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I’m getting a little better at them, they’re not bad. It’s just hard with weak and overly bendy hands.
The YouTube video I found is very good, nice and simple.
Unfortunately I think it might be big time anhedonia going on though 🫩 I suck at consistent practice of anything, I always have so I don’t expect to get anywhere.
I really shouldn’t have bought a ukulele as well because I dislike 99.99% of the songs for it. I just didn’t want to get something larger or more expensive and figured I could tune it as a mandolin - forgetting that most songs would still need more than 4 strings
I felt the same way about ukuleles and then ended up getting a guitar, but before I got a guitar, I got a ukulele capo, which did bridge that gap a little bit. Would recommend getting one to spice up the ukulele or making your own.
I considered getting one of those silent pocket guitars that you can buy for under $20 off ebay, it’s what I should have got but just didn’t know they existed.
It’s fine though. I’ll probably get distracted by something else in 5 minutes or when I can handle more screen time