James Hill - One Note Samba

[guameezincali]

@Outerwebs He uses low A tuning

[konmasa5376]

Genius, Incredible technique but remaining a play to be improved better with respect to its ending, I always think this whenever listening to his music. Nevertheless, I respect him and doubtlessly, he is one of the greatest ukulele artists in the world.

[24littlehourss]

Wow!!! Amazing!

[XXSamuguelXX]

ai brazilzão somostodosum

[memoglz]

he is amazing.....

[TheKlondikegirl]

Salpedi@ I am a fan to you should get a uke he make a how to play a uke book and look for a DVD called the mighty uke

[SalPedi]

Where did he come from?.....never ever heard of him, but NOW, I'm a fan for life!...so, his name is James Hill!.....in the future, I'll keep my eyes and EARS on alert for anything he puts here on youtube. One hell of a talent, do doubt about that!..And, where the heck does he get those arrangements?.. I'd guess, he puts it all together himself!.. I had wondered if his uke was amplified or not...

[DrRAV4]

Give him four strings. And he comes up with a six-man band.

[damonseedmaui]

That was pretty sick!!

[OmegaMikePL]

And when I just got bored with Ukes, here You come, James!

[tribuncz]

Amazing! Especially the " all imaginary friends playing together" part

[mimosobass]

Congratulations from Brasil!

[MissPukz]

uau

[LKadalipp]

What tuning is that?

[fencerboy1234]

@LKadalipp gCEA



[LKadalipp]

@fencerboy1234 You mean low g ?

[Outerwebs]

@LKadalipp Yes, James uses low G tuning

[joegy525]

Turns into Sims music haha



[rolebin]

he looks like Rafinha Bastos w/ long hair

[mihighrox]

I've never heard the ukulele before but this has inspired me.

[sulphites01]

B.

[CaioLugon]

Has anyone ever realized how much he looks like John Petrucci?

[viniciuswonderboy]

Is that a Tenor uke right? which tuning? low G?

[TehCoGGii]

@viniciuswonderboy Yes he plays it with a low G.

[TheK0niasz]

How about just putting his vids together on a CD and sell it? This guy deserves being paid for such great job (not considering fact that he'd get 1-2% of true CD's price ^^)

[seanfish56]

AMAZING!

[janalbertg]

if you know how to play the guitar you'll be more amazed rather than not knowing how to play the guitar..

[holghonsel]

best version of "one note samba" i ever heard

[PurpleCashew]

@museumofmakingmusic

Thanks, they just had that slidey sound that steel strings have when you run a finger up them

[PurpleCashew]

Those are steel strings, right?

[museumofmakingmusic]

@PurpleCashew James prefers Hilo strings, which are black nylon. You can find out more on his website.

[kuntilan1]

Awesome! Can't help but love it.

[Guerillafeet]

@DonyaLane It's his custom all-koa G-String. Phenomenal instruments, those.

[DonyaLane]

HEADLINE: Roy Smeck the Wizard of the Strings has been reincarnated as James Hill. Seriously, that's what happened! I actually began applauding when James finished the performance. BTW, does anyone know if James has ever played with Tommy Emmanuel? I know Jake has, but James is little more like Tommy in the way he treats the uke like a one-man-band. It could make for a VERY interesting duo! Also, can someone tell me what uke James is playing here? It's GORGEOUS!

[FabioLoKi]

Cara, você é muito bom.

Man, you're really good.

--Brazilian fond of Uke, fan of MPB and good music listener.

[puderjunge]

How on earth can you not like this, this guy is amazing! Get's two thumbs up from me!

[AraGuitar]

the way he strums with the fingers of his right hand is really reminiscent of buckethead's tapping

[brendancoughlan5]

it almost sound like two instruments. That means he's good

[selbicobra]

@ artsygala

I agree with you! He did a uke workshop in my town yesterday! I went, and after the workshop we (we meaning him and I and the others) got to perform with him on stage! We opened for the NB youth orchestra :D he signed my ukulele -3

[artsygala]

James Hill is my favourite uke master. Amazing talent. I like Jake S. in small doses, but I can listen to James all day.

[PhilUSAFRet]

Jake's amazing, but if I'm going to listen to uke music all evening, it's going to be James Hill....just sayin!

[valleymusiccenter]

what brand of uke?

[David7338]

Best uke player on YouTube

[Kajot560]

what is that great strum pattern at 2:06?

[ukestra]

@Kajot560 - that's crazy...!!!!!

[ukestra]

@Kajot560 

[ukestra]

@Kajot560 it is crazy!!!

[DannyZukoLuvr]

he came to my school today

[DannyZukoLuvr]

he came to my school today

[justgotherenow]

very impressed! I'm liking UKEs more every time I hear them...

[Kathanncorr]

Awesome sounds he can only make on a uke......James Hill is truly remarkable

[theunitedspeed]

He's got  the same name as me! :D

[eapfep]

AH-MAZING.

[NarwhalsArePimps]

G-String Ukulele Co. are essentially luthiers. 2500 isn't to much to ask for at all.

[Zepster77]

@NarwhalsArePimps Really? Sounds like a LOT

[ZeroSuitMatrix]

ukalele in hiwian means jumping flee

[calebt1000]

played at my school tomken road middle school

[wootmypants3]

he came to my school he played this and also a mario song and all that!!!! we asked for an encore after that!!!

[nikonville]

Brilliant :-)

[KoolioJosh]

This guy came to my school!

and he played the mario song

[BavneetKaurHeer]

@KoolioJosh OMG what school do u go to?? he came to my school and played the mario song tooooo!!!!!

[Birdlovertilldeath]

I saw this guy perform today :D

[antoniaworbridge]

very nice!



[777tubetubetube]

すばらしい！

[clearangel1]

This guy is truly amazing!

[womby28]

This is my new favorite song. And that was amazing.

[MrOrdiz]

this dude is soo chill, i hung out w/ him @the Cerritos ukulele Festival and opened for him at the night concert. i need to start playing again i forgot everything pretty much...

[slyme1711]

outstanding !!

[DaveyJones1111]

4:06 - That is how a uke should be played. Wonderful.

[BusterBroonie]

This guy is superb! I love it!

[evieevelyn]

i love how he's enjoying it :)

it's awesome.

[piasauevey]

@evieevelyn I thought I commented that because a.) I'm called evelyn and b.) my nickname is eevee - and I was thinking of commenting the exact same thing. Weeeeird.

[artthefarter]

@Syndiicatee yes i am from pjp2 in thunder bay ont

[artthefarter]

that guy came to our school today preety cool eh

[womby28]

@artthefarter And then you got online to check him out some more. That's pretty cool :)

[dm7b5]

James is playing a free clinic on Tuesday April 6th, 4:30 at Long and Mcquade on Bloor St in Toronto. Bring your Uke.

[natalia092]

finisimo

[Jeffre53]

WOW I have played for 45 years and still play the same few songs and only strum you are amazing

[chochoify]

nice :3

[denim98]

Excellente !!!!!

[OfGreatLakes]

I love his glissandos! Excellent sounding little bullets in the melody...

[IolaireSiren]

tasty

[Middlefingerscount]

I have ukelele class and he is gonna teach us how to do ukelele in october.

[absolutelykinda]

whereabouts?

[Middlefingerscount]

Huh?

[lilienzauber]

I like him :D

And i love the music

[amandaberesford]

That was great. I am very impressed. I used to play Ukulele and his makes me want to take it up again. Thanks!

[addicted2yoouu]

love it!

[NessusHindmost]

Wait until 4 minutes.

[Jenisonc]

A majority of Uke's I see for sale are upwards of 4000-5000. 2250 isnt bad really. Not reasonable but they sell.

[facelesspride]

are they made of gold? you could easily get one for 30$ if you wanted

[absolutelykinda]

those ones are supposed to be really bad: for the first week or so you have to re-tune them after each song.

[eschelar]

ukes go out of tune fast because they have nylon strings. They sound best with stretchy strings like aquilas.

I have found that aquilas take about 2 weeks to bed in. This is a characteristic of the strings.

James Hill and Jake both use d'Addario J71 pro Arte strings. I believe they are a bit more stable, so better suited for performance.

I don't use cheap ukes. :)

[andrewmham]

James uses Hilo strings.

[Iernon]

those are cheap ones, decent ones are about 150$

[NarwhalsArePimps]

@facelesspride Not one that isn't gonna sound like a castrato being strangled.

[mihirmaiden18]

this is awesome!

[PizzababyPizza]

He went to my elemantry school

[TikiCowboys]

Very, very nice!

[patch6]

He owns everything about that ukelele.

[RaRaLandEQ]

Man this guy really is freaky good technical player.... but still...

asking a starting price of $2250.00!!!!!!! for a signature ukulele/braghuina?? Guess fame rises, like vapor, really quickly, to your head...

[0690robinho1]

i got my uk for like 25 lmao

[shredcity12345]

yeah, i tried making one out of a gourd. still a work in progress, so I bought an oscar schmidt to pass the time.

[Ilikekittycats123]

actually,that uke that hes playing costs...about as much as a minivan

and he isnt full of himself at all, he lives near me so i know him personnally

[RaRaLandEQ]

Well I hope you or james don't feel offended. I wasn't referencing his personality (cause he looks like a regular nice enough guy) but the audacity of asking so much for a ukulele.... a ukulele ?! : P

[thetdmusic]

It because the ukulele is worth a lot of money. I play, I've met James. His signature uke is DEF. worth that much.

[RaRaLandEQ]

ok, but you are aware that I mean his signature model on his website, brand new out of the factory? Not the model he plays with, but a completely different ookoolehleh with only his name on it.

I'm not trying to bash,... I'm saying WTF?:!

[lordrampage]

this is a real musician! pure talent and awesome control

[TAcoBoXXX]

that was awsome! wonderful play man

*cheers*

[mawsea07]

...thats really enough of that

[eleeshamalakar]

WOW

:O

haha just saw this vid and I'm blown awaaaay.

[CoWolArc]

I liked how talked to the crowd... Music is always so much better when you can include a little story in the middle.

[minisight2000]

he is awsome!

[eliasDK]

Best Ukulele cover!!!!

[t01152001]

wow how does he do that...

[NEILAALIEN]

Awesome!

[mybahamas]

wowsers!!!

Waving from The Bahamas :)

[1carlosf]

One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota Só) is a great song composed by Brazilian musicians Newton Mendonça and Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim).

James Hill performed it here wonderfully.

[LinaLime]

This guy is amazing ,

And he went to my school today \o/

He is so good (Y)

[JayBeProud]

Never seen and heard this song performed like this.

And never liked it this much...

AWESOME!!!

[pearmanator]

Awesome performer, awesome performance.

[Oaoo0]

damnnn damnnn awesome! the music is in his blood

[scilines]

How creative!

[pnaigrlrizz]

omg. that sounded like a guitar with a capo on it. amazing.

[lindaguitar]

Oh my gawd, that guy is so talented!

[barriquehunter]

Awesome

[guyjinda]

Who would ever think of the uke as a percussion instrument?Well Roy Smeck was doing it in the 1930's...

[DJimB0]

@guyjinda That's what she said...

[Iernon]

i like the percusion part :) it's cool wish i could do that

[Iernon]

amazing....

wish i could do that been practicing for a few hours now...

[ygmeltdown]

Damn this fool is go0d haha with a clean breakdown though. 1st time I seen that done on the uke. Big ups!

[urbansheepdog]

Gotta be my all time favourite ukulele clip!

Magic!!

[kateindublin]

that was great :-)

loved the z chord / percussion bit where he puts everything together - very impressive!

[UkeboyPat]

that was the most amazing ukulele/bass/percussion ever.

i will teach myself how to do that

[WS64]

That was great!

[hoorano]

Awesome!!!!! Who would ever think of the ukulele as a percussion instrument?