In retrospect, what I’m doing here is basically Carter picking or the Carter scratch. I just didn’t know the name of it at the time of making the video

urs was so good

Thanks! I still need to make a tutorial for that one. It’s mostly a lot of really fast triplet strumming patterns. The actual chords and melody notes aren’t that difficult at all.

@@UkeWithSmitty thank you

Tanks for your comment; I'm glad you enjoyed it! The Ukulele Way has some really beautiful arrangements in it.

Yep, they make great travel ukes! Since making this video I got a carbon fiber Enya Nova U and it stayed in my car through some extreme temperature and humidity shifts with no issue at all

Thanks, bruh!

I’ve always heard people ominously warn that, but I’ve never had any strings wear down from using a pick. Granted, I’m not using a pick on my strings that often (I probably only do it 10% of the time or so, mostly just to play a fast melody line) but I have never noticed even a tiny bit of the string wearing down from a pick! 👍

Thanks! Maybe one day I’ll get a Kamaka too! This one’s a Koaloha 🤙

Thanks! So glad to hear it

Thanks, David! It is a great tune. I give credit to James Hill for making such a great arrangement of the song on the uke

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, the book this is from (Ukulele duets for one by James Hill) has some of the most challenging arrangements I’ve ever played. But, man, do they sound great and help you improve your playing.

Thanks for the comment, Mariano! Yeah, flipping these into positive things that will HELP your ukulele journey is a great way to think about it. Happy playing!

Glad to hear that! Thanks for the comment 👍

Thanks! Glad you found a couple new/ different things in there

Very glad to hear you found it useful!

Hey Reddit mandolin friend! Thanks for such a lovely comment! I totally agree with you. From the first open chord I strummed on this thing, I felt I had an instrument that won’t hold me back at all. It plays so nicely and I’m super grateful to have it 👍

Or Eb, Ab….😫🙏🏽😁

Thanks for the comment! Keep on playing those ukes…it’s so good for the soul

Thanks! Yeah I can see the look being divisive as it’s pretty quirky. I love that about it though! Glad you enjoy hearing my playing! Thanks for the comment 👍

Haha great to hear! Yeah I hear you, I think a lot of people are sour on the ukulele until they hear what it can do. It has image issues and is often pushed as being exclusively for beginners strumming basic chords. I can play other instruments as well, but still love the tone and feel of the uke

I'm so happy to hear you found it helpful! When I made this video I remember scanning through youtube for a good chucking instructional and they all seemed rushed so I tried to slow it dow and put as much detail as possible. Have fun chucking!

You’ll get there if you keep practicing consistently! Little bitty step by step for a few years. 👍

@@UkeWithSmitty thanks,I am 78 and don’t of course I know if I will have a few years,ha. But I am trying to enjoy them. I must also admit you gave me the advice of using the video downloaded which has been great with my woodcarving and Uke songs

Thanks again, Al! I think taking old time/bluegrass/americana tunes and porting them over to the uke is becoming my niche. Thinking of restarting a Patreon again with that focus. I got burned out last time because I didn’t have much of a specific focus. I’m also really bad at writing out complicated arrangements. Much better at making a simple TAB and teaching people how to play it by ear/improvise over the melody. Do you have any advice as someone who makes a living teaching the uke? For me it would be more of a side/supplementary income as I’m a full time high school teacher

Thanks for the comment! Really appreciate it. I’ve been thinking about restarting a Patreon and doing more lessons and tutorials again

@@UkeWithSmitty yes, your tutorials are detailed and useful!

Thanks! Appreciate that 🙏

I’ve got a couple videos about different picking patterns. I think learning several patterns and getting those totally down with open strings, then slowly introducing chords, then learning to switch between chords, then working in a melody over those patterns is the best way to build up to it. If you aren’t used to using your right hand fingers for those specific fingerstyle patterns and then you also add in chord changes and learn a melody at the same time it might be information overload for your brain. Building up to it slowly is how I learned to play like this. A couple book resources I recommend that really helped me with this are Arpeggio Meditations by Daniel Ward and Ukulele Aerobics. Hope that helps and happy playing!

Awesome! Thanks for the reply! I'll definitely give them a look. I appreciate the breakdown!

Very cool! I’ll have to try these out sometime

I just figured it out by ear. Still need to make a tab for it…

Thanks so much for the comment! Glad you enjoyed! Never been to Bristol but I really enjoyed going to the Smoky Mountains as a kid/teenager and everything else I saw in Tennessee was great.

Okay thanks for the idea. Will do!

Thanks, man! I appreciate the feedback and kind words!

@@UkeWithSmitty You are welcome Brother

Nope but I should learn it just for you

Thinking but snagging one for $130.... I play guitar, but would be super fun to mess with one of these.

Appreciate it! 🤙

Thank you, Bob! I'm sure it would be quite a blast to play Sleepwalk on a slide guitar...the way it was meant to be played!