Ukulele Basics - Beginner Lesson

[coda623]

I really want a ukulele

[timcloonan]

Had a 100 year old +/- CF Martin (soprano) that is in need of work. Bought a New Baritone is the fingering for chords the same?

Tim

[kokoru3501]

That was a quick little ukulele lesson and I did like it :)

[subin5870]

thanks



[littleciebie]

at last i have my own ukulele! im happy n now i want to learn playing ukulele...^^

[HindsxOurxSound]

Is my ukulele extremely sharp or is your uke tuned differently haha

[organic527]

Nice clear and simple way of teaching,Thank You!!!!

[MrLawrinson]

Thanks for sharing this.

[SoapsAreStupid]

I was smiling through this whole thing.

Ukuleles are awesome.

[jpablosnm]

What is best brand of ukuleles, mahalo, kala,Kanile or lanikai?

[ClarissaRissapissa]

@jpablosnm i have a mahalo. its pretty nice



[jonnysophie2011]

@ClarissaRissapissa I have a mahalo also! good choice.

[whateveridkyeah]

Is this a good instrument to try and learn if you have no other experience with string instruments?

[mvanliew100]

thank you! so generous to put this up. 

[unknownorigin84]

I wish they all could be california girls!

[perpetualdystopia]

Can you use a guitar tuner to tune an ukulele? Or is there something else?

[phant0mOD]

@perpetualdystopia i'm pretty sure you can, mine sounds similar to his and i used a guitar tuner :)

[Anleezy]

i fucking hate my strings -____-

[veronikawow]

This is a beginner lesson?

[wanchastu]

@2009Ubunta, yea man, mine does the same thing, so I got a tuner, I have to tune it every time i play.It gets kinda annoying, but it's worth it.

[WCDevyn]

Thanks dude:)

[lmaominh]

i used to play the violin in school. But i had to quit when i moved :'( it's been YEARS. i really want to play another instrument. and i was thinking Ukulele but i know nothing. do you think i can do it? with the help of youtube?lol

[Rrrrobbo]

im starting to wonder if mine is actually meant to be played, the tuners are a joke :) hahahaa

[RanbowGummyBear1]

Hmm im gonna try this but I'm gonna get my ukulele tomarrow!!!

[SourNaik]

this is awesome man, thanks for taking your time! I'm thinking about gettting one!

[ramoosC]

@weereid

im getting mine tommorw too. Im just afraid that i wont be able to play well lol.

[jamho3113]

I can play acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and now time to tackle down ukelele! by the way what is the string order?

[theloudhalo]

Your lesson is the first one which I was able to understand and also follow. Everyone on here seems to think that we are all experts before we start. Very helpful. Thanks

[remyarabb1]

is this c tuning?

[godbolt1234]

Thaks for this vid. It really helped me :)

[janpearce1]

Have bought a ukelele today & while trying to tune have lost a string but dont know how to fix it can someone help PLease

[pirateparrotgirl]

i want a ukulele now :)

[CyanCar]

What ukulele is that?

[DiChromaticity]

Is your ukulele in tune? Your C chord doesn't sound like C. -.-'

[mmmcupatea]

useful and uplifting

[LivvyLivvyLambChops]

I'm getting a ukelele next week :)

[vendoboy]

I'd suggest you teach the beginners to use third finger, third fret, high string for a "C" chord, not second finger. Start them out with correct fingering.

[joezetank]

I love the ukulele it's so cute, after i learn guitar i'm savin all my money and buyin a bass, ukulele, banjo, acoustic and whatever else i can find.

[shezzos]

@joezetank lol i like fingering

[CyanCar]

@joezetank I'm learning guitar right now and buying a ukulele soon! :D

[Anleezy]

I just bought a chromatic tuner and my ukulele is now in tune for the first time :D

[k1lp1k0nn4]

didnt sound like that alltogether...cant get my ukulele sound right....poor tuning skills

[avenger1000]

@k1lp1k0nn4 I got that same problem. I'm tuning it with an online tuner but it never sounds like what youtube ukelele players use, even if they say their tuning is "standard"

[benandtinagilbert]

@avenger1000 i play with some of the guys in rebel souljahs and they actually tune them flat cause I have a chromatic tuner and I couldnt figure out why they always were lower

[ileyou]

@k1lp1k0nn4 me too :) i suck at music...

[kunsangsharzur]

I Like How Ukuleles Are Like Minnie Guitars And u Can Bring Them Wherever u Go Unlike a Real Guitar Poeple Be Thinkin' u Crazy!

[pedrohazard]

Thanks for the straightforward video. By the way, anyone trying to play along and in standard tuning (A440) will find it impossible. Just take the suggestions and turn off the sound; otherwise you'll think you got something wrong. If you're into blues, he's playing a rough 8-bar. If you think this way the "random" fingering will make more sense and you can do the three-chord mess about with that in your head.

[patlor0416]

you need to tune your ukelele....

[bbdraw]

thanks man i got a ukulele for christmas and its really working out

[Angisinwonderland]

Question: I've never played an instrument before but I want to learn how to play the ukulele. would it be easier to start with the guitar and then switch over ?

[InsertSimCardPH]

Question: What type of ukelele are you using and what brand?? thanks

[donkeyplowing]

cool man ...thanks

[phantomkitty1234]

im just lifting my fingers off randomly! haha that sounds funny to me

[eprinco]

Thank You! Im tying to figure out what kind of ukelele to get. i found out there is soprano, and tenor? what does that mean and which one do you recommend to get?

[Phantasus87]

@eprinco

a spongebob ukelele

[SSButtaButt]

i'm waiting on my uke. u make this look so easy...and it sounds soo coool! u can be sure this is the 1st thing i'll be trying out on my new uke...I CAN'T WAIT!!

[Ichiemichie]

my finger's arent strong enough to hold down the frets:[ what do i dooD:

[ViktoriaVanityTM]

I'm getting my ukulele sometime soon o: For christmas or my birthday. This looks really fun and pretty easy to do c: For a beginner!

[DoughnutRain]

what kinda strings do you use PLEASE tell me :S

[Pook365]

I'm at a friends house in my role as Mr fixit when it comes to PC...I noticed a Ukulele on a high shelf and plucked it down.

I'm musical in my sef but have never managed to play and instrument due to terrible coordination espeically in my left hand.

Litteraly for the first time in my life following this video I just made sounds that actualy wouldnt scare peope away.

<3

[saaaantos]

Best Lesson I've seen on youtube so far.

[fiddleandpiano]

tue your instrument, you are 1 ton too low. This is C#.......

[GaryCXJk]

@fiddleandpiano Isn't C# a tone too high though? I thought this was a C♭.

[TheChrisdallin]

thx helped alot!!!

[thechris44]

yours is out of tune

[EJayMyButtCpndoo]

What kind of ukelele is that? I'm thinking of buying one with my birthday money soon lol.

[pmejia27]

i cant tune my 3rd string dam my uke

[zmanKT]

i cant tune for shit so it sounds nothing alike. :'(

[WrongWay6909]

@zmanKT same here :(

[Dank951]

Real amazing. Thanks for the upload. I was so awestruck when i seen the teenagers in Hawaii playing the ukelele. Their skills were so good i had to pay one teen to play us another song. Then when i got back from vacation, i bought one, without any skills haha. But hopefully i learn a thing off of this. :)

[iThINkBaCk550]

dang i suck at this

[amcherish1]

@iThINkBaCk550 me too.... >.<

[SuperManBRONTE]

its hard to get into G, when your just beginning :/

[MichielVenmans]

I cant make a quick swith to G

[gavin8ter]

thats a tenor right? i think a bass is more tuned like the bottom strings of a guitar.

thats got to either be e concert or a tenor

[TheBelgianTerror]

super job man keep on rockin'

really nice lesson

[42LightYears]

Thanks dude this is really helpful! :D

[joelrulz69]

wow ..just wow..just that c cord made my thoughts of ukuleles go from not much to omg i want one now... just sounds so chilll..love it

[xexodusx]

my strings are nylon and they go out of tune easily

[TheBelgianTerror]

@xexodusx mine to it abitch nylon strings practicing all day long and still don't know it :P

[ilmatteo95]

@xexodusx also mine

[jadeashley2011]

f cord- is it 4th string 2nd fret & 3rd string 1st fret

or what i'm confused you showed 2nd strings 1st fret not 3rd but you said 3rd?...

catch my drift?...

[flavia0691]

@Quothtraven

Mine is nylon strings and i don't know also if the tuning is right. LOL

[XXEMPT]

Looks like a fun instrument!

[WhiteNiggas666]

your ukes out f tune and you suck at playing it

[ryandaily]

lol

[rexbonitas]

I'm a bit confused here - when you are demonstrating the G chord ( at about 1m 50s ) the caption says '2nd string 3rd fret and 1st string 2nd fret' but that does not seem to be what your fingers are showing...well done for opposing vivisection by the way...

[isyouafish]

Oh. So ukulele chords are guitar chords with a capo on the 5th fret. So simple now.

[rasterfucker]

music box in oxford sells really nice ones

[j2227t]

I want to buy a ukulele...Any suggestions on a reliable place i can buy them online???

[sk8pirate44]

i just got one online frome guitar center its a lanikai and im very happy with it you should check it out

[Quothtraven]

That's the one I just got as a gift! I like it, but it's nylon strings and in the video it's steel, so it sounds really different. Also, I'm not sure I'm tuning it right.

[guitarherodeviln]

@j2227t i got my uke for £25 in the local music shop try asking at your local music shop for a good price

[TheSexytim]

ukeleleworld(dot)com

[dt2577]

Musicguymic on ebay. Probably the most popular ans trusted place to get a uke online. Good luck!

[0goku]

hi nice playing but one question is a

Lanikai LU21C Ukulele better than a mahalo les paul ukulele

[WowzaBoyz]

i really like ukulele's, they're so chill.

[TheAlcedo]

good excersice! But what is your tuning! I can't play with the video with gcea!

[kenthedog13]

loved it wonderful!

[chokicou]

Hey what is the difference between a Soprano Ukulele and a tenor ukulele etc... What is the best? What is yours?

[Matthew122793]

there are 4 different kinds of ukuleles. Baritone, Tenor, Concert, and Saprano. which basicly they are just sizes. i recamending looking it up for more details but Saprano is the smallest, like 14INs then Concert is has a biger base and longer neck. Tenor, just bigger in base and the neck. then Baritone is the most different and unpopular ukulele. it is the biggest and its tuned completely different from the others. its like the bottom 4 string ofs a guitar.

[Littlejackie128]

oh hey.

it's a KALA ukelele, right?

i know a store that sells that brand.

i'm a begginer so what kind should i get?

Soprano, Concert, Tenor

and what's the difference between them?

[LordKonpaku]

2:05 to skip to music

[Littlejackie128]

where can you purchase a ukulele?

or

where did you get your's?

[NewMexicoDawG]

U can get Ukes Online or at your local music shop they should have some:)

[Littlejackie128]

i would want to know some examples of sites, ones that are good quality and have good prices.

i wouldn't want to get "souvenir" types in stores.

Most stores around sell guitars and classical music instruments.

[ovavoo]

Argos....the laminated books of dreams........try ebay i got mine from there

[sixstringobsession]

Thanks for the video. I play guitar and have seen some guitarists tune their uke like the high 4 strings of the guitar. Is it better to tune like this or tune to standard uke tuning? Thanks Jeff

[asalistics]

im jealous, i want to learn this so bad, im getting my uke tommoro

[bebecakes18]

show off. haha

[DeJANGOh]

your voice is soothign

like morgan freemans hahaha

[Drewsaphine]

woah ive jus realised something.

the strings are jus bottom 4 guitar strings

(D,G, B, E) with a capo on the 4th fret

but hes using D tuning, so 5th fret would be C tuning? i think or maybe 6th or 3rd or 2nd, i cba to work it out

evryone else uses C tuning

[ejjzwiggle]

my ukulele isn't tuned like yours , what do i do !

[Drewsaphine]

his is D tuning yours is most likely to be C tuning, dont worry your one is the more common, if u put a capo on the first fret and played then it would sound the same as this guy, its just because ur strings are all a step lower (i think) or maybe its higher, i get confused coz u sorta go left and right on the fret instead of up and down so if the capo sounds strange its my mistake not urs, i dntsound so itelligent anymore do i? lol hope i helped

[Rol1949]

Hey Thanks a stack! Got my tennor yesterday & have played a cord today. It's soooo gooooood.................

[johnduffboy]

Quick question, where do you hold the fret? on the bar, or inbetween the bars?

Nice video :D

[MattHaaaaa]

its sort of just befor the fret so the edge of your finger touches it

or as close as you can get it with out putting your finger on top of the fret.

i have done some beginner lessons check em out

[reaperldw]

in between the bars  lol

[nigelkingsley]

hi !

pls let me know if i can play the ukulele just like the guitar as i know all the guitar chords and kinda get messed up with the ukulele ones........ i also know that i may have to retune the stings ..........

thanks for your prompt reply.

nigel elvis kingsley

switzerland

[whittakerchambers]

It's a baritone ukulele.

(You might want to put that in the title. People are confused.)

[lmfaohardcore]

thankssssss :)))))))))

im playin uke for 3 days and

its kinda hard for me to learn the g and the g7 , they confuse me,=/

[Drewsaphine]

G is jus like a triangle on the bottom 3 strings middle finger on the bottom string 2nd fret

first finger on the 2nd string (so u jus hop over one) on the 2nd fret also

amd your 4th finger on the string betwenn your other two on fret higher (closer to the body of the guitar) should make a triangle shape

G7 first finger 3rd string first fret.

two remaining fingers one fret up either side, triangle shape but reversed trinagle like pointing ther other way if u get me? hope i helped

[lmfaohardcore]

yes i got it,  thanks :)

[RRaquello]

Are there any ukelele lessons for lefties?

[mattimeo615]

Tuning?

[australian12345678]

hello, im 12 and my 10 year old neice is a ledgend at the ukulele!!! she is better than all yous!

[hallgrimur1471]

it's not about being better than the others, it's about enjoying life ^^

nice to hear tho ^^

[magic4you2c]

ok ive nevr held a uke before or guitar or banjo i am a newbie were do i go online to learn basic basics

[MidStaRs19]

my ukulele doesnt sound good

what do i do?

[tehtitonaterT800]

maybe tune it?

[ajikimchee]

thank you!!!

[mindreeder93]

not gcea tuning

[thathakins]

thank you =)

[ReNaLyNLuCeRo]

Thanks for teaching!

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A SUCH THING AS A C CHORD AND OTHERS

[joth2]

Nice lessons, but I hope you'll tune the ukulele one notch up, kind of inconvenient to tune forth and back between your lessons and other songs etc.. :/

[ninjaricky181]

what kind of ukulele is that?

[63falcondude]

ha ha "that sounds kinda cool, just like that"

[MishMa2]

thank you very much!!

[superdukky]

im getting on for $32, never got one before, dont really care about the quality of it, just good to learn theory, and songs, then i'll upgrade.

[starxmin]

cool. i just bought my uke today. =D

mine is a beginner's uke. cost me $50.

[keonejq]

nice uke how much was it?

[captainkhung]

thanks for your videos they helped alot

[camadi69]

your tuning is incorrect. 1 tone down

[puntiagudos]

yeah youre right, at first I thought my uke was off but its his

[bingcro]

i agree his tuning is well out whats your tuning pse

[cjaygrove]

Ukuleles are so chilled, i wanna get one

i play guitar is ukulele easier?

[INSPOD]

those last two were confusing

[kennynowicki]

Thanks alot! I want a uke so bad. I am thinkink of taking two strings off my guitar so I can practice my chord shapes when I get one.

[atbooth7]

you make it look so easy!

[anarchist0625]

it is easy maan those are basic cords and all hes doin is alternatin em...strum min and alturnating cords simple...well for mne since i already play guitar and bass...just practice it maan its realy simple once ya get the hang o it

[VanHalen010]

ya the tuning sounds off.

[ANonScilon]

It's probably the audio doing that. I imagine he was tuned and the mic was just bad.

[bingcro]

yes it sounds it to me i keep asking how he is tuned certainly not in with my gcea

[bingcro]

how are u tuned im in gcea cant get in with you

[bingcro]

still have told me how u r tuned it seems out with my cgea

[oebroedoesi]

I've got the exactly same ukulele!

Lanikai tenor ;)

[Vaffeljern2]

:( After watching that while my guitar gently weeps with that japanese guy I just want to quit guitar.

[Vaffeljern2]

Haha, im thinking of getting a ukulele just for fun and the vacation. Do you recomend any certain type of ukulele?

[NeatoNeil]

Thanks! Very Helpful!

[eldadmi]

you R the best ! thanx!

[gadzooks63]

happy to find you . . you can be of help . .bought uke at garage. sale . .its tuned from a uke site . . no music background here . .i need basic 101 and sub basic 100 . .i got a uke because of a man....first name izzy. . . it was his some where over the rainbow . .it got me !

[brolindevine]

i bought this book from the olden days and it's tuned differently. Now I'm afraid to learn this way because i already have a bunch memorized

[bassmart08]

Great Lesson. I am really learning!

[Senerio23rd]

I ripped this up on my plastic stringed uku, ha ha. Thanks man, it was fun!

[DoughProductions]

you rock.

[superalexo]

Was that bigger than a sop uke or was it just the angle?

[hilogirl4me]

Great teacher. Thank You.

[IktpqRIP4life]

the tuning for this is c so try to mention that.

[iamanengine]

it'd be helpful if you mentioned the tuning.