TITANIC - Camp Song for Ukulele - UKULELE LESSON / TUTORIAL by "UKULELE MIKE"

[nechoeast]

I seriously am in love with you i think my babies will all have your mustache when they get older, amen to great style pimpdaddy

[nechoeast]

man i love your stuff, and especially you, amen to your facial hair

[navanodsenwod]

it sounds alot like a religious extremist song... in my opinion

[tunesforspoons]

happy struming



[tunesforspoons]

asome song

[emmadilemmasings]

My mother used to sing this :)

[mrwilltheboss1]

hahaha you are awsome !!!! love it

[MrChrisastin]

Nothing is sad when played on a ukelele. It's a happy instrument.

[TheRiskypratama]

i like it

[vallincl]

I love this video. 

[eric22983]

the seagulls did a great job :)

[Estm451]

Hey no matter how I try, I can't figure the rhythm of the strumming pattern if it is not explained in the video :x I try to down down up down down up but it never sounds ok and it's just not the right rhythm. Is there some kind of technique to do that, or am I just a terrible player ? if so, would it be possible to explain it, even in written form would be fine I think ^^

[sarrosher88]

is it tenor ? your ukulele?

[BallOfNerves]

<3 LOL

[Aushrie197]

creeeepyD;

MIXED EMOTIONS!

iwanna sing along, but when i do

i get depressed;(

[LittoEma]

this is brilliant!!!



[guitarislove13]

lol!

[AllyxJo]

He's so cute... i wish he were MY grandpa!

[Luci89chan]

I love the "ukulele hero" t-shirt!

[MrTizinator]

you're a awesome guy go to x-factor or something like this. you'll win i promise

[HARMONYbazaarGIRL11]

lol and at the same time i was singing harmony

[HARMONYbazaarGIRL11]

lol.... we did this in music class one time except the verses were different

[mrket0n]

it must have been really sad. :D

[toomuchornotenough]

If it was sad when the great ship went down why is this such a happy sounding song???

[Rapzilla08]

*It was sad when the towers came down* ...i know it isnt ethic but it would be the same like this song for example

[ceecs43]

Great help with chords and strumming but such a sad song 

[icutlikebuffalo]

i love it <333

[goosecouple]

Good stuff!!

[iheartpie6]

O_O this is a camp song?! Sooooo depressing. T-T

[reesessoldier1026]

my b day is on the sinking of the titanic and the assassination of lincoln

[AlienMobster06]

Wow, can't wait for the Hindenburg or maybe a modern day disaster.

[Pirug8]

great man : }

[tsukiomilover]

This song has a happy tune with depressing lyrics . . . . AWSOME!!!! *tries to learn it* XP

[OutPeaced]

i love you grandpa

[AntiGoddamnMan]

i like this song

[AntiGoddamnMan]

great!

[pelopoert]

It was saaad it was saad it was saad it was saaaad ,,,,

[JonathanBruner182]

Haha, a song about the Titantic on the Ukulele. That's awesome, hahah

[Hoffmann4130]

Hi mike

i just uploadet a new video. a video response for this actually.

Hope that you will find it nice.

Thx for 2010 BEST TEACHER

dearest

Morten Hoffmann

[Knoll7]

i just cant get the strumming right for this

[squeezyheart10]

you are soo good i play the uklele to and it sounded real good

[jeffnstasia]

We sang this at Camp Minikani about (cough cough cough) years ago... I remember boisterous versions in the dining hall. A GREAT favorite of all campers. At the (sea) part, we sang "Fishies and turtles and the ladies lost their girdles..." Thanks for a great memory. :)

[runforurlife100]

kind of morbid lyrics, but a pretty catchy tune. good job though

[jennapher611]

i love your videos and they help a lot buuuut i really stink at strumming. i play the sax and the upright bass and sometimes percussion so i thought i'd be able to keep the beat but it seems as if my brain just can't compute strumming :(

[JokoLondo]

Discovery Park?

[kavadale]

yes !! we sang this funny song in camp for years!! who knew it'd be a boffo movie in 40 yrs.

[quixotic606]

excellent!!!

[SmileysRevenge100]

Wow. I don't know if I should be happy or depressed. Nice videos as always!

[nabgilby]

thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!! I LOVE this song, I used to sing it as a girl scout around the campfire (sounds like the same way as Faerunner).

And just to top off the fun at the very end we would say "Kerplunk it SUNK".

I can't tell you how much I've learned from your videos. You've inspired me to get over a big hump and really learn to play the guitar (I borrow your strumming/chords).

[rockbudd0250]

wow , how do you know all these great ukelele songs ? They're awesome

[artsygala]

Now, I like Lightfoot's "Edmund Fitzgerald" very much. The lyrics are great, It had the right tempo and was respectful of the subject.

I would very much like you to do a lesson on that song!

[MusicTeacher2010]

@artsygala I guess I didn't know this song would engender so much controversy. . . Good thing I didn't do Gordon LIghtfoot's "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

[ChockFullOfDouchebag]

@MusicTeacher2010 PLEASE DO THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD!!! thats such a great song

[NutcrackerKuge]

Great song,　Mike!　Truly the song of a sad story. but the lesson learned is an uptempo one! Be thankful for each and everyday, cuz you never know which'll be your last!

If I die surfing in Typhoon surf, I hope someone writes a nice tune about how I paddled into the biggest ride of my life, and went out with a bang!

[cz2509]

Never heard this song before - good lesson and a great song choice.

[Faerunner]

I love this song! We used to sing it in two parts (It was sad... (so sad!), oh it was sad.. (so sad!).... it was sad when the great ship went down to the bottom of the seeeeeeeeaa (husbands and wives, little children lost their lives)... However, through years of girl scout camp and some censoring we lost a verse.

And yes, the song -is- about a terrible disaster, and at camp we made jokes about the fact that many of our songs dealt with death. It doesn't make them any less fun to sing or play.

[smokenque]

I think it's a great song. I think those who wrote negatively would be glad they didn't grow up learning the folk songs that were so popular. and still remain popular, back in the 50's.. and even before. Many were songs by slaves.. not good either.. but there was a story to tell.. and many had a good beat.. or they would never have remained popular "camp" songs. They would have been spoken poetry.

Thanks Mike, I love your tut's.

Bill

[artsygala]

Hi, Mike,

I have watched many of your lessons and think you have a fabulous channel which I recommend to anyone I meet who is interested in learning the uke. I learned to play "Crazy G" from watching your lessons. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher.

Yes, musical taste is subjective. I hope in the future no-one writes a bouncy camp song about the World Trade Center attack. I'll pass on that one, too, even if it is easy to play.

[MusicTeacher2010]

@artsygala That's perfectly ok. . . Taste is very subjective. . . I do have about 300 other uke lessons though . . . so take time to check them out.

"Happy Strumming" - UKULELE MIKE

[ChockFullOfDouchebag]

@artsygala I'm sorry you think that a song has to be in minor chords to be about something sad. Maybe the point was to teach this song, not another more well known one.

[UkesterBrown]

Never heard this one before Mike- Thanks for teaching it to us! Looks like you have a beautiful day at a beautiful location.

[stringjamgirl]

That was cool! I had never heard it before.

[wtflawlnoob]

made me happy:) funny.... im gonna learn this:D

[onelastbreath7777777]

great job mate...well done :)

[jwrightvw]

ok you made a video for this song and hallelujah the same day i was thinking about them u must be a mind reader fantastic mike thanx again