Ukulele Crash Course (Part 1- Basics, Open Chords, Strumming, Percussive Playing, Good Habits))

Table Of Contents:
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00:00 Intro
00:28 Learn the names/numbers of the strings
1:06 Make sure you're in tune
1:25 Holding your ukulele
1:51 Open Chords (C, F, G)
1:53 C
2:19 F
2:30 Playing chords correctly and clearly
3:01 G
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3:32 Basic Strumming
3:56 Strumming correctly (always moving up and down)
4:38 Switching Chords While Strumming (C and F)
5:22 Switching Chords While Strumming (C, G, F)
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5:57 Chord Variations, Experimentation, Jamming
7:00 Example
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7:24 More Open Chords (Em, A, D)
7:27 E minor
7:57 A
8:19 D
8:50 Playing a D with one finger
9:18 Keep your thumb behind the uke!
9:41 Basic strumming with new chords (Em, A, D)
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10:18 Last Open Chords (Am, Dm, Gm, F#m)
10:22 Am
10:35 Dm
11:04 Gm
11:32 F#m
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12:04 Chucking, Scratching, Percussive Playing (this is important!!)
12:20 Explanation
12:35 Chucking Example 1 (simple)
13:14 Chucking Example 2 (intermediate)
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14:10 Learn some songs, go practice!
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A crash course for ukulele- everything you need to know to get started! Since this is aimed at beginners I tried not to get *too* technical. While theory is definitely important, I think it's good for people who are just learning to jump right in and have some fun. It keeps you motivated, so you actually *want* to learn all the technical theory stuff later =)

If you want to skip around the video a bit, check out the table of contents above. If I get a lot of frequently asked questions, I'll throw a FAQ section here somewhere.

In Part 2, we'll go over ukulele barre chords!

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[Beesem]

This is the best ukulele instructional video on YouTube, I don't know why you don't have WAY more views on this.

[CurtainGuy]

@Beesem Much appreciated, thanks! Sometimes I wonder if I made it a little too long. I've been thinking about doing it in several smaller videos.

[musicportl]

@CurtainGuy Yeah, maybe that would help. Also you could try adding the individual topics into the video title, might also help with search results. Thanks for your effort!

[CurtainGuy]

@musicportl Thanks for the advice. I'll try that out.

[Verlangsamen]

Just bought a Ukulele, just because of this. :p

[eargasmishere]

this is really useful, the best uke vid on youtube

[BboyDeuce]

WOW 7:00 I'm amazed/

[robbie0507]

I love this Guy !! - He should have his own TV Show !!

[Beesem]

@CurtainGuy I think the way you did it is perfect. The way you have the table of contents set up makes it easy for us to find what we're looking for within the video. This way we only have to favourite or bookmark one video and everything we need is in one place. Thanks!

[GlamorousDiva1017]

You were tired after this video lol I like it though you are a great teacher :)

[giveupthepfunk]

u r so s3xii