What Is The Easiest Instrument To Learn?

Reggie McKay

The ukulele may be the one of the easiest instruments to play, as this picture may reveal. You don't have to manage six strings as guitarists do, on the standard ukulele, and its size suits small hands.

But, as Michelle Griffin, Mitchell Conservatorium teacher, will tell you, it takes skill and practice to play any musical instrument well.

Jay Laga'aia's My Ukulele reminds us of the instrument's Hawaiian roots.



And Jake Shimabukuro's amazing rendition of George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps, shows what the humble ukulele can sound like, in the hands of a virtuoso.

A bit of fun

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly performed by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, from their DVD Anarchy in the UKulele.

I wish to advise that I was not thinking of any staff or students when I made this post. Honest.