How To Play Sweet Child Of Mine on Uke (PART 1)

An easy way to play Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N' Roses on the uke!

See PART 2 for more details on strumming and playing the melody with the chords!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgG9IDUXm0
Remember, to play along with the actual recording of the song, you'll need to put a capo on the first fret... well I guess you don't HAVE to but it'll be worlds easier.

To help you guys out:

(The strings on a uke go GCEA.. G being the closest string to you and A being farthest)

Chords used:
C - 0003
Bb- 3211
F - 2010

Verse:
C, Bb, F, C

Chorus:
Bb, F, C, C

First solo-
C, Bb, F, C

To play the melody within the chords like I do later in the lesson, use mainly the E string, 3rd and 1st fret, and open. Just sorta squeeze the notes in with your ring finger or pinky when they feel right.

If you have any questions or comments let me know!

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[metaldesire4]

I have the exact ukulele model. Is there any reason why the Makala tenor has the C string made of metal?

[CurtainGuy]

@metaldesire4 It's actually a nylon string wound with aluminum. You'll see some sets of Tenor strings like that.. I think it's just to give the C string a little more boom to it, since it's the lowest string (pitch-wise).

[Monkeydex96]

strum pattern?

[CurtainGuy]

@Monkeydex96 Check out part 2 of the tutorial for a little more detail on the strumming.

[DJsuyat]

how many frets does your uke need to be

[CurtainGuy]

@DJsuyat Eight frets I believe

[notjackiechan]

i think someone should make a death metal band consisting of ukuleles

[CurtainGuy]

@clare2509 Wow, you have one hot dentist.

[SickSickDreamz]

I'm gonna get a ukulele for my bday and I'm trying this on an android app but it only has five frets I already memorized the first four strings tho

[OhJoyLOL]

awesome tutorial but i think you meant one fret up at 1:19 :)...i was only playing it down and it was not sounding like yours til i watched over your finger movement lol

[EbroBeatlesFan]

@CurtainGuy Kala Strings?



[TeeYoYo]

You make it look suuuuper easy hahah

[JohnnyHorton]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for doing it.

[20MadeMoiselle]

Very nice tutorial. I must say that playing this absolute amazing rock song on a ukulele is a total rape, but I do appreciate ur efforts. Hehe.

[ChandlerGianna]

@notjackiechan Thats what my band is! LOL

[golfa4lif3]

bro this is such a great vid.. Your awesome man keep it up and make more please

[ChipmunkMix67]

This helped so much ! I loved the video, but the camera man was pissing me off with the constant zooming in and out...

[XCYTEUK]

You mean a capo, not kapo? English is English not American, just remember whatever the language came from