I am currently learning the song “Unruly Heart” from the musical The Prom on the ukulele. While practicing I found that I was having trouble making my transitions between chords smooth since I need to move my fingers to the next fret as well as up and down for many of my chord transitions. While I was playing, I noticed that my fingers were sticking to the strings a little bit which meant that, when I took my fingers off of the strings to change chords, the strings would make noise since they were being pulled with my fingers. I practiced my transitions a bit more, trying to figure out how to make my transitions sound smoother… when I got it! If I slid my fingers across the strings while changing chords, the strings wouldn’t be pulled and make extra sounds. Below is a video of me demonstrating how I slide my fingers between an A# and a D#, two chords that are repeated a lot in “Unruly Heart.”
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