It’s important to look after your arms, wrists, fingers, shoulders – and the rest of you. Having said that, some people get aches and pains from playing ukulele. We don’t have pressure to practice for hours for a high-profile performance or examination or audition. The strings are nylon, so you don’t have to build up calluses on your fingertips, and you don’t have to press as hard on the strings.Īlso, most people are playing the ukulele for fun. In my experience, symphony orchestras are full of players with chronic music-related injuries.Ī ukulele is smaller and lighter than a guitar. The ukulele is a lot easier on the hands, and on the human body in general, than many other musical instruments. But it’s still possible to get injuries from playing ukulele. Music-related injury is much less of a problem with the ukulele than most instruments. “I’ve been getting a sore wrist,” she said.
The other day one of my ukulele students turned up to class wearing a brace on her left arm.
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