"When I play the ukulele, people laugh. Is it because I'm so bad?"

Obviously I can't answer that question without hearing you play, but I can promise that I wouldn't laugh at anyone playing the uke!

But you bring up a good point, and that is the fact that the ukulele just tickles people in some special way that make them feel good. Hearing ukulele music, especially when played in person, seems to raise a person's attention level. It also makes them smile, or giggle, or in some cases laugh. Laughing is not alway bad! Think of it as you creating a scenario where you are allowing the person to laugh and not making them laugh. The uke unleashes special feelings inside of us. That's obvious to those of us that play the little wonder, and on some level it may be obvious to those that don't; they just don't know what to do with the feelings.

My best guess: They're not laughing at you, they're laughing with you.

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