
Teared up when I realized my ring finger wouldn’t move (almost) at all. Went to the comments and now I have hope lol
Don't cry, Amber! When I first did these exercises, I couldn't do the, especially finger 3. But I worked at it slowly, and over time things got better. Think yoga, not body building. Slow but regular practice is the key. Best wishes! Rob.
Rob MacKillop Many thanks, Rob! I’ll keep at it :)
C Amber literally me, I’m so frustrated with my fingers
I can relate so much to this comment. I was crying out of frustration and decided to look for support in the comments hahah now i'm crying and laughing like a maniac.
Thanks for the supprt.
a literal transcription of the spider description is with fingers to note-frets as I read it is:
3:20 "here we have fingers 1 and 3, uh, 2 there 4 there... 1, 3, 2, 4"
[finger] [note][fret]
1 A1
3 G3
2 G2
4 A4
1 G2
3 A4
2 A3
4 G4
and then
3:32 "start that again, if I count them from the firs tstring, finger 1, finger 3, finger 2, eh, 4, and 2, finger 3 and 1, finger 2 finger 4"
1 A1
3 G3
4 A4 (says finger 2, then says uh 4 so I guess this is a correction)
2 G2
3 A3
1 G1
2 A2
4 G4
Honestly a bit confused because "start that again" suggests to me a repetition but this seems to be quite different. Maybe it is a correction. The crawling example is too fast for me to track. Be grateful if anybody else can add further illumination.
Great exercise, thank you Rob. It is harder than my day at the law firm. My brain was sending wrong signals to fingers while i had to witness it:D
Its so weird, it’s like I have to put total focus into moving some of my fingers. It’s like trying to move a limb you never knew you had for the first time
Great share! I’ve been doing this daily for several months and, in the smallest increments, I have improved my finger independence significantly.
Good to know. Keep it up!
I'm a newbie at Ukulele. This is a major problem for me. I have found lots of exercises for playing guitar, this is the best I have found for the Uke. Clear explanations for what they are for. The finger pressure example is outstanding! It is simple, but makes so much sense. I'm going to have to look up your books.
Cheers, Ken. Much appreciated. Good luck with your studies.
0:22 Singles
1:15 Twos
1:37 The bangs
2:25 Outer reaches
3:09 The spider 1324
3:59 Preasure drop
👍🏻 DANKE, that helps
Coming from someone who tried to do music education for two years, this is absolutely brilliant and so under appreciated. Mad props m8!!!! These exercises are phenomenal.
Glad you think so, Tony. They’ve helped me a lot.
Thanks a lot for the explanations, now I know why it is so hard for me to do hard chord changing, it is the tension of pushing too hard on the strings
Exactly! Learn from that. It can transform your whole playing. Best wishes.
2:55 bruh that one’s just impossible
It was for me too one time. Take your time. Think yoga, not body building.
my thoughts exactly!!!
Hi my name is Oren.
I’m about to do this exercise every day now and will update you guys every month about my progress.
Hope I’ll improve my skills and moreover maybe I’ll inspire others.
Thanks Rob for this video :)))
Best wishes for it, Oren! Rob
Month February, first day:
Index finger: feeling the boss, going well.
Middle finger: feeling very noice, although
she’s not functional like the index finger.
Ring finger: ‘Brain has left the chat.’
Well it’s frustrating, you really feel how this finger is degenerated, and you just feel how it’s a peripheral area. Gotta work hard on that one.
Little finger: Well in a way this finger has a better performance in compare to the ring finger but you feel that she’s connected to the ring finger. I want to separate between them and make each one independent.
I have a lot of work ahead me,
Will update you next months.
Have a great life you all 😌🤞🏼
How is it going so far?
Apparently my ring finger and pinky are against my commands. Kinda disappointed but will practice everyday with this video. Thank you!
Amazing tips! Simple exercises but so difficult to achieve. Thank you!
It's comforting to see how many people are having issues with the ring finger. I thought it was just me!
These are some excellent exercises, though! Thank you!
Just take your time, Brendan. It took me a couple of years, and since then I've had no problem with finger placements.
It looks so easy and I’m having such a hard time! I’ll keep practicing. Great exercises. Thanks a lot.
I keep retuning to this exercise. It helps tremendously.
Thank you.
Cheers, Michael. It helps me too.
aw man he makes it look so easy! my fingers just dont want to move :( but eventually ill get there! just gotta keep practicing!
Great tutorial. Now I can work to improve my chord changes, even when I don’t have my uke with me.
Great point, Carolyn. I often do that.
DANKE, Rob - these are helpful exercises! It is not the first time i deliberately come by here to get me some exercise inspiration!
Cheers, Marius. These exercises can be used on guitar too. I teach them to all my students.
This is so helpful. I recently started practicing on my new ukulele and I will be using these tips! Thanks for this video
This is the video I never knew o needed. This video shows how much you don’t know, it has improved and given me a whole new perspective on the ukulele. Thank you!
Cheers, Isaac. Glad to be of help. Keep at it!
Thank you
Every ukulele players need this exercise for real
Cheers, Andy.
Thank you for these exercices, they are really hard but I see an evoution !
Keep up the good progress, Ines!
Thank you for this lesson, Rob. I was searching for this kind of exercises for a very long time.
Nicely shown without scaring a hall out of beginners like me plus now I can work on my fingers everywhere even on the way.
Cheers, Pavel. Relaxation is the key. Good luck with your studies.
Thank you, Rob.
Really amazing work!
Now I am looking for gamma in different keys exercises.
I am using NYC subway few times per day. Now I can practice on the way using my right hand as a guitar neck to make my left hand fingers to progress a bit faster.
Thank you again, Rob.
You make it look easy ! Thanks for the exercises ! Much appreciated.
Cheers, Max. Take your time with it. Think yoga.
Just been having a session with three other uke players and watched your video. We've set ourselves the challenge of seeing how far we can improve in 6 and 12 months. Tracked down your Spider exercise to your book 20 Progressive Fingerstyle Studies for Uke. Copy on my Christmas list!
Comment of the day, Alastair! Good luck to you all. Don't force it. Think yoga, not body building. Cheers, Rob
This is one of the most helpful and underrated videos ever! And one of the few tutorials that give practical ways to help improve your skills.
Another way to explain the spider:
Outer to inner
1 to 3
4 to 2
Inner to outer
3 to 1
2 to 4
Going string 1 to string 4 both times
Thanks, but I'm not sure I understand your explanation...
Oh wow, I did not know I couldn't do this. Thank you so much for these excercises.
Now I am one step closer to filling up my 40 hours of practice a day.
Thank you Thank you Thank you for these excercises. This is exactly what i needed , my fingers don't move independently . I hope they would ,thinking yoga and not bodybuilding.
Best wishes for your progress, Jay.
Now I know the secret to playing gracefully! Maraming salamat po!
Tqsm Rob. I m 53 yrs old n just learning during partial lockdown in Asia. It's sooo difficult :( to stretch. Thank u yaa
when i first tried these excersises, i couldnt even begin to attempt any exercises aside from the first two. although the other 3 fingers were absolutely fine, my ring finger could only lift a couple of milimeters off the string, and it was incredibly shaky and uncomfortable.
after a couple of days of practicing, i still dont feel entirely comfortable with the exercises, but im definitely seeing improvement, and now i can tap my ring finger up and down and alternating with my pointer finger is easier than it was before!! im returning to this video because after only doing the first two excersises for a while i think im ready to start attempting harder ones, maybe ill even get the spider exercise down pat someday :0 thank you for these!!
also, ive observed that even on the first day my right hand had no problems. with any of the fingers. my ring finger was perfectly independent already. i have never been more jealous, of my own RIGHT HAND.
Great. post. Well, with one hand working, you're half-way there :-) Keep at it. It took me six months to get to a place where I felt I was beginning to get the freedom I was looking for. Forty years later I'm still doing them every day. Remember: Think Yoga, not body building.
@@RobMacKillop1 wow, still replying to comments after this video has been up for multiple years?? what a pleasant surprise :D!
after rewatching the video im still not quite sure how the spider exercise works, can you explain it in words?
Wish I would have practiced these exercises when I first started uke. It’s never too late though. Now if only my fingers would cooperate...
Wow, I do finger exercises every day before I play, but your spider crawl is intense!
You must be an arachnophobe, Nickie :-)
Beginner here and im excited to start progress towards being able to do the outerbends better!
The ring finger conundrum seems to be a common occurrence as I’m reading the comments
Great video . Big thanks
Fantastic. Simply "The Best". Thank you
Cheers, Bala. Good luck!
@@RobMacKillop1 need boat load of it, Rob. Frustration in not getting it....making me question on my learning! Perhaps...at 53 maybe too much to ask for? Thank you...though. I am going to try this for the next 15 days....nothing else!
Omg it's like there's a magic spell happening in my fingers HAHAHAHA it's so hard to control them seriously!!!!!
oh god, my brain is really working overtime. i love it. frustrating but only because i'm pushing my brain past its comfort zone to develop a skill, so it's rewarding in its frustration. thank you!
Take your time, Karie. Think yoga.
A bit off topic, but you've got such a soothing voice it feels like an ASMR video
This is extremely helpful. Thank you!
Wow thats great,amen.
Thank you for sharing the video! You mentioned a technical fingerstyle book with exercises-could you let me know which one that is?
Words of wisdom i wish I heard a long time ago
I think I used my last two brain cells trying to move fingers one and three in the opposite direction
Haha. Keep at it, slowly and regularly, and the transformation WILL happen.
My ring finger is like.
"I will move only with others I cant go alone🥴"
Great advise Rob. It can be applicable for all instruments and styles of play. I purchased your book on 20 fingerstyle Celtic tunes for the Uke and a Uke. I know virtually nothing about the Uke, this is a great help. Thanks for your tutorial here.
Cheers, Brian. Good luck with the book!
rob: that was easy
me who had to hold my middle finger down so it doesn't move: *sweats nervously*
Great workouts. Thank you.
Awesome exercises!
excellent exercises! thank you so much! I m sure it will change my way to play!
Thank you thank you!!!!! This is exactly the training I am needing. 😍😍😍
My pleasure.
This is brilliant! Thank you so much!
It's really helpful
Thanks a lot ❤️
Good to know, Tobi. Keep at it!
@@RobMacKillop1 🌻💞
meitei ?
@@sacredsoul3603 mane
I have been pressing strings too hard for along time! Thanks for this
thanks Rob...love the spider one..from 34 to 4 strings i do love the uke . As a harpist i can so relate to all those exercises esp the relaxing.
Cheers, Moira. Yes, there's a big difference between harp and uke. Good luck!
I am so new at this that my Ukulele is still on the truck, but when it gets here. The second thing I will do is get out my digital postal scale and measure how much actual pressure I use to get a clear note. :o)
Why does you picture have the same energy that your comment has?
I farted laughing
This is a great exercise although I am now amazed I ever learned to tie my shoes!
"Spiderlite" - my new keyword. Thanks Rob
Haha. Good luck with it!
Thank you but I don't understand the spider can you explain?
Looks like what I need starting out. I have been wondering what I'm missing. The first week is showing me muscle tension causing fatigue that shortens the session one day or I can practice all day the next day. I think I know why now. I have very long fingers too. The curl of the hand gets tired the thumb flies higher, and the reach gets tense. This video is teaching me a lot more than just the exercises. Thank you!
Good to know, fm. Keep at it!
THANK YOU!! Awesome!
Already saved this video in my plahlist even thought i'm still waiting for my ukulele to be delivered 😂
Thank you so much ❤ there are rarely videos which teach you the basic techniques first, and yours has been such a help ❤ keep making more videos for pathetic beginners like me😂
Cheers, Vikshitha. I do teach via Skype if you are interested. Best wishes, Rob.
@@RobMacKillop1 thankyou so much 🙏❤
I feel honoured to learn from you.
No honour needed. We're all learning.
This is great! Thank you
Needed🤗
🙏
thanks for sharing!
Thanks Rob just came accross your lesson...any exercises to help me to bar chords
Hard to put into words, but I do teach internationally via Zoom, should you want to go down that route. Details at GuitarLessonsEdinburgh.com
At first my pride would have kept me from watching something like this because I would have thought this is so basic. However, after a spinal cord injury, and wanting to get my hands capable again as much as possible....this video is great. Thank you
Cheers, Richard. Somehow I missed your comment. Sorry to hear about your injury. Best wishes for your studies and your recovery! Rob
Thank you for this video
My pleasure, Angelon. Keep at it. Think yoga, not body building.
Yes sir! 😊
My brain’s frozen after the 1 and 3 fingers going up and down 🤣
Now I can't stop doing these with the back of my phone
:-) Just don’t do them while driving!
Very helpful. Thankyou.☺️
Great video, thanks!
Damn the spider creeped me out a little
Thank you so much for sharing! i didn't realize i need to practice until i followed this tutorial.XD..Definetly will practice every day from now on, hope my fingers won't be this incoordinate soon.
Yr fingers looked like a spider, I said to hubby. Then u said spider. ;) Love yr accent. Scottish.. ? THe best accent in the whole world.
Yes, Scottish. :-)
@@RobMacKillop1 sincerely,to me , the most beautiful accent ever. Was in Edinburgh n Inverness but missed Nessie. Tak care, Rob. Cheers
This is so helpful thank you!!! Also your accent is 💯💯
What accent? ;-) Have a nice day!
Rob MacKillop 😂😂
Thanks Rob, so helpful! Haven't found this kinda of advice yet. How about the right hand fingers, does it matter that I use a different finger for each string? And Rob, don't be shy to show us your face!
Hi Fred. When focussing your practice on one hand, don't worry too much about the other. As for my face, it is too beautiful, and likely to be a distraction 😂
@@RobMacKillop1 Very good, thanks for the encouraging words!
woooow this is really hard. Thank you so much
Okay, here's a zen-like statement: it's easier if you stop trying. :-)
imma do this for a whole month
day 1: it was hella frustrating, but im gonna trust the process
day 2: done
day 3:
day 4:
day 5:
day 6:
day 7:
day 8:
day 9:
day 10:
So sweet when he stopped cuz he didn't like spiders
Thanks :-)
It may sound a little to dramatic but I literally wanna smack my ukulele on the floor trying to do some of these exercises.
Thank you for this video!
I tried immediately.
I would never have guessed this could be so hard!
My fingers and brain don't seem to be connected....
No wonder I always take ages to change chords!
And my middle finger has a life of its own and keeps moving when it's not its turn 😳
I will practice just the first few exersises until that works and then move on to the more difficult ones. Give me a few years 😉
Poor Angie! But don't despair. We've all been there, and if you work slowly but diligently, you will definitely make progress. Again, think yoga, not body building. Best wishes! Rob
Please make a video on how to string the uke. I am having a tough time. I feel like I will rip the fingers with which I string and I am not stringing all the strings properly.
And thank you very much for this video. Made me realise how less I have been using my fingers😅
Cheers, Lav. You should search on youtube for how to string uke. I'll bet there are dozens of them already.
@@RobMacKillop1 Yes sir i tried to, each one seem to be giving a different advice and I am a bit confused as to whom to follow, I watched almost all your uke videos and I love how the uke sounds in your hand, so I thought I would rather learn from you. May be I should search more as you say. It had been only about a week or so since I started watching the uke videos and started playing it.
What gets me the most is the ring finger and pinky...
I just cant do it
my pinky cant reach the 4th string, it is to short. You have such nice long fingers. But I am going to do this excercises anyway, for the other fingers sake :D
You can do it, Diana, but short steps are better than failed leaps, so take your time. And be thankful you don't play a 6-string guitar! :-)
@@RobMacKillop1 :D I actually played guitar ten years ago but unfortunately I did quit back then. It was hard for me to reach anything with the pinky :)) but I have got such a huge urge to play some instrument again so I thought an uke could be a sweet start. Thank you for the encouragement, I will definitely keep practicing!
my pinky finger is too short i cannot reach to G without moving my hand ????? :(
I dont understand the spider exercise thing pls help!!
Yeah imma just cut my fingers off in frustration thanks-
Ohmygoodness...😅😂 my dang fingers are like cement. Holy wah. I gotta practice. Im old. 68. Stiff as a board. I couldn't stop giggling. Sure Grandma, go throw 300 down on a uke, and you can't move your hands. 😂
Oye
Gotta love me, lolol
Yeah, pressure's gonna drop on me. Lol help
Thank you for this lesson sir. 🎉
LOL. My advice, Grandma, is to go slowly. Five minutes a day for 6 months will make a big difference. Be patient. And best wishes! Rob
@RobMacKillop1 I shall not give up! I'll find my own "Hawaiian turn around"
Hi Rob. Hope you are well. I've been playing through your Uke celtic fingerstyle book and managed to get a cut of "The Blarney Pilgrim" Would it be ok to post it on RUclips with a reference to your book?
Sure. And I'd be happy to view it.
Thanks Rob.