How to play Five Years Time by Noah and the Whale on Ukulele

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This is a video by a beginner and for a beginner. It goes over the tuning, chords, chorder, and strumming for the song Five Years Time by Noah and the Whale.

Original song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRX5kH6IrkY
Chords and lyrics from ukulelehunt.com:
http://ukulelehunt.com/2008/01/10/best-of-2007-noah-and-the-whale-five-years-...

The song itself has only three chords: C, F, and G. The video goes over two possible options for which G to play. The chorder just repeats: C, F, G, F.

The strumming pattern is
1) down
2) up
3) hit
4) up
(switch chords and repeat)

Video breakdown:
0:00 - Intro
0:08 - Tuning (GCEA)
0:14 - Chords (C, F, and G)
1:42 - Chorder
2:05 - Strumming pattern (down - up - hit - up, switch and repeat)
2:53 - Tricky part in strumming (hiccup on the C only)
3:33 - Demonstration (starts slow, speeds up)

For more detail or discussion on this:
http://ukulala.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-play-five-years-time-by-noah-and.html

and as always, enjoy playing!

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[MDAFQI]

is yours a soprano or a concert uke?...real urgent thanks...

like your vids btw...totally awesome

[ukulaladotcom]

@MDAFQI thanks!

it is a concert uke, a Hamano C-100

[OneManBakerey]

the tutorial is good, but please stop singin XD

[TheInterestingMan]

that G is hard to switch to afer the F

[AbbyKBee]

@ukulaladotcom how long did it take you to get the pattern down? also do you have any tips for singing while playing?

[HannaLou8]

This is a great tutorial thanks, very clear and easy to follow.

[murphystcloud22]

This was immensely helpful!! Many thanks.

[ukevonjager]

tidy

[laidesman115]

love this song,and good video how to play it on the ukulele.im half way there

[MyMcbs]

Love the shirt. We see ya.

[ST4NDARDH3R0]

sweet man, what do you think about the makala dolphin for a beginner?

[sall5533]

hey i cant get the mute / hit thing can u give tips or something

[maxaug88]

hey can you do baby by justin bieber Tutorial

[lamrock0]

"So the 'chord order' or 'chorder' is..." hahahaha