My Ukulele Experience

There are many things out there that I would like to do that I have never done before. Consequently, I had to choose something that would inspire me and my classmates. I chose the ukulele because it was something that I had always wanted to learn. During the ten hours of learning the magnificent instrument, I encountered many “aha!” moments. Although I am only required to practice playing it for ten hours now, I believe I will use it later in life. At first, I had no idea what I was going to do for my project. I thought about doing something simple and easy like writing with my other hand. However, I decided I should do something that I actually wanted to do and learn. I have always had a desire to learn the guitar but because I could not afford a guitar or guitar lessons, I went with a ukulele instead. Fortunately, a ukulele would be easier to learn and was in my price range. Now that I knew what I was going to do, it was time to start my project.
I did not have much money to go and buy one at an expensive music store, so I went ahead and looked on amazon. Thankfully, I found one that was only thirty-five dollars and it included a case, extra strings, instruction booklet, and instruction video. It was perfect! When it finally arrived at my house, I knew I had made the right decision. I enjoyed strumming the strings and listening to the sound each one made. Later in the learning process, I encountered one major “aha” moment. This happened when I was trying to learn the song “Riptide” by Vance Joy and I was unable to do the strumming correctly. Getting very frustrated, I rewatched the tutorial one more time. Right when I was about to give up, I tried one more time and I finally did it correctly. I was able to do it again and again. All of a sudden everything clicked and I realized it wasn’t so hard after all. Of course I still made plenty of mistakes, but I got the general idea of the rhythm and strum