I was sitting at the computer. Your program came on without me doing anything about learning the Fretboard. I am a pianist, organist and play accordion and lastly ukulele. I am running out of time am 78 yrs of age but keep music ongoing. I have always wanted to know the names of the keys on the fretboard. After Listening for the first time ever your wonderful presentation sent the light bulb to my brain and I caught the things everything and I was on cloud nine for this info that for many years bothered me not knowing and this will stick the rest of the time God keeps me here. It all clicked and I am just ecstatic and am going to tune in on all your lessons I am a new follower. I just loved your presentation you use words that make concepts stick. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD ABOUT THE UKE I have never had formal lessons on like the other three instruments. All I have to say it is never to late.

The man's a wizard!

You have a gift of explaining complicated stuff to something interesting, fascinating, simple and logical. Thank you so much, Phil.

Many, many thanks! I agonized over memorizing the whole fingerboard several times and finally just gave up on the whole business. Now it suddenly makes sense. This is one of the most useful youtube videos ever.

In a sea of KZfaq content where a whole lot of stuff is click bait or a waste of time, every once in a while you come across a video that you watch the whole way through on the first go and it just plain makes things **click.** This video was that for me…! You are a very talented teacher with a knack for making things simple, but not oversimplifying them. Bravo! 👏 👏 👏

THANK YOU! I've been playing uke for over 20 years and not knowing the notes has always been my shame. This was extremely helpful.

Thank you Sir, I am a young student of 56. I am very much fascinated with your lesson. This is KZfaq who helped me to get a great teacher like you. Thanks a lot.

Mr Doleman, you are a genius!

Thank You ! I was getting frustrated with others complicated explanations

Also helps that the fifth fret and seventh fret are whole notes, so you can create a mnemonic for those starting with the letters. Like for eg "Cheer For A Deer" and "Don't Go Before Evening"

You have no idea how much help you’re giving me. So many lightbulbs lighting up at long, long last!

This is without doubt the most sense and easiest way to learn the fretboard imo,this is the first video ive seen breaking it down simply,it surprisingly made it so more interesting to learn this way,thanks.

All of a sudden it makes sense. Thank you so much.

Coming late to the Uke (60) this was really informative.

I'm gonna be watching this video several times because the whole video is very informative. And, you've answered many questions I've had about playing the Ukulele. I've often wondered if there was a pattern such as the one you have more or less "uncovered" and shown to us, here. TYSM for explaining all this to us. Hope you're still making videos. 👍

the best teachers are effective teachers… and you sir are effective… thank you!

You changed the way I aproach the ukulele in under 17minutes, well done

Phil there are many excellent teachers around but personally I find your teachings the best

Oh my !!! Ive been learning the uku for a couple of months and had never realised this before !! Thank you so much it was really enlightning ❤

I love the CLARITY with which you present your tutorials, along with your personality. Thank you!

Thank you sooooo much! My ears were starting to bleed from my x teaching me this! You explained it beautifully.

A masterclass ! What a great teacher Phil is.

I’m truly a novice when it comes to the Uke…i picked it up last year as part of me “ trying to deal with the pandemic” . I can play tons of notes and tunes now but honestly, I haven’t a clue about the fret board or chords. After watching this…I feel like another world has been opened up for me. Truly a master class for dummies ( talking about myself here 😬✌️) . Thank you for providing the “ key” I was missing and for making “ music theory” so digestible. Looking forward to putting theory into practice! 👏👏👏👏🇨🇦

Beautiful job! Thank you. A few mnemonics to help find your way about: The 2 notes at the 4th fret are BEfour (B and E on the fourth fret). The notes at the 5th fret are Cats Fight All Dogs(CFAD) -and- at the 7th fret are DoGBonE (DGBE). This helped me.

Wow - this is literally BEST tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thank you!!!!

I will need to watch this several times but a very useful lesson.

Learning basic piano theory makes this so much easier. But this video helped clarify stuff

Been trying to understand my uke's fretboard for a while but all the diagrams I find online are overwhelming. This video is brilliant !! So well explained and fun to follow. You've got a new subscriber here, I'm off to watch more of your videos xx Thank you :)

This is so helpful. Thank you for explaining it so clearly🙏😊

Oh my goodness! By George I got it!! Thank you😊

Best lesson on this subject, guitar or ukulele, thank you...🍺

Good video, I didn't want to be stressed and I was able to remain calm, breathing easily and keeping the heart rate down. I wondered what the noise was and I realized I was snoring.

My mind is blown 😱😱😱😱 This is exactly what i needed

Love the way you explain everything! Thanks a million.

Thank you so much! You’ve opened up a whole new world!

Omg! You are the best teacher 😭👏💚Thank youuuuuu !!👏💚

Brilliant!!! So glad you popped into my feed! Thanks!

OmG has a guitar teacher for 2 years never explained it to me all make sense penny drop mate you just changed music for me get on it

This was a brilliant lesson! I've not seen it presented this way before and I have no idea why! It's so easy! Thank you for making it so!

I just started learning ukulele and have no musical background so this helped so much - especially equating the #/b gaps with black piano keys! Thank you so much!

This is utterly amazing.🎉 Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! ❤

Wow i have been playing ukulele mostly just chords for 8 months. this opens up do many more possibilities! Thanks

Phil Doleman your my hero

Thanks Phil, very informative and just what I need at the moment

This is sooooo helpful! Thank you so much, Phil!!!

I can tell that you are an excellent and patient teacher. Unlike all the commentors here I don't follow. I will come back to this another time. I have been trying to learn the uke for the last 4 months and figured it would be good to learn picking and fretboard early on. They are difficult for me. I will be back. Thanks.

I started the ukulele 4 years ago THANKS to my wife. SO much fun! Subscribed, and thanks for the lesson!

Best explanation I’ve seen! 🙏 Thank you!

I've played guitar for over 30 years and never knew the fretboard - this tip is inspiring and gives me a better idea of navigating my way; who knows where this might lead. Thanks Phil.

I loved the video. You are the only one that mentioned fun. Thanks.

best lesson ever for this new born ukelele player.

This really stuck to me. The fretboard was so intimidating to me and you really helped me. Thank you so much!

This was the best lesson ever. You’ve used what I already knew and added so much information without making it difficult. Just WOW!

Honestly the first video I’ve watched about the fret board that actually made sense to me

Thank you ! Brilliant ! Sheila

Man, you are a ukulele GOD! Thank You for making this note spagetty make sense. I will play this over and over and try out all of that.

thanks for the ukulele lesson you made it easy. now I can play three songs... you are "great".

Wow! You are an amazing teacher. Nobody has explained or showed me how to figure out the notes on the fretboard. I am so glad that I became a member of your patreon. This is a masterclass! Kudos to you!💥💢

Thank you so much. So easy to understand.

Brilliant! Thank you. Will be watching all videos!

thank you Phill, easy when so well explain

THANK YOU!

I've been looking for this! thank you. Very helpful.

So I've been refusing to look at music theory for 2 ½ years 🤦🏼‍♀️, watched t.h.i.s. and truly had AN ENLIGHTENMENT!! The way you explain it is just mind-blowing, THANK YOU so much 🤗!!!!

I've been very lazy with learning my uke fingerboard because I'm fairly familiar with the guitar and the bass guitar fingerboards. I didn't want to mix them all up. This 16 minute lesson has given me the kick I needed. Thanks a lot, Phil.

Thank you you have enlighten me, love the way you explain things so easy. Everything make sense. Thank you so much

Thanks it really helped

I think I'm finally learning the notes on my soprano fretboard. Thank you, Phil! Took me long enough to realize that this is what I needed to do.

Teaching complex stuff is an art. This is so helpful to so many. Thank you

Thank you so much! You truly are a wonderful teacher. You make learning not intimidating

Great explanation. Thank you!

Awesome, I'm really glad I came across your channel, thanks Phil !

Love the way you explained this

Thank you very much for the very thoughtful lesson.

Thank you so much for this great lesson. I want to understand this to better play with others, I have no formal music training.

Here's another trick that helps me know the notes at the dot markers on the fretboard. Ukuleles almost always have dots at frets 5, 7, 10, and 12. As Phil explained, the notes at fret 12 are the same names as the open string notes but an octave higher, so you don't need any mnemonic to remember them. If you know the arrangement of chord names on the Circle of Fifths around C, then you can easily remember the notes at dots 5, 7, and 10. The note to the left (counter-clockwise) of C is F and to the right of C is G. The Circle is constructed so that the note to the left of a root note is "a fourth" higher, which is musical lingo for 5 frets higher in pitch. The note to the right of a root note is "a fifth" higher, which is 7 frets higher in pitch. So starting with C on the open 3rd string, the note at fret 5 dot on the 3rd string is F and at fret 7 is G. Fret 10 is 2 times 5 frets higher than the root note C, so fret 10 on the C string is two places to the left of C on the Circle, which is Bb. Applying this to all 4 strings gives you the note names at each of these 3 dot markers. This may seem cumbersome at first, but if you have a mental image of the Circle of Fifths around the C note, it comes quickly to mind. If you don't know the Circle of Fifths, which has so many other uses in music, watch a video about it, such as the one by Phil kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8iGlahyldq2nn0.html .

Thank you so much!!!! I just learnt it!!

This was super informative and easy to understand, thank you for sharing!

this video needs more views.. I'm exactly one of those individuals you was talking about i can play multiple songs and chords but don't understand my fretboard. your lesson just broke down a huge wall i had in my learning curve thank you.

another brilliant lesson Phil. Thanks.

I really enjoyed this lesson. It's exactly where I am at the moment. Been playing for a while, but now I want to start soloing. Thank you Phil

Thank you so much for your Video explaining the fretboard. It helped me a lot. As I looked at the fretboard atlas I bought I was a little bit confused. Greetings and blessings from Germany.

You made it easier for me as a senior learner.Thank you

What a great teacher! WOW!! ❤❤❤

Thank you so much sir. This is what I needed. 🙏

Thank you so much! Calculation works so much better than memorisation for me, this is fantastic. I feel like I can actually do this now.

Thank you Phil for this wonderful sharing. That helps a lot. Can’t agree more on ‘learning it in a music setting’ 👍

This is incredibly useful. Thanks so much

Got an uke over a month ago, and now I get everything thanks to you👍

how’d I miss this one for nearly 2 years? I’m going to just hand draw the stripped down version (I have some blank fingerboard sheets already) and I’ve got this saved to my Phil Doleman playlist for ease of finding it later. thanks again for your lessons. I may yet learn how to play ukulele.

It's NOT detention! I love it! Great information ☺️ Excellent Presentation!***** Thanks! I'll pass this on.👍😎

I've already watched this a few times. It along with its companion video are bookmarked for easy reference. Thank you Sir!

Phil, I’m SO GLAD to have come across your video! You did a brilliant job of untangling and simplifying what has been my nemesis - learning the ukulele keyboard. Besides it looks like a lot of fun to do so. Thanks!!!!

This was very helpful! Thank you.

As ever, Phil thank you so much. I'm beginning to see the light....

I wish you were making ukulele vids 15 years ago. You cleared up years of frustration in 15 mins?!! Even for experienced uku players, this is a WONDERFUL refresher! Can't wait to check out some more! THANK YOU! YOU ARE RAD! Love from San Francisco!

I've never seen this before. I play flute and am familiar with the piano keyboard, so this makes sense to me. Thanks!

Holy cow. I have been desperate for this information. THANK YOU

Gosh … been looking for a way around the fretboard … this is excellent, simplified, well explained … and engaging… I’ll be back often to watch this video. Much thanks, Steve Bristol U.K.

OHHHHHHHHH!!! I got it now!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!!