Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Are you looking for the perfect ukulele warm-up exercise? If so, you are in the right place! I get asked the question, "What's a great warm-up routine?" more than just about any other in my private lessons. In today's video I go into detail with "the caterpillar", my favorite finger exercise, and break it down into three levels, from an absolute beginner method, all the way to the more advanced form I still use today.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Demonstration
01:49 Level ONE
05:35 Level TWO
10:26 Level THREE
14:45 Wrap-Up

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