Are you new to playing ukulele?
The fastest and easiest way to learn how to play ukulele is with the right steps. Get started on the right note and get the free 45-page ukulele lesson book Your First Ukulele Lesson and then Some where you learn your first songs on the ukulele with small easy steps.
You can learn to play ukulele… even if you’ve never played an instrument in your life.
Beginner Songs
If you’re new to playing ukulele, then, start out with these beginner ukulele songs.
- 12 Bar Blues
Traditional - Arpeggio Study In A Minor (Solo Fingerpicking)
Brett McQueen - Billy Boy
Traditional - I’ve Been Working On the Railroad
Traditional - Million Reasons
Lady Gaga - Perfect
Ed Sheeran - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole - Trouble
Never Shout Never
Intermediate Songs
If you’re beyond the basics, then, try your hand at mastering these intermediate ukulele songs.
- Hallelujah
Leonhard Cohen - Hey, Soul Sister
Train - I’m Yours
Jason Mraz - Love Yourself
Justin Bieber - You’ve Got a Friend In Me
Randy Newman
Chord Melody Songs
Have you always wanted to play ukulele as a solo instrument? Learn how to play these ukulele chord melody songs with the sheet music and ukulele tabs included.
- Away In a Manger
Traditional - drivers license
Olivia Rodrigo - Easy On Me
Adele - Hawai’i Aloha
Lorenzo Lyons - Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Traditional - O Shenandoah
Traditional - The Star Spangled Banner
John Stafford Smith
Christmas & Holiday Songs
There’s no time like the holidays to bust out your ukulele with family and friends. Learn how to play these holiday and Christmas ukulele songs.
- Away In a Manger (Chord Melody)
Traditional - Good King Wenceslas
Traditional - Jingle Bells
Traditional - Jingle Bells (Fingerpicked)
Traditional - Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Fingerstyle Version)
Traditional - Let It Snow
Dean Martin - Silent Night
Traditional - Silent Night (Fingerstyle Version)
Traditional - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional - White Christmas
Irving Berlin
Fingerpicking Songs
Get your fingers moving and pick these fingerpicking ukulele songs.
- 12 Bar Blues w/ Turnaround (Pattern #1)
Traditional - 12 Bar Blues (Pattern #2)
Traditional - Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane (Fingerpicking)
Traditional - Silent Night (Fingerstyle Version)
Traditional - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Beginner Fingerstyle Version)
Traditional - Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Beginner Fingerstyle Version)
Traditional - Hey Diddle, Diddle the Cat & the Fiddle (Beginner Fingerstyle Version)
Traditional
Learn More Songs With Online Ukulele Lessons
One of the best ways to learn to play songs is with step-by-step, easy-to-follow video lessons.
Ukulele Tricks’ online lesson courses help you learn to play the ukulele while playing actual beautiful-sounding songs.
Perfect for beginners. Become proficient in strumming, rhythm and chord changes on the ukulele, improving your skills while learning actual songs.
For players beyond the basics. Take your fingerpicking skills to the next level on the ukulele, learning fingerpicking pieces in four distinct styles.
Last updated on April 12, 2022.