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So, today I did my cello, Myfanwy. It was a good day with it. Then I did, What a Wonderful World and it went well, too. 

When I was done with my cello, I got out my Fiddlershop ukulele. I am just now starting serious self-lessons. I am using  Hal Leonard Essential Elements for Ukulele by Marty Gross. It is a good book and I can access the tracks online after I registered the code. 

My problem? I am just learning strumming patterns, right now. I can do the three that have been covered. When I play them with the song, I am not strumming the strum pattern, I have issues with when the note counts do not match up with the strum counts. That is an issue even without a pattern, when just doing quarter note down strokes.

For instance, if there are 8th notes anywhere between the quarter note strums, I am strumming to those 8th notes, even with the tracking playing. Simple songs, Skip to My Lou, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, The Lion Sleeps Tonight are all just quarter note down strokes.

The it moves in to, Jambalaya and that is the first one with an up down pattern. I also can do the up down pattern exercises, nothing to it, but I have issues with putting it into a song and not start strumming the melody instead of the strum pattern.

Anyone else, who is using tracks, have this issue, or are you all just doing the melody? 

Thanks