Matthew J Richards - Demonstration of the G F Split Stroke

Hope this video will help you to learn the George FOrmby Style of playing. Hope it doesnt' go on for too long!
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[catweasle1000]

I have always been a fan of george formbys style ,i am new to the pc so i was surprised when i came by your site on youtube..i think you are great at his style,,,,my question is can a uke be strung for a left hander,,if it can i will start learning..and where would i go to get one converted ?.

[Matthew Richards Ukulele]

Hey there! Left Handed people put the strings on in reverse order. For example on a right handed uke The strings are tuned 'G C E A', but for left handed you would tune the

Uke to 'A E C G'. I would recommend getting in touch with Peter Nixon, who is a great Uke player (who is also left handed) Do a search for him on youtube, i'm sure he wil help you further.

Regards Matt

[Happiness8000]

Can anyone help out. A few years ago there was a young boy who sang a George Formby song on TV and he won the competition. Does anyone know his name?

[Matthew Richards Ukulele]

there was Christopher Napier who won the competition on Stars in their eyes? hope this helps

[Patrick Mahoney]

Hi Matt: ffaaaann strooookke, ffaaan strooke, fann strook,Were all fans of yours and hopeing for a demo on the fan stroke. Thanks for all you do we love you... : 0 )

Patrick

[Matthew Richards Ukulele]

Hey Guys. Sorry I haven't uploaded video's for sometime, i'm at college at the momement, will be finnishing in a few months, so i'll be uploading some more vids :)

Matt

[Ian Mcintosh]

Hi Matt, very good instruction but there is something I just can't grasp. Is it continuous down up down down up down down up down or is there a point where the strum changes? Cheers, Ian

[Colby McGuinn]

I was brought here by John Bianchi. You were very helpful. :) Thank you

[carl cooper]

Very helpful Mathew, Thanks Carl

[Garry Wilson]

Mathew thanks for that you have made the split stroke a lot easier for the likes of me. Once again thanks.

[songandancedaisy]

Great tutorial vid, thank you so much, Matt! :D

[mejeep100]

Hi Matt great video. I have a question, after the last down stroke in the cycle do you start the cycle again with 2 down strokes without an upstroke. Hope this makes sense Many thanks Graham

[karenrr110]

Wonderful tutorial, thank you!

[David Cox]

Hi Matt, Thanks for brilliant tuition videos, Im an old retired guy, who recently bought a wooden ukulele, having played a bit on guitar for years, but this right hand strumming is very difficult. and thanks to you and a few others on u tube im getting there. I have realised that to really play the George Formby style strums, i really needed a banjo ukulele, so I just got a Down South, vintage metal backed one, so hoping to improve thanks again, Dave.

[aesthetify]

Having listened to the original whole solo for Madame Moskovitch, are there some more chords/sections other than the C/Am and G7 sections you have demonstrated?. Could you post if so....

many thanks

[A Lamont]

You make it look so easy. Its soooo difficult