You Are My Sunshine Tutorial | Best Beginner Ukulele Song!!

You Are My Sunshine Tutorial | Best Beginner Ukulele Song!! | Cory Teaches Music

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Learn how to play "You Are My Sunshine" on the ukulele. This song was featured in my "TEN MORE Songs You ONLY Need THREE CHORDS For!!" video and was highly requested to make a tutorial for, so I did just that! PLUS, this is probably the BEST beginner ukulele songs EVER!!
I have already made tutorials for many of the songs featured in that video and they are on my channel. Check out the video below!
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@littleriggs057 5 ай бұрын

tragically sad lyrics with such happy tone. I love the dichotomy. only love can make you feel the highest highs and lowest lows

@VivekYadav-vk2lh 3 жыл бұрын

at 43, I am trying to learn my first ever musical instrument; your video was such a morale booster. I hope I persist...thank you

@capsulamental 3 жыл бұрын

0:00 Intro 1:05 Tuning the Ukulele 1:17 Chords 2:40 Strum pattern 3:12 Practicing the strum pattern 4:33 play through 6:25 Comments about the lyrics 7:50 Bye :)

@firecrackerberry7833 3 жыл бұрын

I got a ukelele for Christmas and this is my grandson's favourite song. I've got this sussed but he laughed last time I played it, he is only 7 months. Thank you for your great teaching!!

@jaywalters4759 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, great instructions on the chords. Then your VOICE blew me away! I used to sing this song with my Physical Therapy patients. We would SING it as we practiced walking! As I looked into the song, I saw how DARK it was, so I just sang the HAPPY parts! Jimmie Davis also has a Christian version: Christ is my Sunshine, My only Sunshine, He makes me happy, Both night and day....etc. Thank you!

@Charlie-ix9nv Жыл бұрын

I love you being like “super easy” and then I fuck it up completely. I’m 30 and this is like the first time I’ve ever played an instrument at all. I will practice more! Thanks for the follow along, great way to start :)

@DebsC Жыл бұрын

Ooh I love this song so much and I can’t believe how easy it is!! I only started learning ukulele 2 days ago so I’ve been working through your super helpful beginners videos and I got as far as trying to learn Yankee Doodle, and when i saw it’s the same chords I thought I’d give this a go and wow its so easy! Thank you so much for all your brilliant tutorials

@hpblack1953 Жыл бұрын

Lots of folks teaching uke on YT but not one has your great voice. Thank you.

@tamakiamajiki5742 3 жыл бұрын

Not yet mastered the strumming pattern i think it is too much for my brain to handle but I'm working on getting it for now its just the downward strums that are working for me I got the chords pretty quickly due to your excellent teaching methods!

@nikkid3483 Жыл бұрын

You are my sunshine song. I use to sing it to my kids every night. They loved it. And still ask for it.

@S0K0N0MI 4 жыл бұрын

The sweetest song I know. Even just humming it is pretty. :P

@star_mary15 3 жыл бұрын

Plus the amazing voice ❤️

@zoomedin6018 4 жыл бұрын

Your voice is soulful and ukulele is like a feather in your cap 🙂 I Don't know why I wasn't watching you regularly but from your last video I have started & hope it will work for me.🥰

@robmcdonald9477 Жыл бұрын

Super tutorial and that beautiful voice took me by surprise. Thank you.

@marlee1161 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching people who are starting ❤

@ukekrazy1242 3 жыл бұрын

I like mashing You are my sunshine with let the sunshine in.

@meba9597 3 жыл бұрын

Through your voice, it sounds happy

@SnugglestheBunny-Snugs 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! It means a happy song to me!

@csillapozsgai8842 2 жыл бұрын

I love it! Thanks from Hungary.

@TheBetterIvan Жыл бұрын

I relate to this song HARD

@bill1021b Жыл бұрын

Your an awesome instructor

@k31sss 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I’m only a kid and I learned it in 10 min!

@jogirl837 3 жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought when I read the words along with you too! Thank you for the variations

@nancyb8884 2 жыл бұрын

Happy and hopeful,

@HannnahhLaurenn Жыл бұрын

I have a baritone ukulele, and I am absolutely begging you to teach how to play “She lit a fire” by Lord Huron. I can’t find a tutorial anywhere, and you’re my favorite teacher. Please? 💜

@stupidcorn684 Жыл бұрын

Girl you are an amazing singer

@karlloibl9367 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Corey. Super.

@dazydoodle300 4 жыл бұрын

Happy song always picture kids singing along.....

@614cat 3 жыл бұрын

Like the song. Very helpful to tackle a beginner tune.

@fairreiasabounchigipe8308 2 жыл бұрын

Also, it only took me 5 different videos to find yours. Thank your easy teaching style.

@chuckjeffery944 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson and learning materials. Thank you!

@fairreiasabounchigipe8308 2 жыл бұрын

Super sad lyrics but I will forever love this song!

@judithlpn-quilter7757 Жыл бұрын

Lovely voice😀Thank You

@aoorni158 3 жыл бұрын

It was so helpful thankyouuuu so much 💝

@marty.l Жыл бұрын

It feels happy to me. :)

@snapdragon397 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice is so beautiful/sounds good to the ear/it's groovy 😀

@loupulkkinen5258 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you Cory for teaching this. I love the song but I didn't know there's a sad part of it. I will just stick to the happy side. It's my first time to play the ukulele so I can sing You are my Sunshine with accompaniment for my 3yo granddaughter Amari on her birthday. Thank you so much for bringing sunshine into my life & Amari's.

@lisaflartista 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! You are am awesome teacher, and your voice is so as amazing.

@kenzuleisti2779 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I never realized how psycho this song really is hahahha. Thank you so much for this! Its fun learning with your channel! Kudos to you!

@richardestes5073 4 жыл бұрын

Well done! As with many “old time” songs, it is realistic. The tinge of sadness just makes it more poignant. If you were to sing it with self-indulgent “sadness,” it would be maudlin. I believe this is why this song is so famous and treasured. Shot through with the indomitable human spirit!

@CoryTeachesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@sjpwarren 9 ай бұрын

We were watching your video (which is awesome by the way) and I said the same thing. We didn't realise how depressing the song is. Thanks for a great video.

@i_fell_for_ballkicker5056 4 жыл бұрын

🥰🥰🥰 you are best teacher 🥰🥰🥰

@YAAAAAAASGIRL 3 жыл бұрын

It was kinda a happy song before when i sang it to him. But now the whole song describes what happened to us 😂😂 so it kinda hits home!!! Still love it though!!!

@mikaarho9687 3 жыл бұрын

☀️Thank you ! Maybe I learned to play too.🎶

@anweshakundu875 3 жыл бұрын

You're so good. Thank you so much. ❤️❤️

@SnugglestheBunny-Snugs 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@keithbaldock128 3 жыл бұрын

I played along with you quite easily. I only wish I had a beautiful vibrato voice like yours.

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

That is very sweet :)

@angelinaenns2610 2 жыл бұрын

Love your vids your really helping me with ukulele

@Gaiachild33 3 жыл бұрын

amazing vocie cory. thank you

@danielross867 3 жыл бұрын

Loven this I just bought one playing the guitar since covid this is a breeze compared love your coaching to thank you from penna

@frickinfine5437 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! you really help me

@khalelplays8241 3 жыл бұрын

this is sooo cool i already did it thx gurl :D

@littlel8137 2 жыл бұрын

thank you! This is great! Im just having a little trouble with the chords but i think i will get the hang of it soon!

@clarissadobal9303 3 жыл бұрын

Learning ukulele and english at the same time!!! That's a good chanel, thank you!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Hi, from Brazil 🙋🏻‍♀️

@rsluiss 3 жыл бұрын

4:33 If you know it already click it!

@123leooel1 3 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful voice you has

@michaellowrey8159 3 жыл бұрын

Too funny, I only remembered the chorus line. Also reminds me of Everybreath You Take, being played at weddings. It's not a happy song.

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that one is a wee bit creepy lol

@dennywilliamwhitfieldpumfo9397 7 ай бұрын

love it !

@ceviridunyam 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a tutorial of fingerpicking for this song?

@star_mary15 3 жыл бұрын

I really love ur tutorial.. Thank you...

@shrngrdll206 3 жыл бұрын

Es tan buena explicando que yo hablando español lo entendí muy bien y no domino bien el inglés. You are so good, the best tutorial thanks! I will sing this song to my first nephew when he is born ❤️

@clarasena8849 Жыл бұрын

I loved it😂😊😅

@barbkafilmout9449 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much!

@lv2rdhonu783 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 🥰👍🏻❤️

@michaelmichaelc1748 11 ай бұрын

As you say very sad words but the melody is very good and catchy. Lovely lesson many thanks for sharing 😊

@chloeulmer5741 3 жыл бұрын

Cory: Do you view 'You Are My Sunshine' as a happy, hopeful song? Me(shaken but what I've just sang): .... I did.....

@tinetine4566 3 жыл бұрын

can you make a tutorial of top of the world?

@dilanaltan3697 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice🎈

@poetrynook962 3 жыл бұрын

A great tutorial! Thank you. And your voice is exceptional. I expect you've been trained. As to the song, I have not paid attention to all the lyrics until I heard you sing it. I love country and country music, with some exceptions, is real life and real life is full of loss and pain mixed with a little love and fun. I like the lyrics. I think Johnny Cash did the song way back when. I've heard it played in different cords and not sure what I should play it in. One person said to not start singing until a certain point. I can't sing much anymore so I don't usually sing anyway. But I noticed when I put my words to the chords it didn't sound right. Probably my voice. Anyway, thank you. I subscribed to your channel and hope to hear a lot more from you.

@innerwonderment 4 жыл бұрын

yay! thank you thank you thank you!🤗💟 personally, i only use it as a positive song due to the chorus; it's my song to my cat 😺

@CoryTeachesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I sing to my cat all of the time!!

@fakerthanhisdadtits Жыл бұрын

I love how I discovered this song at the end of a horror movie

@pl8305 3 жыл бұрын

This may sound corny but your voice sounds like magic, like wow. Thanks for the video! :)

@AditiPatel79 3 жыл бұрын

the playthrough starts at 4:32

@dianahenningvlogs803 Жыл бұрын

Cory could you do “Somewhere over the Rainbow” on the ukulele?

@christinawiseman7829 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting this video up. I would suggest that when you get to actually playing the song to slow it down. The transitions aren't too hard but at that speed if you don't hit it it is really hard to catch back up.

@nancybacheldar7933 3 жыл бұрын

It has a cheerful up beat tune and is fun to harmonize. Except I would sing it slower.

@annakaminska6884 3 жыл бұрын

Cory you are awesome. I love your tutorials. Could you please do one on Do I wanna know by arctic monkey? An easy version 😜

@user-kt3bi6os3j 4 жыл бұрын

how did I not think of learning this song 💀

@jolambe1 9 ай бұрын

Happy and hopeful sons John

@jameskogler1504 3 жыл бұрын

When the commercial came in I said are you serious right now interrupting my lesson. Rrrgg!!!!

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Hopefully you got back into it okay!

@jameskogler1504 3 жыл бұрын

I did it's just hard to get back into something when you get constantly interrupted by commercials.

@GOLVEL 4 жыл бұрын

Love your joyful way. Considered Patreon already? :-) Huge thank you!

@CoryTeachesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! Yeah, I’m hoping to finish up stuff to launch patreon within the next week or so!

@prissypris7328 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if you could do a tutorial to the song “Higher than the clouds” by Anuhea! Aloha& Mahalo #HawaiiVibes

@jglandry 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I’m learning it and playing it to our 2 yo daughter, and she loves it. Question: do you have any Beatles simple songs or mashup? Would love learning some. Cheers!

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Check out h this is Sunday’s tutorial :)

@deenafield2158 4 жыл бұрын

All your tutorials are really amazing . Can you please do the tutorial of 'can you feel the love tonight ' ,Thank you ☺😊

@CoryTeachesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! I actually already have one for that :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obaDltNzrtetoI0.html

@kamaleshsarkar4268 14 күн бұрын

❤👏👏

@roy87345 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Is it a song to daughter?

@LittleheartsEK 3 жыл бұрын

Can u please show how switch to g chord,l am finding it difficult.

@timothyvanlalzawma1494 Жыл бұрын

I cant swicth to G chord. Can you explain how you switch

@schmauselaaleinad3262 2 жыл бұрын

HI :) Just currently starting how to play the ukulele. May I ask is this a kind of hair tail you use as accessoir for your ukulele?

@CoryTeachesMusic 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a ukulele lei I made. I just strung together some flowers and used it to decorate the head stock. :)

@speakingneapolitan5814 2 жыл бұрын

On the G it doesn't look like you are playing the entire island strum ... am I wrong ? I ask cause I'm trying to follow you ( very nice voice anyway !)

@uma-gumathekittycat323 2 жыл бұрын

Can I use another strumming pattern? I've learned a different one and I just don't like the island strum so can I or will it just make it all weird

@CoryTeachesMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Of course! Please do!

@billyis555 Жыл бұрын

Can you do creep

@CoryTeachesMusic Жыл бұрын

I actually already have a tutorial for that on my channel!

@jordanglover7077 3 жыл бұрын

Haha anyone else struggle with strumming patterns? They’re difficult for me anyways lol

@2011hib 2 жыл бұрын

So is this 3 beats or 4 to the measure. 4 is not working for me.

@AnnesreborndollsandfunW 4 жыл бұрын

Could you please do more child’s songs , like this and have a print outs? Please Concider for us non reading new ukulele players . I try to get them printed out for me from a friend... happy birthday , and also some child faith songs as well , camp fire songs , my fave was the bear song , please let me no soon if you can make up a link to email to my friend to print off for me . Thanks so much .

@CoryTeachesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I can def do more child/folk tunes. As far as lead sheets and stuff, my hope is that I’ll have my patreon up soon and all of that extra materials will be available there.

@AnnesreborndollsandfunW 4 жыл бұрын

Cory Teaches Music one thing i can’t to is Patreon , but I can follow , ibam on there too , but I hope I can get them as well . Thanks for getting back to me . I really want to learn more on my skill levels. Thanks

@mgwyneth 2 жыл бұрын

How to adjust the tunes?😅

@becrimecommitgay518 2 жыл бұрын

I’m new to ukulele and I’m playing in the talent show at the end of next week so I decided to play this song, I think I’m doing ok but my fingers really hurt 😢

@CoryTeachesMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing. That eventually gets way better!

@becrimecommitgay518 2 жыл бұрын

Hi agian I have a question I’m very nervous about performing in from of people do you have any tips or advice for stage fright?

@CoryTeachesMusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@becrimecommitgay518 Being super secure on your song! While nerves can obviously comes from anxiety, if you know your song, memorized--inside and out--you will feel better about it. There is also no shame in using a lead sheet with your performance!

@cherylllamas4740 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! im new at ukelele, but this really helped me alot. And this is the first song that i played im so lucky i found this! but where do you tune your ukelele? is it an app? if yes, please tell me what app

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. You can tune the ukulele with a electric tuner or an app or I have a video in my ukulele basics videos that will teach you and haves A tuner. For apps I use GuitarTuna. It used to be free but I think to use the ukulele tuner you have to buys something now. For electric tuners, any one will do fine, but Snark is my favorite.

@cherylllamas4740 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoryTeachesMusic what is, Snark?

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@cherylllamas4740 a brand of electric tuner!

@ilovecandles1015 3 жыл бұрын

I use an app called Yousician, it boosted my knowledge when learning how to play so much! I still use it, it’s a free app

@lilia7627 3 жыл бұрын

i find strumming with my fingers quite difficult. is it alright to use a pick instead or would that make the sound a little more harsh?

@CoryTeachesMusic 3 жыл бұрын

You can use a pick but I would try strumming with your thumb to start and eventually move to your pointer finger. It’s all about building strength over time!

@lilia7627 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoryTeachesMusic thank you!

@arianedubois604 4 жыл бұрын

I know I might be really random, but could you do a tutorial of "My future" by Billie Eilish please? I think you could do very good. Thanks in advance!

@CoryTeachesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been listening to that a bit. Trying to find a way to make an easy version of it. It uses a lot of jazzy chords. I’ll see what I can do :)

@arianedubois604 4 жыл бұрын

@@CoryTeachesMusic Thank you thank you thank youuu! I'm so happy you replied!! Take the time that you need; I'm not in a hurry. Again, thank you so so much! ❤