Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Ukulele cover

My wife bought me this toy ukulele (Lanikai LU-21p). So I should at least learn one song on it. :)
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version of Somewhere over the Rainbow.

Many people don't like me calling it a toy. Just to clarify, I referred it as a toy because it's only 50 bucks. Typically you can't expect any musical instruments below $100 to sound good. But this one is actually not bad at all.

I used the following tutorial to learn the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35xvWUXfQTw
This thing is way too small, don't know how to hold it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• SOMEWHERE
• OVER
• THE
• RAINBOW
• Israel
• Kamakawiwo'ole
• ukulele
• cover

[50nollieman]

what are the chords? thanks great cover :)

[imcure]

@50nollieman See the video description. there's a link to a lesson video and you can find chords there.

[Awesomifications]

what tuning is this?

[imcure]

@Awesomifications

standard tuning: GCEA

[ifightforfun27]

what is the strumming pattern here??

[imcure]

@ifightforfun27

D du xudu and repeat

D means down, U means up. x means rest. upper case means quarter notes, lower case means eighth notes.

[BLOODELFSRULE]

1 its not a toy uke 2 the strings need at least a week to stretch out before it'll stay in tune 3 never use a pick on a uke it ruins the sound

[snkhuong]

its not a toy it's just like guitar,piano and other instrument

[Full2Blood2Islnd]

ONLY 12 FRETS !@#$

[lionelff12]

I have a Fender Stratocaster (1500€) , an acoustic guitar cort ( 350€) and a ukulele (80€).

So stop saying ukulele is a toy it's not at all.

[lionelff12]

thank you

[TheClaudioNanni]

very nice, thanks for sharing.

[ateledger]

=D

<3

[Beazice]

@imcure I have a 50 dollar one Q_Q

[CokeMachineGlo]

The Pineapple might be a cheaper Lanikai Uke, but they make quality instruments. I enjoy the tone you're getting very much. It's a toy in price only. I've heard worse sounding Ukes for 150

[MistrChristmas]

You should get your hands on a man made uke, the sound is much denser!