How to Play the Ukulele like a Real Instrument!

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  • Опубликовано: 23 май 2020
  • Going over a few really easy things you can do to start incorporating some basic music theory into the ukulele and gain some respect from your peers, yourself, and hopefully, finally, your father.
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  • @sponky475
    @sponky475 4 года назад +41

    I learned more in the first couple minutes of this video than I did from several years of playing ukulele. Thanks Sean!

  • @Chord_The_Seeker
    @Chord_The_Seeker 4 года назад +61

    My son bugged me for a year to buy him a ukulele. When he finally got it he played it for a total of about 15 minutes, and it’s been collecting dust since then. I keep thinking about learning to play it. Maybe this video will motivate me to finally get around to it.

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  4 года назад +17

      Show him who the boss is!

    • @drunkass77
      @drunkass77 4 года назад +5

      Do it! They're fun to play. If you can play guitar chords you can play a ukulele. It's like playing the top four strings with a capo on the fifth fret. Piece of cake!

    • @adinhdstudios7397
      @adinhdstudios7397 2 года назад +1

      I’m curious after more than a year how is your progress

    • @tieegg
      @tieegg 2 года назад +1

      Learn a G, C, F and Am chords and you got dozens of songs ready to learn.

    • @jake______
      @jake______ Год назад

      this happened with my kid at Christmas but at least I can mostly play Imagine so that's nice

  • @BillDeWitt
    @BillDeWitt 4 года назад +24

    If you already know guitar, Ukulele is just like a capo on the 5th fret, but then you get the re-entrant G string. Most people just ignore that, but for fingerstyle it gives you an easy access to the middle notes of an arpeggio. See: "John King Ukulele"
    People rag on the ukulele, but it has about the same range as a violin or mandolin and no one considers those a toy.

    • @5688gamble
      @5688gamble 2 года назад +3

      I mean if you put a low G on it, it gets a little closer but even then my ukulele only went from G3 to D#6, it's a fair range, but violin can get up to A7 (maybe a bit higher) so nearly a 12th more I liked to play it like a melody instrument more and strum chords over what I'm playing so I tuned mines to CGDA (like a viola, which while not called a toy, is the butt of many a joke) and this brings it closer, although even with that extra 5th, it is still an octave less, I mean most of those high notes on violin I don't touch anyway, but if you use standard tuning you only get C4 to E6 max without harmonics, which would give it nearly 2 octaves less, although I don't think an instruments range has much to do with how serious it can be, many woodwinds can't get close to that range and they are played seriously!

  • @RevealerOfNow
    @RevealerOfNow 4 года назад +11

    Check out Feng E, makes ukulele burst into beautiful flames with his covers and originals.

  • @dementedorkka398
    @dementedorkka398 2 года назад +16

    I love surprising people with my skill. I'm 32 born and raised in Hawaii, been playing for 20 years, moved to Washington and I shread it up for people. They love it! People beg me to teach them. The first lesson they learn is how to pronounce ukulele correctly.

  • @FingersOnAFretboard
    @FingersOnAFretboard 3 месяца назад

    literally had an old uke as decoration on a shelf for years, and on a snow-day whim I tuned it up, transposed some chords from guitar and wrote a song out of nowhere! The tone is inspiring and the quirks of the tuning and form factor provided a true get-out-of a creative rut moment. George Harrison knew what was up with the Ukulele

  • @thurgogopro5338
    @thurgogopro5338 4 года назад +14

    If I slow this down by a factor of ten I might understand less than a quarter of what he said.

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 2 года назад +1

    A more correct way to word is it not “play it more like a real instrument” but rather play serious more complex music on it which can make it a serious instrument by default.

  • @mikeportjogger1
    @mikeportjogger1 4 года назад +4

    Uke started to make sense to me once I realised it's like a 4 string guitar capoed at the 5th fret. I find it great for playing Cm and Cmaj pentatonic riffs on the top three strings and swap between them. That can be extended if you swap the 4th string for a low G instead of the normal high G.

  • @gavinp.2603
    @gavinp.2603 4 года назад

    Yooo I really enjoy your take on ukulele lessons, as I feel like they'll benefit me more in the long run than many lessons

  • @StrayVet
    @StrayVet 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you!!! Finally a very good lesson.

  • @thatswhatisaidCA
    @thatswhatisaidCA Год назад +1

    Hi from 2023. I want to live in Florida. (I'm in Canada; nuff said) Just found you and as a beginner, i really appreciate your angle on these uke lessons; thank you so much!!!

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  Год назад

      Thanks! I started another channel with more uke lessons:
      ruclips.net/video/Rrr9nhZLZVo/видео.html

  • @Ijcarter1962
    @Ijcarter1962 4 года назад +1

    Now you're opening up that fretboard and making it much more interesting. Great video!

  • @williammunger5617
    @williammunger5617 4 года назад +5

    put a capo on the 5th fret of your guitar, you have the Ukulele with 2 added lower strings :-P

  • @dgrebin
    @dgrebin 4 года назад

    Great lesson!

  • @anikethrajaram1366
    @anikethrajaram1366 4 года назад +2

    ive had my ukelele for a long time now and ive been playing a guitar this is what finally made me pick up my uke agian

  • @KevinORourke25
    @KevinORourke25 4 года назад +7

    I will never accept the ukulele as a serious instrument...........Then I heard Greg Hawkes and Jake Shimabukuro play and I changed my mind. Now it's yet another instrument that I will never be any good at!
    Kevin O'Rourke

  • @user-hg1ws2hv5z
    @user-hg1ws2hv5z 9 месяцев назад

    Wow.. thank you for bringing kindness & light into the world! Desire is the best teacher of all.. The Uke is a very powerful instrument.. WHY? Because it has the power to bring people together in love and light, sing and play.. and bring joy and happiness. If you truly are a uke player and understand the connection and circle of friends it brings.. it is way MORE Fun then any other instrument. Because of the Ukelele we have kanikapila's (singing and potulucks) in the park, at our homes, at the bar and grill EVERY week sometimes once or twice.. everyweek. Music is so powerful.. I LOVE and I am proud to be a ukelele player. It has brought so much joy in my life. I also play the drums, the banjo and guitar.. but the uke is my love.. because I can hug it! Aloha my friends.. be happy that is what kind of world I want to live in with YOU! peace and love!

  • @HenPapirman
    @HenPapirman Год назад +1

    I used to play on the guitar, in fact, I have 3, not touching them. For years now.. I've always had a problem with scales, I knew them, but could never improvise. Memorize is difficult especially when one gets older, and now I got myself a Ukulele, it was easy at first, but then I found all these tuts, and music theory, and what not, Everyone says different things, "Don't memorize all," 'Do memorize all," "I have an easy way to" whatever. Never been good in theory, it's always by hearing, strumming as well, and now I'm trying to understand what it is you say, and it's like Chinese to me.

  • @iFeelFancy
    @iFeelFancy 2 года назад

    Very good music theory advice things.

  • @claras9650
    @claras9650 4 года назад +4

    I watched a video of a kid called Feng E and I was really impressed what you can do with this instrument. If anyone needs some inspiration to practice just watch Feng E!

    • @funnycat1333
      @funnycat1333 Год назад

      I came here from watching him as well! 😂

  • @warismine1078
    @warismine1078 4 года назад +1

    Just go and watch Feng E videos on ukelele. This little thing is really awesome !

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 2 года назад

    Just in Florida? Pretty much here in California it has the same bad reputation. But I heard people play like people play classical guitar, which is what I play, which is why I bought a couple. One cordoba and one makala. I try to pick it the classical way or perhaps retune it like mandolin. The store didn’t have baritone or tenor available.

  • @pooner61
    @pooner61 4 года назад +13

    How to Play the Ukulele like a Real Instrument......by a Real musician!

  • @The3baconboys
    @The3baconboys 4 года назад +1

    Go cubs!

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 года назад +4

    I try to make it sound like a real instrument by trying to shred on it haha. Always a well done video man!

  • @ElessarEstel
    @ElessarEstel 2 года назад +1

    I played guitar my whole life. I always viewed the uke as a joke until I joined the Army. I couldn't take my guitar with me to AIT or into the field or overseas, but I had room for a uke so I bought one. I never loved it the way I love guitar and I never will, but it's not a bad little instrument like I used to think.

  • @samrafferty0803
    @samrafferty0803 4 года назад +3

    I watch all of these ukulele videos but still don't have one. At least I'll be prepared for when I do :)

  • @ronnoron3004
    @ronnoron3004 10 месяцев назад

    I’m just going thru utube asking can folks do a video on how to take any sheet music notes in treble clef and be able to play it,notes,chords,melody ….it all on a high g tenor Uke? I can’t wait till people respond.great video though.

  • @shubhankarvishwas3492
    @shubhankarvishwas3492 4 года назад

    Hii sir, your techniqes are realy nice👍👍👍

  • @kaleidoscopicvoid
    @kaleidoscopicvoid 3 года назад +1

    thanks. this is exactly what i was looking for... i want to add some cool ukulele strumming without having that island feel to it.

    • @Yaturu
      @Yaturu Год назад

      Im 1 year late and i forgot how to ukalele and im starting to get back to it

  • @_Nathanwood
    @_Nathanwood 4 года назад

    Pretty cooll

  • @capntripps9
    @capntripps9 4 года назад

    Nice vid, great hat

  • @delbomb3131
    @delbomb3131 Год назад

    I'll be ready for Midwest emo ukulele with lessons like this in no time

  • @technochroma6537
    @technochroma6537 3 года назад

    Finally

  • @helenesanderson8902
    @helenesanderson8902 2 года назад +4

    I love my uke! It's not necessarily about being a great player..it's about singing Yo! It's about having fun and joy.. and doing something more productive with your mind and soul besides destroying the earth and all the shit people want to make.. Ukulele is great for the brain.. the more you put into it the more you can get out of it.. LIKE anything else in life you decide to do. So yah, I actually play 3 scales now on my uke, can jam on any song .. and hit it like a drum.. but most of all I have FUN with my friends when we sing and jam together.. That's the TRUE KEY.

    • @bluesusername
      @bluesusername 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, that's what I'm saying! So long as you're having fun right? It's not a competition about which instrument is most difficult.

  • @d2dolan
    @d2dolan 2 года назад

    You should do systematic lessons. I would pay for a logical presentation of this. Well done

  • @Schnoodles46
    @Schnoodles46 3 года назад +1

    Hi, Sean. How easy is it to learn guitar FROM uke? (Maybe using a baritone as a bridge.)

    • @xxburningfoxxx1081
      @xxburningfoxxx1081 3 года назад +1

      Ukulele is basically guitar but at 5th fret and slightly tune string number 4....the chord is different but overall it is pretty much similar

  • @mriconoclast13
    @mriconoclast13 Год назад

    Sometime watch the Dooo shred a ukulele. You'll never think of them the same way again.

  • @BurnWithGaming
    @BurnWithGaming 3 года назад

    this guy is hilarious

  • @machoprotegido5607
    @machoprotegido5607 Год назад

    The title is hilarious

  • @TheNightshadePrince
    @TheNightshadePrince 3 месяца назад

    No one has given the instrument more shade than the Colleen ballinger. Lol . I also live in Florida, do you do private lessons? :)

  • @justethan2731
    @justethan2731 3 года назад +1

    I don’t know if you’ll see this but I’ve played the ukulele for 3 years I think I’m getting bored and want to either move up to a tenor or a Bariton Uke or even a guitar I’m just sick of the high notes I’d like to play low songs!!

    • @seandaniel23
      @seandaniel23  3 года назад +1

      Go for a guitar! It's a perfect complement to uke!

  • @deeman524
    @deeman524 Год назад

    I hate when people that don't play Uke, think they have to cover it, when you do this, you contradict yourself. Out of respect for the tradition and culture, you should say: "hey, I've been interested in the Uke lately , come journey with me".
    And Just for the record; I also play guitar as well, but I play the 2 instruments distinctive from each other as the 2 have their own unique beauty. you're right.

  • @nesbittbrian059
    @nesbittbrian059 4 года назад +1

    Hi Sean, I hear your always looking for a joke to open your post. What about this?... in the uk, Liverpool’s John Lennon airport is to start quarantining everybody hohos comes through the airport 🤔 “imagine all the people”😂😂😂😂

  • @davidsims1329
    @davidsims1329 3 года назад

    You know the ukulele is a real instrument? Started out in Portugal but it was a Accompaniment rhythm instrument with metal strings

  • @elderberry-hamster
    @elderberry-hamster 4 года назад

    Michael Angelo Batio just played the hell out of one in recent video. Makes me want to date a hula girl. 😜

  • @calcifer758
    @calcifer758 2 года назад

    you kind of resemble Pewdiepie :0

  • @joeylabranche1014
    @joeylabranche1014 3 года назад +1

    Since the ukulele is not a serious instrument because it as only 4 string i guess bass guitar is not a serious instrument,violin is not a serious instrument this is ridiculous the ukulele is a serious musical instrument just like a guitar or a piano.

  • @ericbrouet
    @ericbrouet Год назад

    Slow down dude, I'm trying to keep up!

  • @perap2726
    @perap2726 3 года назад

    Just wonderful, I've been looking for "best beginner ukulele for 12 year old" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Fenaylern Nonpareil Formula - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good one off product for discovering how to play the ukulele like a pro minus the hard work. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my m8 got amazing results with it.

  • @johnjriggsarchery2457
    @johnjriggsarchery2457 Год назад

    Hahaha, "like a real instrument."

  • @paulmaartensphotography9950
    @paulmaartensphotography9950 6 месяцев назад

    CDC 😂

  • @agr_seven
    @agr_seven 2 года назад +1

    *Is ukulele is not a real musical instrument ?*

  • @adityarajganeju
    @adityarajganeju 4 года назад

    No it's not

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 2 года назад

    Do people agree with me? The most annoying Ukulele song of all time is “somewhere over the rainbow” as played by Izrael from Hawaii (rest in peace, good man). But that song is just …ugh.

  • @TheLastMoomin
    @TheLastMoomin 4 года назад

    Anything with 4 strings is not a real instrument. OMG.

  • @UkeDawg
    @UkeDawg Год назад

    Too fast. The information is too fast!

  • @BanishmentRedpegs
    @BanishmentRedpegs 4 года назад

    Slow down a bit dude.

  • @giovanni21mas
    @giovanni21mas 4 года назад

    Ukelele a real instrument? Nope I don’t buy that

  • @cedricalmojuela4659
    @cedricalmojuela4659 4 года назад

    So you simply tell that ukulele isn't REAL instrument if it wasn't played the way you say so?

    • @mikekachowski2797
      @mikekachowski2797 4 года назад +4

      he’s kinda just joking about all of those 14 year old girls that play riptide, somewhere over the rainbow, i’m yours and that stuff. What here’s doing here is showing there’s a lot more to the ukulele than playing simple songs with the same 4 chords

  • @gregglashauser4125
    @gregglashauser4125 4 года назад

    Please go back to guitar, all these other instruments r brutal, ur a guitar god, these instruments won't get u a soap opera gig or a leather jacket