i recently bought my nephew a uke, and i havent a clue how you play it, anyone help? how do you play notes? ie a simple c major scale or something, i play the trom, so i havent a clue about strings, but i would like to!!!

the uke is pretty cool what most people dont no is that it was really a folk instrument before it hit hawiian mainstream. yes hawaiidid not invent it. and the uke is like a banjo in the way that it has a kind of (drone) string before you start on the bass strings. so in away the uke can be played individual notes it is fun to do and the strings bend really well but it is much more a chord instrument. i recomend going on google and typing uke chords. start there i would also buy a uke book if u can but if not dont worry to much. also i would mess around with notes and scales u should find that stuff on google too

wow! thankyou so much, thats really helpful! cant wait to get started!

i will definately try that

i no this is not what uyou asked but i need to clear up what i said about the (folk) aspect. this instrument was invented by a Portuguese guy named Manuel Nunes who moved to hawaii to work in the sugar cane fields. the people loved it and soon it became a hawaiian traditinal instrument. it is considered folk because of its original origin. but the real reason i am typing again is to show u this this answers your note pickin question (of course it is not what u traditionaly think of a uke to be) hope u can enjoy.
http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/main/VideoClip.aspx?SessionKey=
you must be from britan spelling it ukelele thats the way most people in britan spell it when the rest of us spell it ukulele just pickin dont take offense, please lol
hope this helps

thanks! its really kind of you to help me, i spell it ukelele simply because i didnt know, i just thought it was uke, so i added lele on the end. how do you know so much about them? do you play one yourself? its cool!

sorry its late answering and yes i do play one i love instruments so i reaserch them all of the time.