Excellent teaching! Often my impatience as a learner results in practicing mistakes. I appreciate the way you slow things down so that beginners can play along. PLEASE continue making more tutorials.
That was excellent teaching. I've been playing for a few years now and never understood what people meant by syncopation. The extended section at the end played slowly meant I could play along and pick up the split stroke as well.
Thanks for a great tutorial! I only started with the ukulele three months ago, and have since fallen in love with George Formby. My teacher gave me a series of exercises yesterday that I'm supposed to start each day's practice with so that I'll eventually get to the split stroke. Your video will definitely help. I've got the bug, and now wish I lived in Blackpool!
Hi - thanks - I reckon I'm in D tuning here, that is, the lowest (sounding) string is tuned to D. The top 2 Formby style tunings are C and D: g,C,E,A a,D,F#,B Same pattern, just a tone difference in pitch. Cheers Andy
Thanks very much! that has solved a major problem, in that all the other teaching video's explain the stroke but not the timing. In consequence I've been trying to play it as triplets which seemed logical because it sounds like triplets and nobody until now has told me that it wasn't. In fact none mentioned time at all, so thanks again I've cracked it and can move on.To misquote Yogi Bear 'smarter than the average teacher' Many thanks Boogs Another Roger
Great stuff, many thanks for taking the time, and not speeding up after a few "reps" like pretty much all the other tutorials which only confuses the poor beginner!
Thanks for this lesson - it's great! Please, please, pretty please do more Formby stuff (The fan and the triple) and how to use what where and when; and how to change between strokes. I shall thank you in advance.
Excellent! Good man. I have just started learning the Split Stroke - I have to perform Leaning on a Lamppost at Christmas - and couldn't get my head round the fact that it sounds like it's in 3/4 time but I needed to play it in 4/4. Bit like patting your heading and rubbing your tummy at the same time! This explains it very clearly... how about some more videos? :-)
Also, the two steps to becoming a functional musician: 1) always practice at a speed that leads to perfection. And 2) remember that you are human and music is not only about technical perfection.
@timobrixi Thanks for all the nice comments - I don't think I was playing any specific song here, just a common couple of split stroke chords you'd find in many Formby solos. Regarding doing other tutorials, I did this one because I didn't see any covering syncopation, whereas there are lots of very good ones on the triple, shake etc - especially by Peter Nixon & Matt Richards. There are also some bad examples though, people doing an Iron Maiden impressions...relax, swing a bit x
I like your tutorial, it has simplified it for me but unfortunately your sound is out of sync at around 6.13 with the video so trying to play waatching your right hand is a bit difficult! However, I will practise slowly! thank you!
You know whats so annoying about The so called Split stroke,,, Formby didn't even know he was doing the Down ups, Down Down Ups!!!!! Split, or Break stroke was a name made up by the early George Formby society snobs in the 60s!!!! Its not rocket science and your video is probably the best ive seen because you dont go into all the GFS bullxxxx they come out with. You see people playing 30 second solos to show off their Formby on Acid styles,,,,, the time it matters is doing it on stage,,,, the only person who ive ever seen to put his money where his mouth is, is Lewis Clifton. He does what i said above talk the talk, but he can walk the walk on stage, Formby style too ive always said, he like any great uke players, Andy Eastwood, Peter Moss, Steve Helmes,,,, keep it simple,,,, great video mate, ill share this one p2p
Richard Ebdon Hi - that's a little Slingerland Maybell, circa 1930. It's still got the original vellum and the hoop is gorgeous birds eye maple. It's not fancy but it's a great little uke, proper vintage tone.
Excellent teaching! Often my impatience as a learner results in practicing mistakes. I appreciate the way you slow things down so that beginners can play along. PLEASE continue making more tutorials.
That was excellent teaching. I've been playing for a few years now and never understood what people meant by syncopation. The extended section at the end played slowly meant I could play along and pick up the split stroke as well.
Thanks for a great tutorial! I only started with the ukulele three months ago, and have since fallen in love with George Formby. My teacher gave me a series of exercises yesterday that I'm supposed to start each day's practice with so that I'll eventually get to the split stroke. Your video will definitely help. I've got the bug, and now wish I lived in Blackpool!
Wow, thanks, this video has been amazing. I appreciate your work. 🎼😎
Thanks for this video. It's the best I've seen for explaining how the syncopation of the split stroke fits into the 4-beat bar. It really helped me.
Hi - thanks - I reckon I'm in D tuning here, that is, the lowest (sounding) string is tuned to D. The top 2 Formby style tunings are C and D:
g,C,E,A
a,D,F#,B
Same pattern, just a tone difference in pitch.
Cheers
Andy
What a superb and wonderful video tutorial. Many thanks for taking the time to do this. :)
Thank you very much for your video. Finally I get it. Watched different video's but your explanation made it all clear to me.
Thanks very much! that has solved a major problem, in that all the other teaching video's explain the stroke but not the timing. In consequence I've been trying to play it as triplets which seemed logical because it sounds like triplets and nobody until now has told me that it wasn't. In fact none mentioned time at all, so thanks again I've cracked it and can move on.To misquote Yogi Bear 'smarter than the average teacher' Many thanks Boogs Another Roger
Great stuff, many thanks for taking the time, and not speeding up after a few "reps" like pretty much all the other tutorials which only confuses the poor beginner!
Thanks for this lesson - it's great! Please, please, pretty please do more Formby stuff (The fan and the triple) and how to use what where and when; and how to change between strokes. I shall thank you in advance.
Great video mate!
Really understandable and with very clearl examples.
Great! something I can actually follow! Thank you.
Excellent tutorial! Thanks!
So useful. Clear and precise. Thanks so much. What about the triple and the fan stroke in the same style of tutorial?
Brilliant....great explanation..
Excellent! Good man. I have just started learning the Split Stroke - I have to perform Leaning on a Lamppost at Christmas - and couldn't get my head round the fact that it sounds like it's in 3/4 time but I needed to play it in 4/4. Bit like patting your heading and rubbing your tummy at the same time! This explains it very clearly... how about some more videos? :-)
Also, the two steps to becoming a functional musician: 1) always practice at a speed that leads to perfection. And 2) remember that you are human and music is not only about technical perfection.
Just wanted to say thanks for the continued nice comments on this video after 8 years! Well, I guess this stuff can't go out of date :)
Still enjoying and learning, cheers from Australia!
Nice one. Please could you do fan stroke and also show this speeding up to full tilt?
Great lesson!
@timobrixi Thanks for all the nice comments - I don't think I was playing any specific song here, just a common couple of split stroke chords you'd find in many Formby solos. Regarding doing other tutorials, I did this one because I didn't see any covering syncopation, whereas there are lots of very good ones on the triple, shake etc - especially by Peter Nixon & Matt Richards. There are also some bad examples though, people doing an Iron Maiden impressions...relax, swing a bit x
thanks for a very informative lesson
Superb! Merci! :-)
also "practice makes permanent" so if you practice badly that is what will become permanent
Don't practice until you can play it. Practice until you can't play it wrong.
I like your tutorial, it has simplified it for me but unfortunately your sound is out of sync at around 6.13 with the video so trying to play waatching your right hand is a bit difficult! However, I will practise slowly! thank you!
You know whats so annoying about The so called Split stroke,,, Formby didn't even know he was doing the Down ups, Down Down Ups!!!!! Split, or Break stroke was a name made up by the early George Formby society snobs in the 60s!!!! Its not rocket science and your video is probably the best ive seen because you dont go into all the GFS bullxxxx they come out with. You see people playing 30 second solos to show off their Formby on Acid styles,,,,, the time it matters is doing it on stage,,,, the only person who ive ever seen to put his money where his mouth is, is Lewis Clifton. He does what i said above talk the talk, but he can walk the walk on stage, Formby style too ive always said, he like any great uke players, Andy Eastwood, Peter Moss, Steve Helmes,,,, keep it simple,,,, great video mate, ill share this one p2p
Hello there. Nice lesson here. What make of Ukulele Banjo is this please?
Richard Ebdon Hi - that's a little Slingerland Maybell, circa 1930. It's still got the original vellum and the hoop is gorgeous birds eye maple. It's not fancy but it's a great little uke, proper vintage tone.
Holy Hold a Tune Batman!!
When will we ever create a film of a player the synchronizes the strumming and the sound.? Well, this problem will keep live lessons popular.....