As I started progressing my learning of the ukelele by watching online tutorials and videos I soon realized that I play the ukelele a little differently.

I am left-handed and automatically I play the ukelele differently. This wasn’t something I had previously thought of (I don’t play any other instruments) and it wasn’t something I was asked when I went to UVIC to pick up the instrument.

But nevertheless, I play upside down in relation to watching the videos. This has been something tricky in some ways. But in other ways I am used to adapting to a right-hand model for a lot of things. I think this may be interesting when I go to teaching as for the majority of students they will have to learn in a different way and can’t directly model me.

Another challenge I have run into is finding the time to make sure I am focusing on practice. When speaking to other people in my cohort this is a common theme. Other assignments, class sessions and work on top of this have made things tricky. I also have found that I have some wrist pain when practicing. I have some pain issues already so I have noticed that I can’t practice for too long.

Here is the You Tube Video I was learning from: 

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Thanks,

Julia