Formby Style

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8 жыл бұрын

I recorded this little youtube tutorial on the Formby style split-stroke for use on the Ukulele Underground Forum. I kept it as unlisted video as there are so many public tutorials on KZfaq by players much better than me, but as it has had some really nice comments on the forum, I'll let it go public for a while...

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@rusmatahmed3509 4 жыл бұрын

So nicely explained. Thank you so much!

@davidwright7923 4 жыл бұрын

Well done and very brave to post a video,good to see someone not perfect like the rest of us aren’t!

@RameUkulele 4 жыл бұрын

That's really nicely explained, thanks.

@stephen9040 5 жыл бұрын

You are a great tutor. You really take time to explain it. Thanks.

@fizzwaters6263 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lesley! I have seen many videos and learned from them all, but almost given up...now I shall try again. I think you have taught me patience. Great tutorial!

@songandancedaisy 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful! Yes, patience is the key! 😀

@AnneWitton 4 жыл бұрын

Really helpful and clear. Thank you!

@capemuso 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, this is the most informative video I've seen on the split stroke. Thank you

@songandancedaisy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, I'm glad you found it useful!

@maca1947 2 жыл бұрын

I understood your video much better than a lot of the other ones trying to explain the same strums. Thanks for being couragous enough to do the video.

@glus 4 жыл бұрын

Very very helpful tutorial. Thanks you very much from Spain :)

@Mr999Bobabooie 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Really really informative and with no ego at all. I've played the bass for years and bought a ukulele a year ago which is so different. Just ordered a banjolele so this is great to learn from.

@songandancedaisy 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking time to comment, much appreciated! Glad you find this useful! I hope you really enjoy your new banjolele! if you do it'll be a friend for life!

@acterene1 3 жыл бұрын

You did a great job! Thanks!

@frankbaldwin2055 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the video, I'm a real novice and I learned a lot from it. Thanks

@davidhamer8333 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. You showed it very clearly. Thank you.

@Jazzbanjorex 7 жыл бұрын

I found that very interesting and very informative. Thank you.

@songandancedaisy 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rex! Glad you liked that! There are some really great exponents of this style out there, I wish I was one of them!

@CUTTHORPE 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic - you helped a lot :)

@133taxi 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your very informative video 👍🏻x

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your reply . Very helpful.

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Due to serious illness I don't play my banjo ukes now. But still glad to help. I recommend you subscribe to Peter Pollard's channel for lots of quality videos of Formby songs by good players... Including the very best!

@chrisabraham8793 2 жыл бұрын

Very well explained, great teacher.

@cautionTosser Жыл бұрын

once you started playing the nerves disappeared. what fun! wish I could play.

@Teeum5 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your very good explanation!!!

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful!

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

You have been very helpful

@sheilasorby9596 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed thanks

@TommyCoughlinHomespunYarns 8 жыл бұрын

This is quite helpful. I will need to practice this a bit. You might consider making this public Lesley. There is good information here. Thank you so much for sharing.

@songandancedaisy 8 жыл бұрын

+Tommy Coughlin Ah Tommy, I'm glad you liked it! Ooh I wouldn't make it public - too many brilliant players out there, I wouldn't have the nerve! I know most of them!

@charlesseverson3073 7 жыл бұрын

i think your cutting yourself short. I loved your video !!! i'm just learning and this was very helpful . thank you for posting

@songandancedaisy 7 жыл бұрын

Oh you're very kind! I'm glad you found it helpful! Thanks a lot for taking the time and trouble to comment!

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks . Sorted👍🏻

@briannichols1573 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Thanks. Nice Uke!

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

@LewisClifton 8 жыл бұрын

Such a warm tutorial Lesley! I really missed you at the last meeting. see you soon :)

@songandancedaisy 8 жыл бұрын

Oh Lewis thank you, that's so kind! Yes, see you soon - and anyone else reading this, please take yourself straight over to Lewis's channel, where you'll find Lewis playing Formby style expertly!

@davidburrows8410 7 жыл бұрын

Lewis Clifton Uke lessen

@michaelmason3637 7 жыл бұрын

Lewis Clifton yy

@gilloselton824 6 жыл бұрын

Having seen your tutorials Lewis what lovely comments. I hope to be able to do what you do some day! Inspirational.

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@RonWylie-gk5lc 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you great lesson

@songandancedaisy 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, glad you find it useful, your comment much appreciated!

@anthonyslattery8808 5 жыл бұрын

Great video thankyou

@songandancedaisy 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful!

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Hello songdancedaisy I took my banjolele in to be tuned toADF#B to sound like yours but the technician said it cannot be done because the strings are snapping , can you tell me what strings you are using can you help , love the videos.

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

I'm really surprised... You shouldn't have any trouble just tuning up one whole note! For the easiest, I would go on to the George Formby Society website, click through to the shop, and buy some of their strings! Sorted.... But you don't need a technician to retune your banjolele... Just use your tuner and tighten the strings a tad..... I don't trust shop technicians with banjoleles.....!

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks I will do that

@PeteyHoudini 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I don't know how I missed this vid! I can do the split-stroke but never knew about a two and two sets of three! Danke! I also still need to process the two bars of 4 sets of 3 and 2 sets of two. I will definitely make a GFS event in 2018 to fill in the gaps and meet some nice people!

@songandancedaisy 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Pete, thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment! Much appreciated! The timing of the split stroke is simple, in that each strum of it is half a beat - so eight strum movements in each bar, a bar being 4 beats in all Formby songs! He didn't do waltz time, haha! So two bars of music is eight beats altogether, which is 16 half beats.... I do hope you make it to Blackpool next year! The convention dates on the GFS website! :)

@PeteyHoudini 7 жыл бұрын

I missed the Paris uke fest last year due to illness, but I think 2018 should be a GFS weekend where I can meet new friends and hone up on my Formby techniques. My best friend lives near Nottingham so I will visit him too. Thanks for your explanations!

@songandancedaisy 7 жыл бұрын

You will be made most welcome and will certainly make new friends if you can make it! There's one in March, one in June, one in September and one in November! The dates for 2018 are up on the website now! Time to make plans..... :)

@PeteyHoudini 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm actually thinking now of a possible September 2017 jaunt. Not sure, yet. I would hit Blackpool then Nottingham, then Grimsby.

@songandancedaisy 7 жыл бұрын

That would be brilliant! Hope to see you there!

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Hello my banjolele is tuned in c I am a beginner I want to play George Formby songs it doesn’t sound very good in c .shall I tune to d tuning . Your playing sounds good. Also your playing is good. Can you help. Thanks.

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kath! Yes, if you tune your banjolele up to D tuning you'll find it sounds brighter... But if you're going to sing, you need to see what tuning you need to suit your voice. Keen Formby players do what George did.... Have a C uke, a D uke and possibly an Eb uke as well, to avoid changing tuning all the time! I used to have both C and D ukes.... Good luck with your playing, it's great fun!

@kathjordan2497 4 жыл бұрын

Hello again. I have a normal uke tuner do I need a special one to tune to d tuning. thanks

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

No, just make sure your tuner is switched to CHR for chromatic, not Uke or Guitar.... Then tune to A D F# B

@davidgolias8677 3 жыл бұрын

How can you have a C chord where it is when tuning G, C, A, E, when you have tuning A, D, F #, B?

@joepollardmagic Жыл бұрын

play B

@gilloselton824 6 жыл бұрын

I only have one comment to make on this video. Why hide your light under a bushel? Very slow, very easy to understand and so, in other words, Ideal for learners like myself! Lesley, Keep them Coming! Great Work! :)

@songandancedaisy 6 жыл бұрын

Gill Oselton Bless you, thank you so much, that's so kind! I'm glad you find it useful, Formby style is such fun to do, and actually, George's songs always bring a smile!

@gilloselton824 6 жыл бұрын

I am a lifelong Formby fan. An Organist (self-taught) My real passion is theatre organ. I decided 14 months ago to have a bash at UKE. I now have 5, a soprano, a concert and 3 Banjoleles. No one warned me of the Dangers of Ukulele Addiction LOL! Keep the vids coming and don't under-sell yourself, Lesley. The simplicity of this video is absolutely wonderful.

@juddeemaxwell7590 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@songandancedaisy 5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@briarroot 5 жыл бұрын

what led you to that tuning, rather than the standard ukulele tuning?

@songandancedaisy 5 жыл бұрын

Banjo ukes generally sound brighter in D tuning, and it's used as standard tuning at George Formby Society meetings, where everyone gets up and plays together! D tuning used to be the standard tuning for wooden ukes too, in days gone by. C tuning as a " standard" is a fairly modern thing!

@petcolh 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@stevebaldock4967 7 жыл бұрын

Great! I'm still a uke noobie on my soprano, but hope to achieve this on a banjo uke one day!

@songandancedaisy 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I hope you found it useful! Happy strumming!

@davidvickers9151 6 жыл бұрын

It seems to me that this lady is not making it clear that there is a double finger on when strumming the spit stroke and that down down up is not consistent all the way through there is the down between the three bars

@songandancedaisy 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry but this lady isn't quite understanding what you're saying there....

@kenr8898 4 жыл бұрын

would love to hear your lesson please speak up

@songandancedaisy 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks for watching... I think the problem may be with your equipment... If you read the other comments, you'll see that others could hear it just fine. I did this video a few years ago. I wish I could speak up, actually. Due to serious illness, I can no longer speak. So with the best will in the world, I can't improve on this. Good luck with your Formby style!