Four Warm-Up Exercises for Ukulele

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It's good to have a few warm up exercises to get ready to play, but they can also help to build your finger independence. Here are four of my favourites.
00:00 Intro
00:38 Exercise 1
02:38 Exercise 2
04:23 Exercise 3
06:11 Exercise 4
08:21 Don't hurt yourself!
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[@kharmaviv]

These are wonderful! Sometimes I'm not sure what to practice, and I don't always want to practice a song. Sometimes I'm tired, or my time is limited, but i want to practice while I have a few minutes before dinner, after dinner, while the boys are getting ready for bed, etc... This is so great! Thank you for sharing these exercises. 😊🎵

[@ferretlady187]

Thank you for these finger exercises!

[@samakin4896]

I really appreciate these warmup exercises and how you always teach us how to be more "ergonomic" with our movements. Thank you!

[@raymondeargle8653]

Just was asked in our Ukulele group about this thank you

[@beverlychislett3392]

What fantastic exercises Phil! Easy to understand and follow. Thank you so much ☺️

[@sonkaldo]

Great content made at a professional level. My father played in the RAAF and RAF bands before becoming a professional music teacher. I have played in A grade brass bands and grade 2 pipe bands. So i know what you have been presenting is if a high standard. Waiting for my first uke to arrive any day now at my front door. Could not be happier to learn from your videos sir.
Hello from South Australia.

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks Glen, enjoy your new uke!

[@soyadrink9831]

Honestly, I'm guilty of thinking I'm suppose to keep my hand on a fixed position, the less movement and the more my fingers stretch like hell to reach the next fret the better, but now I get it, it's both! Thanks!

[@amyferebee]

Terrific!

[@MichaelWilliams-ti6cn]

Great teaching. Thank you.

[@mikeclarke9281]

I'm finding these exercises very helpful, thanks

[@altviooltom]

I'm sure those two thumbs down need more finger excercises! (And/or hand-eye coordination practice).
Great stuff Phill!

[@davidmolloy126]

Thanks very much Phil, great tutorials at a very approachable speed. Take care.

[@ingridlindstrom5308]

Thank you for a very good lesson. I will practise .😃🎶

[@tjbissues5889]

All very helpful, thanks Phil. 👍

[@TheRobshiels]

Great please repeat when you visit our group next Tuesday.

[@lindenrosam4781]

Love this Phil, thank you. Great exercises to practice in those odd moments.

[@yvonnedoherty7666]

Thankyou Phil. This is just what I needed to increase dexterity. It is also a cognitive exercise!

[@spinnersue17]

Great job Phil, just what I've been after x

[@nigelmunford8789]

Excellent exercises/practice Phil, many thanks

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I started these but I called them the Blue exercises. I was very relaxed and had good hand position, but my face was blue.
And then I started to breathe and found it was much easier.
Basics.

[@TheRealMACA]

thank u!

[@ComposingAsOurSecondAct]

Thanks, Phil. Very helpful.

[@gerreward2664]

Wow, I need work! And I'm going for it !!!

[@sujayanarula3913]

Hahaha 🤣 thank you Mr Phil 😊 My fingers run like the crabs being chased! It's slightly better but I have to do this consciously until it goes smoothly😄

[@MariUSukulele]

You are always putting out interesting quality content, Phil, and this particular one surely comes at a good point of time for me! DANKE fröm Germany 🇩🇪 ✌🏻I for one would be quite curious to watch your right 👋🏻 as well. If not simultaneously but maybe at the end of every exercise …

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks! Right hand stuff is coming soon :-)

[@anglerkampungbali6927]

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[@andreniemann394]

Danke!

[@PhilDoleman]

Thank you!

[@alouisadewaard6125]

Hi Phil, I so much enjoy Your lessons and tips. Do you have warm up exercises from right hand too?

[@PhilDoleman]

Thank you! I don't yet, but I've just added it to my list of videos to make!

[@judynpeterjones3307]

Great stuff, shared to our group!

[@sonkaldo]

Just commenting about my dad and see your comment just to find Peter Jones is my dads name, what a funny old world.

[@marvindoran2047]

Great exercise, I was wondering which finger you are plucking on the right hand? Thanks

[@PhilDoleman]

I'm using my thumb for everything.

[@marvindoran2047]

Thank you…it’s a great exercise

[@ruthfarthing524]

Do you have a video about playing a C major chord up the fret to warm up?

[@PhilDoleman]

This might do the job. I've got one of these videos for every other major, min, 7th and min 7th chord.
ruclips.net/video/38D_xLfor3s/видео.html

[@ruthfarthing524]

@@PhilDoleman I thought that my husband was saying to play the c pentatonic scale up the fret. He was saying to play the c pentatonic and go up the fret (or down the fret) to get the other key pentatonic scales.

[@PhilDoleman]

@@ruthfarthing524 That would work too. You can kill two birds with one stone by naming the notes out loud as you play the different scales!