Showing Revision 88 created 05/02/2016 by konyv 1977.

1. Títol:
   Get started on Ukulele! Easy chords, strumming and songs! (Uke Beginner Lesson UK-001)
2. Descripció:

   Yep, I'm going to do some Ukulele lessons! In this little video I show you how to tune your uke, hold it, play four easy chords, strum it and and teach you a '1564' chord sequence which is used in hundreds of songs. Hope you enjoy the uke as much as I do and I'm planning a whole course on it cos I'm enjoying it so much!

   The Uke I'm playing is made by Maton, the same company that makes all my acoustic guitars, check them out on the link below. In my humble opinion they make the best acoustic guitars and the student models are the best 'bang for buck' you'll find!

   http://maton.com.au/product/maton-ukuleles

   Taught by Justin Sandercoe.

   Full support at the justinguitar web site where you will find hundreds of lessons on a wide range of subjects, and all the scales and chords that you will ever need! There is a great forum too to get help, no matter what the problem.

   And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships, no free ebook. Just tons of great lessons :)

   To get help with this lesson (and for further info and tabs), find the Lesson ID in the video title (like ST-667 or whatever) and then look it up on the Lesson Index page of justinguitar.com

   http://www.justinguitar.com

   Have fun :)

   .

3. 5221 0:05 - 0:14
   ♪
4. 13521 0:14 - 0:15
   Hey, how you doing? Justine here!
5. 15258 0:15 - 0:19
   Today we're gonna do a
   lesson on getting started on a Ukulele.
6. 19138 0:19 - 0:21
   Great fun little instrument these are.
7. 20835 0:21 - 0:24
   I’ve only been playing a few months but
   it’s really really good fun.
8. 23870 0:24 - 0:28
   If you play a bit of guitar, the skills
   kinda transfer over pretty easy.
   
9. 27536 0:28 - 0:30
   That's kind of a cool thing!
10. 29718 0:30 - 0:32
    And if you’ve never played a musical
    instrument before
11. 31875 0:32 - 0:34
    it’s a nice little starter one this one.
12. 34004 0:34 - 0:36
    It's got nylon strings so it's
    easy on the fingers.
13. 36190 0:36 - 0:38
    The chords are pretty simple to play.
14. 37985 0:38 - 0:40
    Small, portable - great for parties you know
15. 40278 0:40 - 0:42
    it’s a really good little instrument
16. 42127 0:42 - 0:43
    In this lesson I want to show you
17. 43327 0:43 - 0:44
    how to tune that thing,
18. 44416 0:44 - 0:46
    how to hold it, how to strum it
    and I show you
19. 46430 0:46 - 0:48
    four really simple chords
20. 48342 0:48 - 0:51
    and give you some progressions to put
    those chords in
21. 50736 0:51 - 0:52
    so you can play some tunes.
22. 52187 0:52 - 0:54
    That’s the aim of our little lesson today.
23. 54344 0:54 - 0:57
    So first thing, getting your Uke in tune.
24. 56694 0:57 - 1:00
    Really really important, nylon
    strings tend to go out of tune a bit.
25. 59894 1:00 - 1:02
    So I would recommend getting something
    like a clip on tuner
26. 62304 1:02 - 1:05
    or something that is there all the time.
27. 65066 1:05 - 1:06
    So you can tune up really quick you know
28. 66149 1:06 - 1:09
    rather than having to get a tuner out and do
    all of that sort of stuff.
29. 68929 1:09 - 1:10
    Either a little clip-on tuner.
30. 70325 1:10 - 1:12
    This particular Uke has a built-in
    tuner,
31. 72492 1:12 - 1:18
    This is a Maton Ukulele
    Australian Guitar Company
32. 77892 1:18 - 1:22
    makes great instruments all around
    you want to check them out its Maton.
33. 81865 1:22 - 1:25
    Maton.com.au is their website.
34. 84929 1:25 - 1:27
    If your looking for a uke this is a great one.
35. 86909 1:27 - 1:32
    Doesn’t matter what one you do this one as
    I should mention is a concert size Uke.
36. 91718 1:32 - 1:35
    There's a soprano Uke which is a lot
    smaller - same tuning.
37. 95011 1:35 - 1:38
    Although sometimes they tune the
    smaller ones up a tone from what
38. 98344 1:38 - 1:43
    I'm going to show you. And there is
    a couple of bigger ones as well
39. 103308 1:43 - 1:47
    this one is a concert one if you want
    to get one of this size.
40. 107226 1:47 - 1:55
    So the tuning is C, oh sorry, G, C, E, A

    ¶

41. 114576 1:55 - 2:00
    and it seems to be commonly called
    when I looked it up “My dog has flees “
42. 119558 2:00 - 2:01
    I don’t know where they get that name from
43. 120742 2:01 - 2:04
    But you can hear that the fourth string
    which is the one closest to the ceiling
    
44. 124295 2:04 - 2:08
    is actually the highest note.
    
45. 127875 2:08 - 2:11
    So it’s kinda high - low - getting higher
46. 131475 2:11 - 2:16
    It’s going from the top down okay you
    know I mean physically down
47. 135531 2:16 - 2:19
    The string closest to the floor is the
    one I call the first string
48. 138635 2:19 - 2:25
    So first string, second string, third
    string and fourth string
49. 144715 2:25 - 2:32
    So from the ground it would be A, E, C
    and G
50. 152302 2:32 - 2:40
    and from the ceiling down G, C, E, A. Okay?
51. 159962 2:40 - 2:42
    Now like I said I really recommend
    that you get a tuner
52. 162272 2:42 - 2:43
    If you don’t have a tuner
53. 163108 2:43 - 2:45
    I'm gonna play the notes for you now so
    you can tune up
54. 165183 2:45 - 2:53
    So, this would be the top
    string or string four. It’s the note G.
55. 173416 2:53 - 3:03
    Okay, and now to the third string just
    the note C. It’s the lowest note on the Uke
56. 182806 3:03 - 3:10
    And to the second string which
    is the note E
57. 189898 3:10 - 3:17
    And now to the first string, the
    one closest to the ground, the note A
58. 196615 3:17 - 3:21
    Okay, so when you pick it up and strum it.
59. 200769 3:21 - 3:26
    “My dog has flees” that’s what you
    want to be hearing. Okay.
60. 206273 3:26 - 3:30
    So that’s first really important thing
    getting your Uke in tune
61. 210138 3:30 - 3:33
    Second thing - holding the Uke. Now
62. 212906 3:33 - 3:38
    It makes sense to me that you should
    be stable not supported by this hand
63. 217814 3:38 - 3:40
    so that means I have to support
    it with this hand
64. 220308 3:40 - 3:43
    But just supporting it with this hand
65. 222614 3:43 - 3:45
    and leaving this one free means
    I've got to hold it so tight
66. 225326 3:45 - 3:47
    I can't strum very freely and that’s
    no good
67. 227327 3:47 - 3:50
    and if I just support it with this hand
    then I can’t change chords

    ¶

68. 230437 3:50 - 3:53
    So really it’s a bit of balancing act where
69. 233180 3:53 - 3:57
    Some of the weight of the neck is held
    by your hand that is fretting the chords
70. 236939 3:57 - 3:58
    which is quite different to guitar
71. 238310 3:58 - 4:01
    On guitar you would never be
    holding the neck
72. 240541 4:01 - 4:03
    The neck should just be completely stationary
73. 242551 4:03 - 4:06
    and it does make changing
    chords a little trickier
74. 245715 4:06 - 4:08
    when you have to support
    the neck a little bit, Okay?
75. 248173 4:08 - 4:12
    and otherwise it’s just your
    forearm kind of holding the Uke down
76. 251754 4:12 - 4:15
    I have seen a few people talk about
    being able to hold the Uke like that
77. 255079 4:15 - 4:20
    and play quite freely but I haven't been
    able to get it together that quickly
78. 259589 4:20 - 4:21
    so it might be difficult for you too
79. 261432 4:21 - 4:26
    one thing I do find - especially for the very
    first time - I just rested the Uke in my lap
80. 266462 4:26 - 4:30
    like it was a guitar and now my strumming
    hand feels quite free
81. 270062 4:30 - 4:32
    and I’m not going to hold the
    neck up so much
82. 272161 4:32 - 4:34
    So you might want to try that as well
83. 274384 4:34 - 4:38
    Doesn’t really matter whichever
    way you really want to do it.
84. 277500 4:38 - 4:40
    you going to be holding it up
    quite high it's not like a guitar
85. 279837 4:40 - 4:44
    where you would be playing it right down
    on your lap that feels pretty weird
86. 283625 4:44 - 4:45
    So going to have it a little bit further up
87. 285129 4:45 - 4:48
    So it really is what’s comfortable for you
88. 288170 4:48 - 4:52
    If I was going to play it standing up
    I would almost certainly use a strap
89. 292237 4:52 - 4:55
    It’s so light and small you could
    use a bit of string
90. 294905 4:55 - 4:57
    It wouldn’t be big deal
91. 297185 4:57 - 5:01
    So generally, you’re just using you’re
    forearm to hold the Uke against your body
92. 301492 5:01 - 5:03
    and a little bit of support from the left hand.
93. 303458 5:03 - 5:08
    The first thing you want to get sorted out,
    is just how you going to hold it
94. 307533 5:08 - 5:12
    Now strumming - normally with Uke
    you strum with your first finger
95. 312296 5:12 - 5:15
    There are other techniques, you
    could do fingerstyle and all sorts of stuff
96. 314569 5:15 - 5:18
    To start off with you want to be
    just using your first finger
97. 317519 5:18 - 5:22
    and interestingly you strum kind of around
    where the neck meets the body of the Uke
98. 321660 5:22 - 5:23
    It’s not like a guitar where your back here
99. 323434 5:23 - 5:28
    it’s more here
100. 327714 5:28 - 5:32
     Now I recommend just starting off,
     just doing four down strums
101. 332001 5:32 - 5:34
     with your first finger
102. 333511 5:34 - 5:36
     and then get used to doing some up
     strokes and
103. 336352 5:36 - 5:39
     make sure your fingers not getting caught
     in the strings
104. 338991 5:39 - 5:46
     and going down, up, down,
     up, down, up, down, up
105. 346120 5:46 - 5:48
     A really common kind of pattern
     could be like
106. 347963 5:48 - 5:56
     one, two, and three and four, down - down
     up - down up - down, that kind of a pattern
107. 356247 5:56 - 5:59
     Works really great on the Uke
108. 358988 5:59 - 6:01
     But there’s lot s of different kind of
     strumming patterns
109. 361224 6:01 - 6:04
     you can use - like on the guitar
110. 363559 6:04 - 6:06
     that's one of the things you
     want to be studying as you progress
111. 366039 6:06 - 6:07
     is learning different strumming patterns
112. 367449 6:07 - 6:09
     and different ways of playing them
113. 369196 6:09 - 6:11
     To start of with, don’t feel stress
114. 371258 6:11 - 6:15
     just first finger strumming around
     the joint of the neck
115. 374948 6:15 - 6:17
     and the body of the Uke strumming
     it up and down
116. 377336 6:17 - 6:19
     That’s all you need to really be
     worrying about
117. 379469 6:19 - 6:21
     To start off with
118. 380889 6:21 - 6:25
     So let's get to a close up and check
     out your first four chords
119. 386569 6:27 - 6:30
     The first chord where looking at
     is a C chord
120. 389875 6:30 - 6:33
     And all we need to do to play a C chord is
     to put our third finger
121. 393286 6:33 - 6:35
     in the third fret of string one
122. 395497 6:35 - 6:38
     The string one is the one
     closest to the ground. Okay?
123. 398297 6:38 - 6:44
     so - open , open, open, third fret
124. 404500 6:44 - 6:46
     This is a C chord
125. 405820 6:46 - 6:50
     Okay. Very very easy
126. 410003 6:50 - 6:53
     Okay now the really really easy
     one - A minor
127. 412794 6:53 - 6:55
     All we need to do is put that
     second finger
128. 415011 6:55 - 7:00
     in the second fret of the top string
     or string four
129. 419731 7:00 - 7:06
     Okay. So it's second - open - open - open
130. 426353 7:06 - 7:08
     Just make sure your second finger
     is not laying over
131. 428305 7:08 - 7:11
     and muting the third string
132. 431154 7:11 - 7:14
     Nicely using the tips of your fingers
133. 433754 7:14 - 7:16
     that would be an A minor chord.
134. 436283 7:16 - 7:19
     C
     (plucking the chord)
135. 438723 7:19 - 7:21
     Am
     (plucking the chord)
136. 441093 7:21 - 7:24
     From A minor we can get to F really easy
137. 444197 7:24 - 7:27
     I know the F chord on guitar is a
     bit of nightmare. But on the Uke,
138. 446793 7:27 - 7:30
     all you do is to start with A minor
139. 449715 7:30 - 7:35
     you put your first finger down
     in the first fret of the second string
140. 454785 7:35 - 7:36
     and you leave your second finger down
141. 456000 7:36 - 7:43
     You got second fret, open, first fret, open,
     and we got an F chord.
142. 462709 7:43 - 7:47
     Okay, so start with the first finger
     first fret, second string
143. 467072 7:47 - 7:53
     second finger, second fret, fourth string
144. 473332 7:53 - 7:56
     The one we got that's an F Chord
145. 476192 7:56 - 8:00
     Okay and the last chord we look
     at today is this one
146. 479544 8:00 - 8:04
     and this one is a G chord. I can
     here some of you guitar players say
147. 483784 8:04 - 8:09
     no it’s a D chord! Well, it looks like a
     D chord but on the Uke its a G chord
148. 488912 8:09 - 8:14
     open, first finger is going in the
     second fret of the third string
149. 494478 8:14 - 8:18
     third finger is going in the third
     fret of the second string
150. 497777 8:18 - 8:23
     and the second finger is going down
     in the second fret of the first string
151. 503147 8:23 - 8:25
     Okay, first finger,
152. 505136 8:25 - 8:26
     second finger
153. 506176 8:26 - 8:27
     third finger
154. 507446 8:27 - 8:30
     (plucking G chord)
155. 510446 8:30 - 8:33
     Okay, this is a G chord
156. 513430 8:33 - 8:35
     So we got
     C
157. 515420 8:35 - 8:38
     Am
158. 517730 8:38 - 8:39
     F
159. 519373 8:39 - 8:41
     G
160. 520535 8:41 - 8:44
     (plucking C, Am, F ...)
161. 524255 8:44 - 8:46
     I recommend doing that as a little exercise
162. 526257 8:46 - 8:49
     to getting used to those chords,
163. 528615 8:49 - 8:50
     C
164. 530395 8:50 - 8:52
     Am
165. 531965 8:52 - 8:54
     F
166. 533599 8:54 - 8:56
     G
167. 536389 8:56 - 8:58
     and back to
     C
168. 538909 8:59 - 9:02
     Just using those four chords that
     we learned, there are hundreds
169. 542013 9:02 - 9:06
     and I actually mean hundreds of
     songs that you can play
170. 545923 9:06 - 9:09
     Now all you want to do is to start
     off learning some chord sequences
171. 548765 9:09 - 9:10
     I cant teach you the actual
     songs and name them
172. 550406 9:10 - 9:13
     because the I get into copyright
     problems, I got to get clearances
173. 553202 9:13 - 9:14
     it gets all complicated
174. 554150 9:14 - 9:17
     So I'll put a list of songs upon
     the website, okay
175. 557052 9:17 - 9:21
     and use this particular chords because
     I can get away with that.
176. 560752 9:21 - 9:24
     So the first really common chord sequence
177. 563807 9:24 - 9:26
     that you going to get
178. 566395 9:26 - 9:29
     is going from the C chord
179. 568655 9:29 - 9:32
     to the G chord
180. 571505 9:32 - 9:36
     to the A minor
181. 575665 9:36 - 9:40
     and to the F
182. 579575 9:40 - 9:43
     C
183. 582705 9:43 - 9:46
     G
184. 586245 9:46 - 9:49
     Am
185. 589245 9:49 - 9:52
     to F
186. 592205 9:52 - 9:55
     I’m using my thumb here just because
     it's really easy for me to hold the Uke.
187. 595341 9:55 - 9:59
     and kinda strum with my thumb.
     You probably want to use your first finger
188. 598754 9:59 - 10:06
     (strumming with first finger)
189. 605734 10:06 - 10:14
     Okay. C, G, A minor, to F, okay
190. 614170 10:14 - 10:18
     This chord sequence is used so much it's insane
191. 618288 10:18 - 10:23
     You might have seen the Axis of Awesome
     doing these little four chords
192. 623094 10:23 - 10:25
     in a medley of different songs that used it
193. 625337 10:25 - 10:26
     So this is that chord sequence right
194. 626438 10:26 - 10:30
     So if you want to dig that video out and
     check out all the songs that they do
195. 630466 10:30 - 10:34
     Again you can google it and I'll put a list
     up on my website
196. 634056 10:34 - 10:40
     that chord sequence, actually called
     a 1-5-6-4..Okay, 1-5-6-4
197. 639915 10:40 - 10:42
     that’s the name of chord sequence
198. 641823 10:42 - 10:44
     But there’re others even the
     chord sequence I’ve showed
199. 644129 10:44 - 10:46
     you at the beginning there’s
     lots of songs that use this
200. 645934 10:46 - 11:02
     having this 1 chord - the C, the A minor, F to G
201. 662094 11:02 - 11:05
     Hundreds,maybe, it cant be a hundreds
     but there’s lots and lots of songs
202. 665358 11:05 - 11:07
     that do use that chord sequence
203. 667376 11:07 - 11:12
     So that’s what I would recommend for the Uke, to start. If you going to get started on the Ukulele
204. 672437 11:12 - 11:14
     Rather than trying to learn to learn loads
     of different chords,
205. 674417 11:14 - 11:17
     and any sort of fancy stuff, check out
     those four chords
206. 677187 11:17 - 11:20
     get really comfortable with them
     and confident with your strumming
207. 679719 11:20 - 11:23
     Once you got
     that together that’s kinda of the thing
208. 682979 11:23 - 11:27
     you need if your playing on a party or whatever
     you want to have a good repertoires of tunes
209. 686700 11:27 - 11:29
     that are really easy. That you can play
     if you had a couple of beers
210. 689337 11:29 - 11:33
     It’s not going to stress you, not kinda
     get complicated you know
211. 693067 11:33 - 11:38
     That’s what I recommend to
     starting off with on the Ukulele
212. 697692 11:38 - 11:40
     I’m going to say I’m planning more lessons,
     some Uke songs and some
213. 699884 11:40 - 11:42
     more videos and some more complicated chords
214. 702170 11:42 - 11:46
     but as I said for getting started on
     the Uke you got enough to get yourself going
215. 706469 11:46 - 11:49
     So, have fun on that fantastic
216. 708543 11:49 - 11:50
     I really really enjoying the Uke
217. 710377 11:50 - 11:52
     It's such a laugh.
218. 711544 11:52 - 11:53
     I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do
219. 713274 11:53 - 11:55
     and I'll see you for plenty
     more lessons very soon
220. 715308 11:55 - 11:57
     Take care of yourselves!
221. 716598 11:57 - 11:58
     Bye-bye.