Can you strum a ukulele with your thumb

Yes, you may use your thumb. You may do whatever you would like to do with an ukulele. Lanark New member. Joined Apr 16, Messages 1, Points 0. Ohta San. That is all. Joined Oct 28, Messages Points 0.

Click to expand Joined Jan 24, Messages Points 0. As a guitar player, I found it almost natural to use my index finger because it's a much easier downward motion for me. The thumb feels awkward to me. Getting using the index finger really makes it much more natural to use other strumming techniques in the future like fanning, triplets, reggae, etc.

Make sure you use the full length of your fingernail when crossing the strings, and not just the tip. OHH I see, Thank you that helped a lot. Once you get comfortable fanning across the strings using the full length of your fingernail, then you can take another approach which means you strum coming down at an angle and using the top right part of your index finger top left if you are left-handed. It's easier to get stuck, but it can also give a little crisper, snappier tone.

Fanning the length of your nail gives you a little softer sound. Experiment, practice and soon it will come natural. Last edited: Feb 21, A musical and a practical reason to shift your finger along! You must be logged in to post a comment.

I hope we cover the top 5 questions associated with strumming your ukulele below: 1. Can I play with my thumb? Should I cut my nails? As I do at times, shown in the photo below Ukulele nails — short on the fretting or chord making hand, and long if possible on your strumming or picking hand. Leave a Reply Want to join the discussion?

Then, you let half of your foot begin to slide out gently. Slowly you put more weight on your feet. When you have practiced many times and have control over the thumb plucking.

You can now add your index finger to complete the track. It is the opposite of what you did with the thumb. This result will give us a completely different timbre, a completely different color. The combination of two fingers will have the same kind of downward and upward characteristics. G down with the thumb and up with the index. With this model, you will have a different sound. Use your fingernail on the bottom stroke and your thumbnail on the upstroke.

Instead of going down with our thumb and coming to our index, we will change to going down with our index. In this step, you need to make sure that the tip of your index finger is in contact with the wire. Then use your thumb and make sure that the nail of your thumb is facing up on the string.

The position is very important when playing the piano.