When I Decided To Play The Ukulele

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What is music? Music is my life. I've been surrounded by music ever since I was a little kid, watching my father play his favorite 80's music around the house and at parties to singing karaoke and hitting pots and pans on the kitchen floor. I never really expected myself to become the person I am today without Music. Music is my way of escaping problems and calming myself down. Well let me tell you a story about my life behind music. I decided to play the ukulele when i was at the age of 12. It may not seem like I was at a young age but believe me it was a struggle to learn it. I chose the ukulele because it was small and looked like the right instrument for me. Not no guitar, drums or piano. It was the "ukulele". Although I thought someone in the family knew how to play the ukulele but later knew I was wrong. Even though I felt like it was going to be challenge for me. It was a risk i was willing to take. Also knowing that I'm the 1st in my family to play an instrument besides my voice. …show more content…

It took a lot of courage to actually pick up the ukulele and learn it with no help at all. In the beginning I decided to play the easy chords which were C, G, F & A. Those were the only chords I practiced everyday till I mastered it. But though the process of learning those chords, I really wanted to quit and not play the ukulele no more since I couldn't place my fingers on the right chord and string. But I knew if I quit now i wouldn't go anywhere in life, If I just quit and waste a very expensive ukulele that wasn't put into work and play such an amazing sound. I wanted to be Dexterous on playing the

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