“1, 2, 3, SHUSH!” (Teachers)

‘1, 2, 3 Shush!’ is a quick, easy, first piece to learn on the ukulele – and it sounds good!

• Use a ‘Flying Thumb’ to strum down through all four strings.
• Strum down three times.

Do this four times ‘Shushing’ and then four times replacing the ‘Shush’ with a click of your fingers!

• To write down the rhythm of '1,2,3,Shush!' we would do it like this...

Teachers!

• If you're accompanying your class learning these beginner pieces and would like an extra challenge...!

• This beginners piece is based around a chord of 'A minor' or Am as it is written.

• To make this chord put the 2nd finger on your Left Hand on the fourth (top) string of your ukulele in the second space (fret) and push hard!

• Play all four strings three times along with your class - dont forget to 'shush!'

• We can represent the Am chord in a chord diagram  below....more about chords and their diagrams can be found here...