Comments on: 10 Ways to Play an E Chord on the Ukulele

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Sat, 05 May 2012 09:28:30 +0000

Here’s a small child playing E #1 – the way the books tell you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErMWX–UJZ4&feature=youtube_gdata_player – it’s entirely possible. Have faith & practice often. :)

By: annabel

annabel — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:08:06 +0000

My kid,not i play the ukulele. Since she has small fingers, what should she do to play E?

By: Olivier

Olivier — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:53:23 +0000

@Josh : thank you !! You saved my life !
Olivier.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:47:50 +0000

Olivier — Eb is easier. 0-3-3-1. (Yes, 3-3-3-1 also works, and is exactly as hard as the 4-4-4-2 E, but 0-3-3-1 is just a wee stretch.)

I’ve kinda gone to the dark side, though; my usual E is now 4-4-4-7. (Number 6 at the top.) It’s worth getting that position down anyway, since it’s a real nice alternate voicing for (for example) a D chord, and allows you to move around easily from, for example, E to Emaj7 to E7 to E6.

By: Olivier

Olivier — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:21:40 +0000

Hey guys,
Thanks a lot again for tips.

But I have a question :

E chord is obviously a F***ing difficult chord ; but is this not as difficult as Eb ?

(I’m a beginner in ukulele and my english is not very good neither…!)

Thanks a lot for your answer !
Olivier.

By: Eugene Kurenko

Eugene Kurenko — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:20:31 +0000

–2– b middle finger
–0– e open string
–4– e pinky
–1– g# index finger

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:18:55 +0000

Jess: Thanks. Glad you find it useful.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:26:20 +0000

extremely useful! thank you so much!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:50:14 +0000

JaceyC: That’ll usually work if the song is in A.

By: JaceyC

JaceyC — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:29:20 +0000

I hate E chord and E chord hates me…
I usually use E7 and pretend I am playing it correctly (although it sounds different).