How to Play the Ukulele like a Real Instrument!

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4 жыл бұрын

Going over a few really easy things you can do to start incorporating some basic music theory into the ukulele and gain some respect from your peers, yourself, and hopefully, finally, your father.
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@sponky475 4 жыл бұрын

I learned more in the first couple minutes of this video than I did from several years of playing ukulele. Thanks Sean!

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@Chord_The_Seeker 4 жыл бұрын

My son bugged me for a year to buy him a ukulele. When he finally got it he played it for a total of about 15 minutes, and it’s been collecting dust since then. I keep thinking about learning to play it. Maybe this video will motivate me to finally get around to it.

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

Show him who the boss is!

@drunkass77 4 жыл бұрын

Do it! They're fun to play. If you can play guitar chords you can play a ukulele. It's like playing the top four strings with a capo on the fifth fret. Piece of cake!

@adinhdstudios7397 2 жыл бұрын

I’m curious after more than a year how is your progress

@tieegg 2 жыл бұрын

Learn a G, C, F and Am chords and you got dozens of songs ready to learn.

@jake______ Жыл бұрын

this happened with my kid at Christmas but at least I can mostly play Imagine so that's nice

@BillDeWitt 4 жыл бұрын

If you already know guitar, Ukulele is just like a capo on the 5th fret, but then you get the re-entrant G string. Most people just ignore that, but for fingerstyle it gives you an easy access to the middle notes of an arpeggio. See: "John King Ukulele" People rag on the ukulele, but it has about the same range as a violin or mandolin and no one considers those a toy.

@5688gamble 3 жыл бұрын

I mean if you put a low G on it, it gets a little closer but even then my ukulele only went from G3 to D#6, it's a fair range, but violin can get up to A7 (maybe a bit higher) so nearly a 12th more I liked to play it like a melody instrument more and strum chords over what I'm playing so I tuned mines to CGDA (like a viola, which while not called a toy, is the butt of many a joke) and this brings it closer, although even with that extra 5th, it is still an octave less, I mean most of those high notes on violin I don't touch anyway, but if you use standard tuning you only get C4 to E6 max without harmonics, which would give it nearly 2 octaves less, although I don't think an instruments range has much to do with how serious it can be, many woodwinds can't get close to that range and they are played seriously!

@RevealerOfNow 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Feng E, makes ukulele burst into beautiful flames with his covers and originals.

@dementedorkka398 3 жыл бұрын

I love surprising people with my skill. I'm 32 born and raised in Hawaii, been playing for 20 years, moved to Washington and I shread it up for people. They love it! People beg me to teach them. The first lesson they learn is how to pronounce ukulele correctly.

@thurgogopro5338 4 жыл бұрын

If I slow this down by a factor of ten I might understand less than a quarter of what he said.

@mikeportjogger1 4 жыл бұрын

Uke started to make sense to me once I realised it's like a 4 string guitar capoed at the 5th fret. I find it great for playing Cm and Cmaj pentatonic riffs on the top three strings and swap between them. That can be extended if you swap the 4th string for a low G instead of the normal high G.

@FingersOnAFretboard 5 ай бұрын

literally had an old uke as decoration on a shelf for years, and on a snow-day whim I tuned it up, transposed some chords from guitar and wrote a song out of nowhere! The tone is inspiring and the quirks of the tuning and form factor provided a true get-out-of a creative rut moment. George Harrison knew what was up with the Ukulele

@Ijcarter1962 4 жыл бұрын

Now you're opening up that fretboard and making it much more interesting. Great video!

@anikethrajaram1366 4 жыл бұрын

ive had my ukelele for a long time now and ive been playing a guitar this is what finally made me pick up my uke agian

@StrayVet Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! Finally a very good lesson.

@gavinp.2603 4 жыл бұрын

Yooo I really enjoy your take on ukulele lessons, as I feel like they'll benefit me more in the long run than many lessons

@KevinORourke25 4 жыл бұрын

I will never accept the ukulele as a serious instrument...........Then I heard Greg Hawkes and Jake Shimabukuro play and I changed my mind. Now it's yet another instrument that I will never be any good at! Kevin O'Rourke

@dgrebin 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@chapmandw 9 күн бұрын

Have been following Sean for a while, but just saw this in my Home feed. Great video and shows why the uke is a good instrument to play or, at least, to start with (particularly the layout of intervals). So much applies to the guitar (and I'd suggest the baritone uke for people who think they may go to guitar).

@williammunger5617 4 жыл бұрын

put a capo on the 5th fret of your guitar, you have the Ukulele with 2 added lower strings :-P

@StopFear 3 жыл бұрын

A more correct way to word is it not “play it more like a real instrument” but rather play serious more complex music on it which can make it a serious instrument by default.

@thatswhatisaidCA Жыл бұрын

Hi from 2023. I want to live in Florida. (I'm in Canada; nuff said) Just found you and as a beginner, i really appreciate your angle on these uke lessons; thank you so much!!!

@seandaniel23 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I started another channel with more uke lessons: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNiibNGZv7K-hqM.html

@user-hg1ws2hv5z 11 ай бұрын

Wow.. thank you for bringing kindness & light into the world! Desire is the best teacher of all.. The Uke is a very powerful instrument.. WHY? Because it has the power to bring people together in love and light, sing and play.. and bring joy and happiness. If you truly are a uke player and understand the connection and circle of friends it brings.. it is way MORE Fun then any other instrument. Because of the Ukelele we have kanikapila's (singing and potulucks) in the park, at our homes, at the bar and grill EVERY week sometimes once or twice.. everyweek. Music is so powerful.. I LOVE and I am proud to be a ukelele player. It has brought so much joy in my life. I also play the drums, the banjo and guitar.. but the uke is my love.. because I can hug it! Aloha my friends.. be happy that is what kind of world I want to live in with YOU! peace and love!

@iFeelFancy 2 жыл бұрын

Very good music theory advice things.

@StopFear 3 жыл бұрын

Just in Florida? Pretty much here in California it has the same bad reputation. But I heard people play like people play classical guitar, which is what I play, which is why I bought a couple. One cordoba and one makala. I try to pick it the classical way or perhaps retune it like mandolin. The store didn’t have baritone or tenor available.

@The3baconboys 4 жыл бұрын

Go cubs!

@warismine1078 4 жыл бұрын

Just go and watch Feng E videos on ukelele. This little thing is really awesome !

@samrafferty0803 4 жыл бұрын

I watch all of these ukulele videos but still don't have one. At least I'll be prepared for when I do :)

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

:) soon!

@claras9650 4 жыл бұрын

I watched a video of a kid called Feng E and I was really impressed what you can do with this instrument. If anyone needs some inspiration to practice just watch Feng E!

@funnycat1333 2 жыл бұрын

I came here from watching him as well! 😂

@pooner61 4 жыл бұрын

How to Play the Ukulele like a Real Instrument......by a Real musician!

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed!

@_Nathanwood 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty cooll

@ronnoron3004 11 ай бұрын

I’m just going thru utube asking can folks do a video on how to take any sheet music notes in treble clef and be able to play it,notes,chords,melody ….it all on a high g tenor Uke? I can’t wait till people respond.great video though.

@shubhankarvishwas3492 4 жыл бұрын

Hii sir, your techniqes are realy nice👍👍👍

@RC32Smiths01 4 жыл бұрын

I try to make it sound like a real instrument by trying to shred on it haha. Always a well done video man!

@John_Kealiinohomoku 4 жыл бұрын

check out Jake Shimabukuro

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@RC32Smiths01 4 жыл бұрын

@@seandaniel23 You are definitely welcome!

@delbomb3131 Жыл бұрын

I'll be ready for Midwest emo ukulele with lessons like this in no time

@HenPapirman Жыл бұрын

I used to play on the guitar, in fact, I have 3, not touching them. For years now.. I've always had a problem with scales, I knew them, but could never improvise. Memorize is difficult especially when one gets older, and now I got myself a Ukulele, it was easy at first, but then I found all these tuts, and music theory, and what not, Everyone says different things, "Don't memorize all," 'Do memorize all," "I have an easy way to" whatever. Never been good in theory, it's always by hearing, strumming as well, and now I'm trying to understand what it is you say, and it's like Chinese to me.

@keithgardner5818 28 күн бұрын

I played the clarinet for years, from when I was a kid, and in that world, school band and what not, we learned how to read music, and how to finger that note on the instrument. That was about it, that was the extent of the "music theory." I have for a long time composed music based on either improvising or just banging around and hearing something I like and working on it. The piano that I am sitting in front of right now has been converted into a desk (no pianos were hurt in the conversion! It is completely reversible!), was, well, a tool by which I learned that I did not understand music theory at all, or how to get my fingers to work independently, as opposed to all together, as on the clarinet. I learned some guitar as a kid also, of course, but it was never really my thing. Then the ukulele came along and it all kind of just came together. All I can suggest to you is, keep playing. Play 30 minutes, an hour, every day. Play the same damned thing you played yesterday, don't worry, your family will tune it out. :) And you'll play it better than you did yesterday! And then try something new. Maybe you'll play a few notes or a chord and think, you know what that reminds me of? And you'll try to figure out how to play that song. Do this every day! By six months from now, or a year, you'll be really happy that you did it, and you'll be able to play a few things really well, and a few other things not so well, but you will be making the world a better place, and your life a better life. Trust me on this.

@technochroma6537 3 жыл бұрын

Finally

@capntripps9 4 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, great hat

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

Cubbies!

@ElessarEstel 2 жыл бұрын

I played guitar my whole life. I always viewed the uke as a joke until I joined the Army. I couldn't take my guitar with me to AIT or into the field or overseas, but I had room for a uke so I bought one. I never loved it the way I love guitar and I never will, but it's not a bad little instrument like I used to think.

@kaleidoscopicvoid 3 жыл бұрын

thanks. this is exactly what i was looking for... i want to add some cool ukulele strumming without having that island feel to it.

@Yaturu Жыл бұрын

Im 1 year late and i forgot how to ukalele and im starting to get back to it

@Schnoodles46 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Sean. How easy is it to learn guitar FROM uke? (Maybe using a baritone as a bridge.)

@xxburningfoxxx1081 3 жыл бұрын

Ukulele is basically guitar but at 5th fret and slightly tune string number 4....the chord is different but overall it is pretty much similar

@d2dolan 3 жыл бұрын

You should do systematic lessons. I would pay for a logical presentation of this. Well done

@mriconoclast13 Жыл бұрын

Sometime watch the Dooo shred a ukulele. You'll never think of them the same way again.

@helenesanderson8902 3 жыл бұрын

I love my uke! It's not necessarily about being a great player..it's about singing Yo! It's about having fun and joy.. and doing something more productive with your mind and soul besides destroying the earth and all the shit people want to make.. Ukulele is great for the brain.. the more you put into it the more you can get out of it.. LIKE anything else in life you decide to do. So yah, I actually play 3 scales now on my uke, can jam on any song .. and hit it like a drum.. but most of all I have FUN with my friends when we sing and jam together.. That's the TRUE KEY.

@bluesusername 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's what I'm saying! So long as you're having fun right? It's not a competition about which instrument is most difficult.

@BurnWithGaming 3 жыл бұрын

this guy is hilarious

@justethan2731 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you’ll see this but I’ve played the ukulele for 3 years I think I’m getting bored and want to either move up to a tenor or a Bariton Uke or even a guitar I’m just sick of the high notes I’d like to play low songs!!

@seandaniel23 3 жыл бұрын

Go for a guitar! It's a perfect complement to uke!

@TheNightshadePrince 4 ай бұрын

No one has given the instrument more shade than the Colleen ballinger. Lol . I also live in Florida, do you do private lessons? :)

@machoprotegido5607 Жыл бұрын

The title is hilarious

@nesbittbrian059 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sean, I hear your always looking for a joke to open your post. What about this?... in the uk, Liverpool’s John Lennon airport is to start quarantining everybody hohos comes through the airport 🤔 “imagine all the people”😂😂😂😂

@seandaniel23 4 жыл бұрын

hey oh!

@deeman524 Жыл бұрын

I hate when people that don't play Uke, think they have to cover it, when you do this, you contradict yourself. Out of respect for the tradition and culture, you should say: "hey, I've been interested in the Uke lately , come journey with me". And Just for the record; I also play guitar as well, but I play the 2 instruments distinctive from each other as the 2 have their own unique beauty. you're right.

@ericbrouet Жыл бұрын

Slow down dude, I'm trying to keep up!

@davidsims1329 3 жыл бұрын

You know the ukulele is a real instrument? Started out in Portugal but it was a Accompaniment rhythm instrument with metal strings

@elderberry-hamster 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Angelo Batio just played the hell out of one in recent video. Makes me want to date a hula girl. 😜

@calcifer758 3 жыл бұрын

you kind of resemble Pewdiepie :0

@joeylabranche1014 4 жыл бұрын

Since the ukulele is not a serious instrument because it as only 4 string i guess bass guitar is not a serious instrument,violin is not a serious instrument this is ridiculous the ukulele is a serious musical instrument just like a guitar or a piano.

@perap2726 3 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful, I've been looking for "best beginner ukulele for 12 year old" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Fenaylern Nonpareil Formula - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good one off product for discovering how to play the ukulele like a pro minus the hard work. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my m8 got amazing results with it.

@johnjriggsarchery2457 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, "like a real instrument."

@agr_seven 2 жыл бұрын

*Is ukulele is not a real musical instrument ?*

@UkeDawg Жыл бұрын

Too fast. The information is too fast!

@paulmaartensphotography9950 7 ай бұрын

CDC 😂

@susanropars8200 Ай бұрын

I love that he’s teaching this differently than most and I want to use what he’s teaching. But he’s losing me. It’s too fast. And I’m not a beginner. Good info though.

@adityarajganeju 4 жыл бұрын

No it's not

@BanishmentRedpegs 4 жыл бұрын

Slow down a bit dude.

@StopFear 3 жыл бұрын

Do people agree with me? The most annoying Ukulele song of all time is “somewhere over the rainbow” as played by Izrael from Hawaii (rest in peace, good man). But that song is just …ugh.

@TheLastMoomin 4 жыл бұрын

Anything with 4 strings is not a real instrument. OMG.

@timwint 4 жыл бұрын

So like a violin?

@John_Kealiinohomoku 4 жыл бұрын

@markbothum4338 4 жыл бұрын

37 million bass players are right now tracing your IP Address.

@cedricalmojuela4659 4 жыл бұрын

So you simply tell that ukulele isn't REAL instrument if it wasn't played the way you say so?

@mikekachowski2797 4 жыл бұрын

he’s kinda just joking about all of those 14 year old girls that play riptide, somewhere over the rainbow, i’m yours and that stuff. What here’s doing here is showing there’s a lot more to the ukulele than playing simple songs with the same 4 chords