Ukulele Buddy.com – Find more chord voicings at this link. There are 32 ways to play the C chord shown here.
https://www.ukulelebuddy.com/free-ukulele-chords.html
Learn How To Play UKULELE in 1 Hour – Class for Total Beginners 1 hour in length – by Bernadette Teaches Music
10 Ukulele Chords Every Complete Beginner Needs To Know – by Ukulele Tricks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_v_VuqppE
Ukulele Lesson for Seniors – Basics For Beginners – by LITA –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd2QfkbHTc
Why Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s Ukulele Hit – Over The Rainbow, Is Magic – A great explanation of how IZ plays this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLUaVIfc5VA
100 – Easy 2 Chord Ukulele Songs For Beginners – by Brad Bordessa
Brad has compiled links to various websites that these songs are on.
Jan. 2023
Here are a couple of videos to help you learn to sing harmony.
How To Sing One String Harmony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfbyXZfn_iQ
How To Sing Harmony – 3 Top Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac-OaHCWyZg
Pick a song you like, and learn to sing a harmony line in the chorus of the song.
February 2023
Try These 5 Easy Ukulele Warm Up Exercises For Stiff Fingers
by Ukulele Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rL47L7_7oE
by One Music School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrISmF6O3I
Develop Big Ears – Blog Post
https://richardlepinsky.com/develop-big-ears/
March 2023
Unlock Big Changes in Your Playing with Daniel Ward’s Meditative Arpeggio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2amKrRy3dU
“Daytime Moon,“ a Jazzy Ukulele Tune by Victoria Vox and Casey MacGill
Here is an advanced jazz song, if you want to learn some jazz chords.
Notice the ukulele bass being played here, and the additional bottom end it brings to the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aGSKRXdsfU
You can get a copy of the song at this link –
Ukulele Magazine YouTube Channel
In case you did not get a chance to watch a few of the videos from this channel last week, take a few minutes this week.
Check out the Lessons and Tips videos on the second row of the page.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfL7bNcUwE6-d79M39v5zYg
April 2023
Brad Bordessa – Free Ukulele Links
Brad is a ukulele music major born and raised in Hawaii. I have ordered a few of his courses which have improved my playing, and would recommend looking at his offerings. He also does an ukulele podcast.
In addition to links to his paid material, he provides a wealth of free learning links on his website at this link –
https://liveukulele.com/lessons/
If you don’t mind signing up for future emails, you can get an excellent free 24 minute video lesson from Sarah Maisel and Greg Chee, at the link below.
https://go.artistworks.com/practice-packets?mc_cid=7ab34413da&mc_eid=d337bbd846
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
a concert performance by this well polished group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLgJ7pk0X-s
How (and Why) To Use a Pick On A Ukulele – by Daniel Ward
https://ukulelemagazine.com/lessons/video-lesson-daniel-ward-teaches-you-how-and-why-to-use-a-pick
May 2023
A Huge ukulele Website
This ukulele website is a monster ! It includes a library of over 3500 songs ! These are in pdf format, with the chord graphics, or a second version with no chord graphics.
Also included is an audio file of Dr. Jim Rosokoff performing the song, so you can sing and play along to his audio.
https://www.doctoruke.com/songs.html
There are a number of other sections for learning different aspects of the ukulele.
The sections for beginner songs are at this link –
https://www.doctoruke.com/beginners.html
Music Theory and what to learn is at this link –
https://www.doctoruke.com/theory.html
Many of the links are free pdf downloads for you to learn.
Dr. Jim Rosokoff, aka Doctor Uke, is a retired Dermatologist. My hats off to him in creating this monster ukulele website, all for free !
I suggest you take some time going thru this website finding the areas that are most useful to you. While you are there, book mark this website on your browser, so you have it for future use.
Go find one of your favourite songs, learn them, and then do a song for us at a meeting !
Below are a couple of excellent videos from Sarah Maisel & Greg Chee on – Making The Jump from Beginner to Intermediate Ukulele Player.
June 2023
Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What a Wonderful World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg
We played this song for the first time at the last meeting. This link above the original version to get familiar with it.
The link below is a playalong video that highlights the strumming pattern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKHoWuwPugY
Beginner Video Series
I found this 75 video series for beginners, if you want to start at the basics.
Ukulele scales and notes.
Download this free pdf file on ukulele scales.
https://ukulelescales.com/soprano/charts
August 2023
Brad Bordessa Strumming Videos
Brad is a ukulele player who is born and raised in Hawaii. He has a number of books and ebooks for the ukulele. Below are free videos he recently put out, which explains strumming well.
Sept. 2023
Richard’s blog post titled – Your Finest Musical Hour
Great Ukulele Players Featured Here
This was a 6 hour live event in Hawaii organized by Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel. There are many great ukulele players in this living room style concert. I’d suggest fast forwarding to find some of the great music performed at this event.
Muting & Scratching
I attend this live event two months ago, and learned a lot. It is on the advanced side, but watch to see and hear how you can improve your playing over time. Watch here.
Also check out other videos on their YouTube Channel.
F-One Oil for the fretboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoFr7vCBJwU
The Syncopated Strum – Walking On Sunshine – Stu Fuchs – 12 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjcmBTc91JM
7 Beginner Ukulele Strums – by Richard Lepinsky
With a handful of new members joining us recently, I created this Beginner Strum Tutorial.
Learn To Tune Your Ukulele – Bernadette Teaches Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ESYlESDJ90
Ukulele Muted Strums – by Richard Lepinsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cs1m1JcTGU
Insta-Harmony by James Hill – Podcast
https://www.uketropolis.com/podcast
Billie Jean on the ukulele by James Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Yhihq2SdQ
Uke Minutes – from Aldrine Guerrero
Aldrine is an expert ukulele player, and has done about 155 short YouTube videos on ukulele playing and technique. You should watch them all, but here are a few links to the first few videos.
Uke Minute 1 – Ukulele Accessories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCM8gukVyc&list=PL327267F5A8104F41
Uke Minute 2 – Basic Strum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzf6cFSD9E&list=PL327267F5A8104F41&index=2
Uke Minutes 3 – Ukulele Sizes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GgvcrBAfos&list=PL327267F5A8104F41&index=3
Uke Minutes 4 – DIY Hunidifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3REUyKL60U&list=PL327267F5A8104F41&index=4
Uke Minutes 5 – How To String an Ukulele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Saxrv0y_XYI&list=PL327267F5A8104F41&index=5
Uke Minutes 6 – The Roll Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgK0GfsDS8A&list=PL327267F5A8104F41&index=6 \
Absolute Ukulele Beginner – 10 Day Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bTE5fbxDsc
How To Practise Chord Changes – by Cynthia Lin Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAPTQu6bHzk
How To Switch To G Chord – by Bernadette Teaches Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9k8WmNqcc
10 Ukulele Chords Every Beginner Needs To Know – from Ukulele Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_v_VuqppE
Ukulele Strumming For Absolute Beginners – from Ukulele Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcVtCPSKWA
10 Ukulele Chords Every Beginner Needs To Know – from Ukulele Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_v_VuqppE
Ten Songs with 3 Chords – by Cory Teaches Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXAJpFCNfo
How To Chuck The Ukulele In 3 Minutes – Dylan Laine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNWmB7w74Cc
The 7 Easy Ukulele Strum Patterns – by Uke Like The Pros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50fJovIH1d0
Rockabilly for Uke ( Uke-abilly ) Boogie Strum In C – Ukulele Zen – Stu Fuchs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOg6wT3nR_A
Satin Doll – Ukulele Jazz Tutorial – by James Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8665QGL1hkI&t=0s
How To Solo On Ukulele – A Beginner’s Guide – by Ukulele Zen – Stu Fuchs