In this video, we will take a look at a lovely fingerstyle folk melody on the tenor ukulele.

You probably already noticed that this folk ukulele melody is played over a lovely backing track.

This lesson aims to show you how to play this folk melody and how to play it along with a backing track. What’s the difference between playing a melody and playing a melody along with the backing track?

When we play by ourselves, we trust our inner rhythm to keep time.

However, most of the time, we end up speeding up when the melody is simple and slowing down when things are challenging.

Most of the time, we are not aware we do it! When you play along with a backing track, though, you are forced to follow a steady and constant rhythm.

Since the backing track doesn’t follow your speed changes, it forces you to play in time.

Time to get started!

Enjoy this lesson.