How to play harmonics on the ukulele (and how I use them)

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2024

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  • @4stringboy
    @4stringboy  9 месяцев назад

    If you want more in depth harmonics lessons I have the following lessons available on my 4stringfriends membership:
    - Intro to harmonics
    - Levelling up your harmonics
    - Harmonics and fingerstyle
    - Harmonic strum
    - Festive harmonics
    Each lesson is 60 minutes long, and you get exercises and songs to practice.
    Link here: www.4stringboy.com/store/p69/4stringfriends_All_Access_1_year.html

  • @sadie771
    @sadie771 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks! Very clear explanations.

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for listening!

  • @effisummerscreative
    @effisummerscreative 10 месяцев назад +1

    sparkle sparkle ✨

  • @MonicaRaye
    @MonicaRaye 10 месяцев назад +1

    You inspired me to sparkle ❤

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      BIGGEST YES SPARKLES 24/7

  • @mostlycrunchywendy3112
    @mostlycrunchywendy3112 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic how-to video on harmonics. Your video editing is spot-on. :) I just realized that harmonics on the 7th fret are a 5th up, and on the 5th fret are another octave up. So cool!

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you Wendy - I don’t know why I didn’t talk about that so thanks for mentioning it 🥲 the 7th fret I see as an octave above that note rather than 1.5 octaves above the open string, that’s maths that confuses me 😇

  • @calebraysilcott9471
    @calebraysilcott9471 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you!

  • @Braddtastic
    @Braddtastic 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you! I’ve been trying to understand harmonics for a long time…I finally get it!

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  9 месяцев назад

      HURRAY 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

  • @winc06
    @winc06 10 месяцев назад

    Such careful and clear explanations. Thanks.

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for listening 🧡

  • @ferg492
    @ferg492 6 месяцев назад

    What a mint lesson, only ever done one on the twelfth using left hand index and right hand thumb. This is great 👍 and well explained, cheers mate

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  6 месяцев назад

      Pleasure, glad it was helpful 🧡

  • @4Motion54
    @4Motion54 10 месяцев назад

    Hello Sammy aka 4stringboy, .this is a very good explanation of playing harmonics on the ukulele!!!! Escpecially your Idea of thinking in chord boxes and having a picture of them in the mind is really helpful. It opens my mind up.... remarkable tipp👍!!!! Thanks so much for sharing! When you are playing harmonics it is so Fluid. I adore it! Stay safe and be blessed! With Kind regards from Germany, Bettina

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you Bettina 🙏 big love!

  • @JS-lesca
    @JS-lesca 6 месяцев назад

    thank you so much for this explanation :) you have such a nice pace in teaching/speaking and the amount of information is just perfect - it's as harmonic as the harmonics themselves 😂

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @carolyntucker9610
    @carolyntucker9610 10 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant-working things out visually and not with numbers or alphabet 😀

  • @malcolmwilcox8921
    @malcolmwilcox8921 3 месяца назад

    Great tutorial, ta very much.
    Any update on the custom felt pick development? Id be very interested

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  3 месяца назад +1

      Yes, they now exist for purchase! openhagen.com/en-dk/products/electric-guitar-pickgrip

  • @tanumoykarmakar6510
    @tanumoykarmakar6510 5 месяцев назад

    Great, thanks for the valuable lessons. Could you please make more videos on the beginner baritone tutorials on finger picking

  • @GeekandUke
    @GeekandUke 10 месяцев назад

    Such a nice walkthrough, Sammy. Cheers! Great technique 😊

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you, it’s a beautiful technique that I adore very very much

    • @GeekandUke
      @GeekandUke 10 месяцев назад

      @@4stringboy Same!

  • @Aberellium
    @Aberellium 10 месяцев назад

    Ahh these finally make sense- thank you!!

  • @shazziep5567
    @shazziep5567 10 месяцев назад

    Fabulous tutorial on harmonics Sammy … very clever way of understanding how to play them using chord boxes ..can use with my Fingerstyle Fursday Harmonics edition download 🤩😁🦋

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Ah yes, it will definitely help with those pieces 😇

  • @karenseidel
    @karenseidel 9 месяцев назад

    This is an excellent tutorial Sammy!

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you Karen 😇

  • @donabarca
    @donabarca 10 месяцев назад

    Great, easy, piece tut, like always, u great master of Desaster❤😂❤

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      🥳🥳🥳😬😬😬

  • @irene3797
    @irene3797 9 месяцев назад

    thank you so much!!!!

  • @deeman524
    @deeman524 Месяц назад

    very good

  • @Isabella-dd4fk
    @Isabella-dd4fk 6 месяцев назад

    I finally understand it now 😭

  • @ufoabove
    @ufoabove 10 месяцев назад

    Hi 4SB, I was fortunate enough to find one of these ukes and I snatched it up. Beautiful instrument! Thank you for giving this teaching demonstration. I was trying to figure out how you did it. Are you producing the thumb picks yet? I like the concept. Be well my friend!

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Hello mate, glad you like it 😇 thumb picks are being made, release is not yet but coming hopefully soon!

  • @topexpertiam
    @topexpertiam 7 месяцев назад

    do you have any advice on making harmonics louder?

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  7 месяцев назад

      Good strings (ukelogic I’ve found best) really help, but it’s very dependent on the woods and size of your uke too. Making sure you give the harmonic enough ‘ring’ by moving the index finger quickly and not killing the note by accident ☺️

  • @athanott
    @athanott 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you for encouraging us to play harmonics more! I definitely got better at playing them after watching your workshop 🙂 Quick question... Do you mind breaking down the harmonic strum? My attempts sound 💩

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you Nasia! Always wanting to spread the sparkle love 🧡 there’s a lesson on 4stringfriends braking the technique down but maybe I can do something here too!

    • @athanott
      @athanott 10 месяцев назад

      @@4stringboy thanks for the heads up! I'll rejoin the family soon, so no worries if you don't get to it here 🙂

  • @topexpertiam
    @topexpertiam 6 месяцев назад

    when you male the felt picks is it for leftys and rightys? (sorry this question is a tad arbitary)

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  6 месяцев назад

      No apologies, it’s a good question! We’ve made it so it can be used for both, can’t forget lefty friends 😇

    • @topexpertiam
      @topexpertiam 6 месяцев назад

      @@4stringboy thank you!!!!!

  • @Kie77
    @Kie77 10 месяцев назад

    Really well put together. I liked your angled chord boxes with the lowered opacity. That was a clever bit of editing. Question. Sparkle McSparkle. Did you ever consider naming your ukulele this? ✨✨✨

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад

      Cheers Kie! If I had allowed the British public to name it, then I figure this would be the outcome

  • @RomelUkulele
    @RomelUkulele 10 месяцев назад

    Is there a similar technique for the baritone ukulele? and if so which notes are harmonic ?

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  10 месяцев назад +1

      It’s exactly the same technique on exactly the same places 👌 if you check out my original tracks Breeze and Overcast, they’re both on baritone and full of harmonics 😇

    • @RomelUkulele
      @RomelUkulele 10 месяцев назад

      @@4stringboy Thanks, from the other side of the world.

    • @RomelUkulele
      @RomelUkulele 10 месяцев назад

      @@4stringboy Thanks for the info, will have a look. Hope looking forward to hearing more of your music

  • @mr.gravityz
    @mr.gravityz 4 месяца назад

    i use 12th, 7th, and 5th

  • @ericanuj8072
    @ericanuj8072 9 месяцев назад

    what is the size of your ukulele in this video????

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  9 месяцев назад

      Tenor, it’s the Flight 4SB

  • @wolvesunguarded4220
    @wolvesunguarded4220 8 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing! After a few hours of practicing, I can now do artificial harmonics

    • @4stringboy
      @4stringboy  8 месяцев назад +1

      YES MATE YOU RULE 👏

    • @wolvesunguarded4220
      @wolvesunguarded4220 7 месяцев назад

      @@4stringboy Thanks to your video! Keep up the amazing work!