About Us . . . and Ukuleles

Guess what? I'll be teaching you the same way that I learned how to play the ukulele by WATCHING & LISTENING. You don't need to know how to read tablatures, you can learn by motivation, watching, listening and repetition. This is the ultimate, online video lessons anyone has ever done!!!

Aloha and welcome to easyukulele.com!! My name is Kainoa and I've been playing (23 years), and I'm still learning all different kinds of riffs and methods to play and incorporate on the ukulele. I guess you can say I'm "illiterate" when it comes to reading music, but music "literate" by ear.

This is how my journey and passion began........................

I remember at a young ripe age of 7 the first time I picked up my late mother's ukulele. She was the very first person to ever teach me how to play. Ahh . . . Crazy G's . . . that was the name of that song. I still remember how hard it was to hold the chords!

Later years.....................................................

I was about 14 years old, when my friends and I, in high school (the good old days . . . HA-HA!) really got me inspired with playing the ukulele. At the time (1991 – 1992), it was the beginning of the resurgence of the ukulele, back in Hawaii. A person by the name of Troy Fernandez is often credited for this, by his killer riffs and super fast picking. It was like no one ever heard. He had his own distinct sound, or way of playing, different than the previous generations before. That was it for me, my passion to play just began and I wanted more and more . . . but . . .

I had no one to teach me to play like that . . . and that's where the fun began . . . I wanted to be a shredder!

Now come along and join me on this fun-filled journey to learn more about the ukulele.

IMPORTANT: Practice makes perfect. No practice = no shredding . . . Please be realistic. Rome wasn't built in a day and your skills won't be either.