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A Practical Method for Self Instruction on the Ukulele and Banjo Ukulele

	A Practical Method for Self Instruction on the Ukulele and Banjo Ukulele, page 10

	Ed Friday 30 April 2004
Part III. The Common Stroke. There are several different strokes which are effective in various styles of music. For the present we give only the "Common" or "Ordinary" stroke which is the basis of all the others and must be thoroughly mastered before any of the more complicated are attempted. The Common Stroke is made my dragging the fore finger of the right hand lightly down and yp across all the strings at the upper edge of the sound hole. The hand must be relaxed at all times, the stroke being made entirely with the wrist which must be perfectly free in its motion. Keep the wrist high. Make the down ftroke squarely on the nail of the fore-finger, and the up stroke with the ball or fleshy part. There are two strokes to a beat, Down, (marked ) and up, marked ) A rest is indicated by a light faced stroke sign and has the same time as a stroke, viz indicates a rest of the same duration as a down stroke. pt type="text/javascript">pt> pt type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> pt> Previous Page << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 >> Next Page

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