Ukulele
Pick up four soft strings and be strumming real songs by the end of the week.
~$69Cost to start
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15 min–1 hrTime / session
2 setup steps, ~$69 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
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The path12 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$69
- Get a concert ukulele and a clip-on tuner
- Expect new strings to drift for a week
Then the quests
- Play a C chord with every string ringing
- Change between two chords in time
- Strum a steady pattern for a whole minute
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