Ukulele Lesson - "Ska" Strumming

[LinezYourGodFather]

Hey bro. I've gotta 8 stringed ukulele straight from Rarotonga/Cook Islands. I need to learn how to play it mean like you bro lol How do you do that muting/muffling affect buz???? I wanna learn how to skank it with it hard out haha..

[TheUkulelePanda31]

What Ukulele is that, brand wise?

[k1intt]

Reggae evolved from Ska. Enough said. Thanks for the lesson. :D

[lymell]

Reggae is ska music, just a heads up.

[clonado00]

I´M THinking getting an ukelele but i don´t know which one is better?baritono?tenor?concert?­soprano? how do i know that?

[InsanityIsI]

@clonado00 in case you haven't gotten one, it's always good to start at a concert or soprano, so you can get the tuning. But Baritone comes with different strings so you may want to get used to the GCEA tuning so you can switch the strings if you're so inclined.

[keyban1]

Just for the record Ska came first

[sawyerdils]

I love ska! This video is great. I've only been playing ukulele for a day so I'm having trouble with the muting on the down strum. I'm mostly focusing on just getting the chords down and strumming correctly but I couldn't resist checking out how to play ska on the ukulele. Hopefully I'll get it down soon! Are you muting it with your left hand? Do you have a video that could help with muting?

[OfficeAddict007]

Hey i am debating whether to purchase the Concert Uke or the Soprano one. This will be my first Ukulele so i was wondering what you would recommend?

[V6P4R5]

excellent demo! thanks so much. I'm working on A Message to you, Rudy.

Cynthia

[DocToff]

Yeah man skankin'

The difference with reggae is hit on the down-stroke and mute the up-stroke. more like UNH-CHIc UNH-CHIc UNH-chic...

[easyukulele]

@DocToff...Rahjah!

[theweaverking]

soprano is smaller than that

[easyukulele]

@theweaverking...Yup!

[aznfatty777]

@theweaverking lol yes they are i have one

[theweaverking]

@aznfatty777 me too. got myself an Ohana pk25g soprano pineapple. sounds beautiful.

[StevenAteYourDogs]

is that a tenor or soprano ukulele?

[easyukulele]

@StevenAteYourDogs...Tenor

[DrKlunkDoo]

this is so cool, thanks a ton! im having trouble getting the concept down, its a bit hard for me, but with practice xD

[easyukulele]

Cool! Yeah, with practice and patience it'll come.

[chibir0b0]

Cheers man. I love ska and this helps loads. :)

Thanks.

[easyukulele]

Thanks!!

[dirtysouthukecabaret]

Your video is so helpful, but I am confused about some of the chords you played. Your chords looked different than the major chords I have learned. I am a very, very new beginner. Could you explain this in more detail? Thanks again.

[easyukulele]

What part are you having trouble with??

[jricamacho2]

Hey man! thanx for the tutorial, i'm learning the strum pattern more for guitar than uke but works similar, made a big difference seeing it than just hearing it, and where i'm from there's lotsa uke players glad to see it's not uncommon in the mainland

[easyukulele]

Cool!! Glad to be of help!!

[chilango99mex]

how to you "bar" a chord?? sorry, ive only been playing the uke for like 2 days.

[easyukulele]

Check out the bar chord lessons.

Hope this helps!!

[skalin]

Actually, to all those who think reggae came first, you are mistaken. Ska came before reggae, reggae was a slowed down, more broken down variation of ska.

[easyukulele]

Thanks for the verification!!

Aloha!!

[steveymcdalley]

who says you cant learn form youtube

:D

[easyukulele]

Rahjah dat!! You Tube is da Shinizzles!!

[steveymcdalley]

fo shizzle ma nizzle!

[naterd00d]

@skalin yeah but most people (incorrectly, nevertheless) don't know the difference between rocksteady and reggae. Rocksteady came before both ska and reggae

[ChoTakahashi]

I love this kind of strumming. Thanks for teaching :D

[easyukulele]

Glad to be of help!!

[pobreangel]

malisimo

[SeeDeeMoe]

Thanks for sharing. By the way, ska is the ancestor of reggae. Ska style began in the '50s and some folks started slowing it down and calling it reggae. So you could say that reggae is really just slowed down ska. :D

[easyukulele]

Thanks for the clarification!!

Aloha!

[ScottXL]

Actually, in the 50's people starting infusing Reggae with Punk Rock... and that's where you get Ska. Early wave Ska sounds almost identical to Reggae, and as the waves progressed, it went further toward the Punk Rock spectrum.

[tuba3]

sorry bro you are kiddin... in late 70 when the punk was born some bands in england like the specials start mixing ska revival and punk it was called 2-tone..

[jackthevoodoodoll]

ha

this is cool dude

[easyukulele]

SCHWEET!!

Aloha!!

[naurispunk]

Whats that tiny thing in your hands - why dont you buy a real guitar?

:D

P.S. Didnt mean to sound like an asshole :) But still can you tell me

1)what kind of guitar is that and why are you using it instead of "normal" acoustic one

2) do you use different tuning or what? it doesnt seem like you are using standart finger possitions when you play chords

[easyukulele]

HAHA!! It's called a ukulele.

The ukulele is best known for its association with Hawaiian music, but it is known to have been derived from two different Portuguese instruments: the braguinha and the cavaquinho. This was brought with them when they immigrated to Hawai'i.

The name "ukulele" actually means, "jumping flea" in Hawaiian.

[easyukulele]

I've been playing the ukulele since I was a kid and on occasions play with a guitar.

The standard tuning is G, C, E, A. It also depends on the size and what kind of strings you use. You can play the bar chords on the ukulele also on the guitar I think on the 5th or 7th fret.

Hope this helps!!

Aloha.

[mattwuk14]

Hey thanks for sharing, that was really useful to me...just spent the last hour doing some ska stuff and now it's actually sounding good!

[easyukulele]

Cool!!

[vanrijn360]

benadryl, some crazy shit man

[easyukulele]

HA, yup!!

[hoosierhiver]

Sweet!,now how about some Desmond Decker!

[easyukulele]

That would be cool!!