Soldier's Joy - a bluegrass ukulele challenge

[Fritztoons]

Great! Enjoyed it!

[MrUkuleletime]

id pay all my money to play this

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Take your time and learn it. It's cheaper.

[MrUkuleletime]

@KenMiddletonUkulele hahaha thanks =) i've been playing for a little over a year and really taken to the songs with picking bits in them....makes it harder!!!

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Really work hard and you can make really good progress in a very short time.

[bueltmann97]

what size ukulele do you use?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

This is a concert.

[pebaker2]

Great sounding ukulele. What strings do you use?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Aquilas.

[Yeractualpatience]

Nice picking. Excellent. Thanks for posting.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[funkstrong]

Wow what a great sounding Uke. Great video.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

[ukeforChrist]

GO KANILEA!!! you have excellent taste in ukulele's =] i am a sponsored player of Kanile'a =]

[bryancraine4]

isnt your ukulele a concert size?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Yes.

[chizniky]

Geez Ken, I keep finding cool tunes that you are doing or did, this one is fantastic! Your going to make a plucker out of me yet...

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks. I think I have have a better version of this tune somewhere on my channel.

[ootahee]

Lovely arrangement and playing. Thanks for this.

[bigsavagefats]

Thanks for another great bluegrass ukulele tune. You are an inspiration.

[UkuleleSjobing]

Great as always Ken, and congrats as runner-up in the "Pineapple-Uke-Contest" ;)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thank you. The winner, Bill, did write a great review.

KEN

[carlosnyan]

Nice Music,Nice Play!

[chitchatt2006]

Really nice, yet again. :) Your playing is totally enjoyable. My own first ever Uke is due to arrive this week. Maybe in a decade of learning I'll catch up with you. :D

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I'm sure you will really enjoy learning the ukulele. Practice hard and you will very quickly make progress.

KEN

[SailQwest]

Wonderful picking, Ken! I'm going to work on learning your arrangement of this lovely song.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks.

A new video that is exactly the same as my TAB will be on YT later today. This may give a better impression of what I wanted it to sound like.

KEN

[Covuke]

That´s a great inspiration. I hope I can improve my talents by the time. I like Bluegrass very much and I´m very glad to find things like this for the ukulele.

Thank you very much.

[1rurality4all]

That was Amazing.  Thank you for sharing.

[russbuss415]

fantastic picking Ken. i really enjoyed this!

[scooterrev]

Very nice Ken. You make it look effortless. Do you have a particular way you practice on a consistent basis?

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Darrell

No, I don't do proper practice. I learned the techniques (like bending or hammer-ons) and so I can use them in any song. Improvising is, in some ways, easier than playing from notated music.

But I have since written this tune down in music and tab and I am going to have to practice to get right what I have written. Will record it in about a week, after my holiday.

KEN

[fenwinds]

you are an inspiration - thank you

[UkuleleIgor]

Very good!! I´m gonna try this.. Best Wishes, Igor

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Look forward to hearing it.

KEN

[heydochey]

Great job Ken! love it!

[SaddleSoreSista1]

Hey great arrangement for this song and it sounds really good on the uke. I love the little bend

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I've tidied it up quite a bit on the tab but I have kept the bends.

KEN

[ukekoko]

Great Play.

[petiepet45]

Wonderful ken. I bought a ukulele because of you. thanks

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

I don't think you will regret it. The ukulele is a wonderfully relaxing instrument to learn.

KEN

[LStrachey]

Wonderful, but way out of my league--I'll leave it to those who know how.

[UKISOCIETY]

Bless you for this beautiful arrangement! Your playing is so clean! I'm afraid I'll be out of the country for the next week so I can't try it out. I look forward to other's versions, though.

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Thanks Alan. The playing may be clean, but quite a lot of the notes sound wrong. I'll re-record it in about a week.

KEN