Learn to Strum the Ukulele the Hawaiian way

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6 жыл бұрын

I get questions all the time about multiple finger strumming for the Ukulele. One of the things that sets the Ukulele apart from other stringed instruments is the unique strum variations. Here's a quick lesson on strumming technique to get you started!
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@shinigami_0127 5 жыл бұрын

You look like a more relaxed and chill Dwayne Johnson. (Love the tutorial)

@daemonwhitebeard6590 2 жыл бұрын

Learning to play the Ukulele is FAR easier than it was learning to play the Bass. I like the way you explain how. Easy to follow, easier to retain knowledge. Thank you for making learning fun and easy.

@TGBassTutor Жыл бұрын

Oh, I'd disagree 😉😉

@misstrawberryjam 4 жыл бұрын

Somewhat helpful? Dude... It was one of the most informative strumming videos on youtube I came across and believe me, I've been seaaaarching. Thank you!

@eclipse_eternal8178 Жыл бұрын

This video is super helpful I've been curious about different strumming for ages

@mikenco Жыл бұрын

I've only been playing since xmas. Your tutorial here makes me realise that I have a long way to go, but none of it is out of reach! Thank you!

@MicheleHewettMarkle 4 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy...I can pick really good but have such a hard time strumming. It doesn't sound like a song at all.

@davidzamora9973 4 жыл бұрын

The harmonics coming from your nails almost make it sound like you're playing a harp or something. Sounds beautiful! Great explanations of the techniques too. Thanks!

@snowmountainlion 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man I like the way you teach! It’s very easy to follow along with you. You communicate it well.

@MairyHuffinMan 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, all techniques well explained. I foolishly assumed my strumming technique for the guitar would translate over to the ukulele perfectly but always wondered why it didn’t quite sound right. Thanks!

@ms.christian7792 3 жыл бұрын

You are SUCH a good teacher! So fun, now I have to go find a ukulele! Mahalo!

@victorhsiao8020 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your talent in both playing and teaching!!!! I love your attention to detail in the strum and technique. It shows the love you have for music!!!!

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalo for the kind words Victor!

@jacobmarleyghostguitar1906 4 жыл бұрын

glad I found this again. this video was extremely influential for me on guitar too, I got it quick too, excellent teacher

@goforlaunch1958 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Easy to understand and very helpful!

@annlee5894 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you . Starting to learn different strumming pattern

@kjensen900 3 жыл бұрын

Best ukelele teacher ever!!!

@peppers776 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this vid 3 years ago. I didn’t get it. Two weeks ago, it popped up on my feed and I watched it again… and OH MY! I got it Brah! Your video has opened up my ukuleles tone! I almost sound like I know what I’m doing! Mahalo! 🤙🌴

@twinkle04evr 5 жыл бұрын

Helpful techniques, thank you!

@NeonDreams7 5 жыл бұрын

I love this. Thanks for sharing!

@kamiel79 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I am a violinist but we have a ukelele at home and I had a go at it... after all it's also 4 strings :) And I like it a lot. Any other violin/fiddle players trying the ukelele?

@craZivn 4 жыл бұрын

Ok so I'm just gonna come back to this video in about three days, after I get this two-finger strum pattern down, and watch the rest of it then.

@Robinl1278 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this!

@UNbowed62 5 жыл бұрын

Best methods,thanks so much! Nice hands! 🌈🌴🎶🎼

@ZabDevin 5 жыл бұрын

You’re really good! Thank you.

@johnmitchelljr 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you.

@fionatang2251 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Clear and easy to understand and learn

@b.b.1233 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This video is great!

@danielmp-007 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent sir. Subscribed!

@hairycanarythethird 6 жыл бұрын

Very useful, thanks!

@Kwood10 5 жыл бұрын

Great video 🤘🏼

@avec2ailes941 5 жыл бұрын

Merciiii !!! (in French ;-) Very good technical explanations! Again!!! 😃

@hungrswom 3 жыл бұрын

very helpful for me , Thanks a lot

@denyamay1 6 жыл бұрын

FA'AFETAI TELE LAVA this is fantastic bro malolava.....from Aotearoa

@raceface_m2579 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I’ve never seen other videos do the 3 finger strum. And I like how you covered the strums in an upstroke motion as an alternative too.

@crkumengai 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial..🤙

@cmoreno12345 2 жыл бұрын

Wow awesome vid.

@meera1860 4 жыл бұрын

I love this video

@patrickbfreeman 11 ай бұрын

You are Awesome Thanks so much !!

@domitillegerard7405 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much !

@acidcat3742 5 жыл бұрын

Let's make this nice and painless he says Well now i need more band aids

@jd1head591 6 жыл бұрын

awesome man , should be getting my uke tomorrow , can't wait, I have always just kind of toyed with the guitar , but have developed something that causes my hand to draw up alot. hopefully, the uke will be an easier play. Manolo!

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on getting a new ukulele!!!

@ralphnuval5108 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you it helped 🙂

@rondr3017 5 жыл бұрын

Geez, u make strumming looks easy... Thank you braddahman!!

@eliprema2049 4 жыл бұрын

You are amazing island man

@lkkhi 5 жыл бұрын

very cool !

@lesleypikaahu5482 7 ай бұрын

Thank you !!!!!

@DavidDorenfeld 5 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@petecassidy2580 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Mahalo

@jomoland 6 жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support!

@Ladymaggic1 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic..best lesson ever..

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalo Maggi!

@b.breaux8786 6 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot :)

@INUNOUVELLECALEDONIE 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this tuto xoxofrom kanaky 🌴😊

@kayzium67 2 жыл бұрын

@sarapesola7531 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very informative! I’m a newbie on the uke, having trouble with my G and G7 chords. I can’t get them without taking a lot of time placing my fingers, so there’s a lag on anything I play. Any advice? Mahalo!

@patricklastname5646 5 жыл бұрын

Chank you for thich exchellent lechon, great chtrums. I gave you a chumb up.

@coquelicotdefrance2726 4 жыл бұрын

Hey,can you make a video about your right hand nails? I used all my natural nail... It's hurting me. As long as I'm a girl I never put acrylic nails... Can you give advice about the right shape? The best material? (I heard about acrylic) You are great teacher. Thanks for that vid!

@tatumparsley 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ✌️💚🎶

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@tatumparsley 6 жыл бұрын

HawaiiMusicSchool this video has been one of the best I’ve watched. I learned a lot. I just started learning the ukulele and am loving every minute of it! Thank you for an awesome video to help with the process ✌️💚

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalo for the kind words! I appreciate the feedback! Feel free to check out our tutorial website hawaiimusicschool.com and try out our FREE 2 week trial period for more videos like this!

@danieldickler898 5 жыл бұрын

Aaron, Mahaaaaaloo!

@ukemaniak 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalo Aline! Love your videos! See you in Canada!

@ukemaniak 6 жыл бұрын

See you soon!!! =)

@exploring-ukulele 5 жыл бұрын

cool

@ML-sf9hd 11 ай бұрын

Hello! Can you do a tutorial of the Taimane fast strum famous video starting " Phantôme of Opera??? I don't find any ukulele player able to do it....

@shaunakroychowdhury3089 6 жыл бұрын

Hey. Thanks man! I just wanted to ask how do u hold the thing? Like while standing? I struggle holding it up while playing...

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Shounak Roychowdhury Aloha! I play a Tenor and I hold it with my forearm. If I need to play more fancy picking stuff, I use a strap!

@shaunakroychowdhury3089 6 жыл бұрын

HawaiiMusicSchool Aloha! Thanks so much man. I'll get a strap. Keep up the good work!

@Zara_Beth 4 жыл бұрын

Shaunak Roychowdhury you should buy a trap and attatch it to your uke

@guadalupec.tisnado1072 6 жыл бұрын

I love Hawaii songs

@ukuleleuniverse 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalo.🤙

@loreenbatterham8255 6 жыл бұрын

Shimbuker ukulele

@DiamondRojo-og4hv 4 ай бұрын

How would I substitute if my right hand ring finger and pinky tendons are cut. I use three and it sounds amazing but I can tell with all five is the way

@tomoko1975 6 жыл бұрын

thankyou アーロンありがとう

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Mahalo for your support!

@socalsalas2983 5 жыл бұрын

Pinky first is most common and "proper" for fan strum

@alditorres5776 5 жыл бұрын

Hello! in which notes is it in tune? it sounds more acute than mine

@HawaiiMusicSchool 5 жыл бұрын

Aloha Aldi! The tuning is GCEA

@smallz1025 5 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the guy, who you said has made the two fingers strum into an art?

@HawaiiMusicSchool 5 жыл бұрын

Toni Lynette Cristy his name is Kimo Hussey. He's a great player! Legendary, in fact!

@smallz1025 5 жыл бұрын

HawaiiMusicSchool He's amazing thanks for responding so quickly

@mikajoseph623 6 жыл бұрын

Your finger nail on your thing looks like it's about time fall of This was awesome though

@icejunki 6 жыл бұрын

Classic guitar style, nails are grown and shaped to act like todays picks.

@jjkhawaiian 3 жыл бұрын

@@icejunki Is the fungus extra?

@icejunki 3 жыл бұрын

@@jjkhawaiian fungus? Priceless!

@harukoharuhara8466 2 жыл бұрын

How do you strum fast? And why is my nail getting stuck?

@SayuranBeku 4 жыл бұрын

Aloha! This is a lot so I apologize in advance. I have a question about the two-finger strum or double strum. I can do the technique and I'm happy with my results so far but every video I watch says to use the index finger as the main finger for strumming. I find it more comfortable to use my middle finger instead. Do I need to break this habit or is that okay? I also strum down with my middle finger, down with my thumb, and then back up with my thumb. So it's all wrong haha but it sounds okay. Love the videos by the way.

@conditionedby 4 жыл бұрын

You can do whatever that you are comfortable with but for me i used to go down with my thumb and up with my index, it's okay but when you need to do faster strumming or certain strumming patterns that require a little more speed it's hard to do it with two fingers but if you can mange that then bravo and keep playing.

@alaskasrandomlifestyle8960 4 жыл бұрын

hI MR.AARON!!!

@jamespatton3500 6 жыл бұрын

Iv been playing guitar for a little move 10 years and I just ordered a sapele ukulele the bird and flower design do u know if it is a suitable uke to learn on as far as holding tune and sounding decent at least didn't want to spend a lot of money. And not being able to transition between the 2

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

worst Aloha! I'm not familiar with a Sapele Ukulele with a bird and flower, but I've seen two that look identical. Zebra and Irin. Looks like decent quality, but I couldn't give a fair assessment without playing one. Although both ukuleles were sopranos... I, as a guitar player myself, prefer the Tenor size... Just feels more substantial I guess. Good thing is it'll make you a better guitarist if you learn the overlap!

@hunterxiaoyan1986 6 жыл бұрын

hi man, what ukulele r u playing in the video

@HawaiiMusicSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Aloha Yan! It's a Ko'olau CS with a Redwood top and Cuban Mahogany sides and back. I love it and it goes pretty much everywhere with me!

@jaeanne629 5 жыл бұрын

Do you use your nails to strum?

@HawaiiMusicSchool 5 жыл бұрын

Jae Anne I try to use everything to strum! Lol

@greatnaturede9146 4 жыл бұрын

🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🤙🏽

@do00p 6 жыл бұрын

We're going to clamp a melodica to ukelele so MelodicaLeLe - Can we string our Ukelele with fishing line and eat raw fish we need a yacht and like a sabiki rig some yellowtail?

@sodacurt 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is random but I was playing outside and now there's a big ass ant stuck in the sound box and I don't know how to remove it-

@taigahgalore1044 4 жыл бұрын

My nails are so short....it hurts.

@HawaiiMusicSchool 4 жыл бұрын

If it's hurting on your strumming hand, try using the back of your nail to strum down, and the flesh of your finger to strum up. Make sure not to use the side of your finger, as that can be painful.