[Closed] Is a ukulele easy to play?

I find mine harder to play than my guitar - but I've got fat fingers so the smaller frets/neck are harder for me to work around.

Any music shop will sell you one for about £30. Or Ebay as loads of people buy them thinking they'll learn and then sell them six months later.......

(buy a guitar instead!)

Are you a girl?

Student?

Student girl?

My son has a couple of guitars but if the uke is more difficult to learn then not much point.

Looks pretty straightforward...

It's probably hard to play properly. But it's pretty easy to play to a standard that people seem satisfied with, there's something about a ukelele that just sets [i]incredibly[/i] low expectations. Not like a real guitar where everyone expects you to be able to do Dokken solos.

ukelele is a piece of cake. why not just buy a cheap one, find a quick chord chart and a few uke for beginners youtube clips and see.

Fingerpicking a Uke takes a fair bit of practice, strumming one, not so much.
Plus, the big advantage of a Uke is its compact size; it's dead easy to stick in a bag or backpack, and to practice on when there's a few minutes to spare.
You could get a travel guitar, but you won't get one of those cheap.
Cheapest one I could find, £95
http://www.gak.co.uk/en/washburn-rover-natural/29040?gclid=CKfOrZSrprsCFdHItAodyQgARA

Noah (10) says it is 'fairly' easy to play. They have a school ukelele band...

[i]why not just buy a cheap one, find a quick chord chart and a few uke for beginners youtube clips and see.[/i]

That's the plan.

what i find difficult is that particular nonchalance that cool student hoxton bonnet wearing types seem to have. oh, and not having grey hairs in my beard (de rigeur for ukelele playing)

It's not (more) difficult to make early progress on. In fact I'd say it's easier to start than 6 string geetar.

Also quite liberating if your getting frustrated with Geetar 🙂

Cord shapes and strum/chuck style is thing to get head round - more so if your a geetarist.

check out Jake Shimabukuro 'how to play ukelele' on Youtube. Clearly he is something else, but shows well how the techniques differ..

Cheap/starter Uke that can take some abuse *and* hold tuning? Makala Dolphin worked well in this house.

Every time I hear this I get an unbelievable urge to pick up a Uke and teach myself.

Then I did a summer working on a clasic yacht where every other floppy haired sailor type seemed to have one and it killed the idea stone dead.

Yep. Jake Shimabukuro whilst my guitar gently weeps is well worth a listen.

Ukes are pretty easy to learn to play. As everything its all about practice. I also find my fat fingers hinder me more on my uke than my mandolin or guitar. The are fun but I tend to get a bit bored playing it to be honest.

Prefer my guitar due to the greater range and tunes that can be played easily. Just find uke music a bit restrictive which probably doesn't make sense.....

Most music I want to play is done on a guitar. Playing it on a uke is fun for a bit then I get bored and stop. I therefore find the guitar easier to play purely due to enjoying it more so play it more....

But they are fairly easy to learn to play.

Nine of this really makes sense but I'm too tired to try and make it make sense.... *groan* I give up.....