I have been playing ukulele for 9 years now and you explain things so easily, I love how you are always remindind people to relax and enjoy. Thank you so much for making this tutorials ¡you rock!
Ich bin schockverliebt! I always try to focus on the instrument but I have to look at you all the time. You have such a positive Aura. When I practice, I really learn a lot from you. This "laugh at your hand" thing really helps me to practice more relaxed. Thank you for showing these many interesting techniques! Greetings from Germany
Danke! Thanks for watching and glad that you are laughing and smiling at your hand… Practicing with positivity can make a big difference! :-) Enjoy the journey...Thanks for watching & hope you'll subscribe for more goodies from Ukulele Zen :)
Great video. This is just what I was looking for. I love how you keep it simple for us, it makes it very easy to practice. Thank you! Keep making the Gypsy Jazz videos please.
Thanks Glenn, I do plan on offering more soon in the near future. I have an online mini course all about this tune - strums & solo licks in the style of Django. If interested, here’s a 20% discount code for you: www.stufuchs.com/store Code: UZ PATRON
this was awesome!!! I recently bought a baritone ukulele and have been experimenting with the rich tones- this lick sounds super cool on it. Can't wait to see more!
thanks, good stuuf on the gypsy strum. regarding D6 tuning, soprano ukuleles were designed for the higher tuning. at the standard scale length, there is more than 25% more tension (up to 28% i think) on the strings just to go up a single tone. this is an appreciable difference. the effect on the resonation of the body of the uke is astounding. far more energy is transmitted into the body, properly activating its potential. In D6, a good soprano uke will zing.The C6 tuning was standard on tenor ukes. Concert size has adopted that, but sopranos were always D6, with C6 only being adopted to simplify everything, In my opnion, in C6, soprano strings are positively flaccid, never a good thing.
Stu I love your Heart Art and Style! I'm always learning very Juicy musical ideas from you! Djanjo is one my fav musicians of all time and so are you my man! Question, would you do a tutorial on a simple song using the D6 tuning and how the chord shapes change with this tuning! Keep it Juicy and Zen my friend! When you think you're doing less do even less! WOW! I actually use this idea to simple chords when playing piano , ukulele and Guitarlele! Thank you Z Man! 🍉🍇🍉🍍👊🏿👏🏿🙌🏿😉👍🏿👟🔥🎸🌶👞👞👞👞👞💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
The only thing I know about D6 tuning is that it's used a lot in Canada… Is that where you live? The shapes are the same but the names of the cords are different. The C major shape becomes D and an A major shape is now B etc etc...
Thanks for the video Stu! Really digging these jazz ukulele videos. Can you do a lesson on how to improvise as you did at the end/ refer me to the other videos on your channel where you teach this? Thanks!
YES! I will do another live stream this coming Sunday 2 PM New York City time… You can always watch is a replay. In the future I’ll be making an entire lifestream about this whole song “minor swing”
I think there is one other thing Four Finger Frenzy might consider when deciding on a tuning when working with kids: the natural pitch they sing at. I'm no expert, but a conductor of several kids choirs told me that at least in Germany there is a tendency to using a slightly too low key when singing with little kids -- he says choirs in England do this better. Things of course change as they grow up ... As singing often plays an important part in children's instrumental education, this might be worth looking into.
This is a VERY good point to bring up Jost - thanks. Especially about how youngsters' voices will change. It's a little cliche, but so true: "Key is Key". Tuning the uke to D6 and playing in a higher key can make the melodies much easier to sing. It's amazing how much more enjoyable it will be for everyone when one is not straining to sing in tune. Finding the right key is sometimes a balancing act to find chord shapes that aren't TOO hard to play, but offer a different key area to sing in.
Hey Marcel! I look forward to returning to Europe in June 2019 & hope we meet up in person! Once I have some tour dates set I will be sharing them here for sure! If you know of a uke club who would like to work woh me, please send them my way :) www.stufuchs.com/contact Thanks.
This was delightful. I dig that chord progression and I love the idea of having a uke in D6. My question is related to development of musicianship. I'd love to hear your suggestions for exercises on the uke that help learning theory and how chords/notes etc "play well" together.
I would love to explore this with you & everyone...it's a deep topic and I'm creating a module on theory for the online Ukulele Zen course (available someday soon on a planet near you!). :) But for certain, I will explore your question in future videos. Be well my Friend :)
Another nice technique, thanks, that'd be great to do more of this. I can see you're already explaining to folk that you plan to show the muting in more depth. I need to grow my fingers longer, as it's hard to cover over the fretboard like you show (& I only play a soprano)! So any tips to assist smaller hands achieving this would be great please - I have similar issues with trying to chunk (though sometime you can use the right hand to dampen the strings). Ta muchly. Jeanette
I hear you - it's a matter of finding out just how little you have to touch the hands when muting a chord. (and programming the FEELING into your hands) It's probably going to be less pressure than you think! Bar chords, while harder at first, make damping chords easier because all the strings are already being touched...you just lift up the pressure & viola - it's muted. I'll have to come to the UK and show you in person! Tell a uke club about me & I'll be there in June 2019 :) Be well Jeanette!
Cheers for that. The barre chords are far easier to mute just by lifting up, it those open ones where some configurations are awkward to get a hand across & damp all the strings. I shall have to work on getting our PLUC numbers up so we'd be worthwhile you visiting :) TTFN Jeanette
THIS is 👍 Did I get it right that there will be a online course about Gipsy Jazz? I would love to join it😀Thanks Stu, so glad you are doing your teachings!
Hey Stu, can you do a tutorial on muting one and two finger chords (C for example)? I love the Am mute, and I'll work on that. I'll to see you really slowly bust down muting. It's it's way, way easier on 3 and 4 finger chords. Does it make a difference that you are playing Am with your second finger as oppposed to the third finger?? Thaknbyou for all you do!
Hey Mia! You could use 1st finger too - all depends on what's next...if an F chord is next, then the 2nd finger makes more sense to me. I will further explain "deflating the hand" in future videos...it's a deep process at first - once you get it your hand will mute with ease anytime, any chord :) Set, down, MUTE! :)
Hey Stu, first of all thanks for all the tutorials! Whats the lick you are playing on the comparison of th C6 & D6 tunings? I ´ve heard that before but simply cant figure it out. Keep it up.
Hey there! That's a chord melody for "From me to You" by The Beatles. I put it into a tab in the key of F - at my website's store www.stufuchs.com/store. Cheers...Subscribe & ring the bell for more videos like this one! 🎶🤙 goo.gl/rMXsnw
Good idea… Will use movable bar shapes with jazz swing progression sometime soon. I was in Argentina for a few days playing a concert in 2016… Can’t wait to go back I saw only a little bit!!
Hi Stu Mike Hall here I moved to Albany from Buffalo I miss the club and meeting at Suzie’s I’m playing The Cape it has quick chord changes how can I make it more interesting than just one strum per chord Thanks for everything past present and future you are appreciated Mike
MIKE!! Good to hear from you! I'll get into that subject someday...sometime, one strum per chord is all that's needed - if they are payed in time, it'll often be the right thing to do when there are lots of quick chord changes going on....
Just starting out with ukulele so don't yet understand C6 or D6. I thought ukuleles were all tuned in the key of C (concert pitch). How do C6 and D6 differ? Why do you use those tunings, and what are the advantages (and disadvantages?) of each?
Great video as always! I have a hard time with left hand muting but I managed to do it with my right hand it sounds much worse than your strum though :) What do you think about right-hand muting? It looks like left-hand muting much better when you play in a fast rhythm and I should invest my time in it. Or right hand is a viable technique for gypsy jazz too and I should stick with it? I would appreciate some videos about various techniques, like muting, on your channel :)
Right hand muting is a good technique to use… strum down with the fleshy part of the thumb then mute the palm of the hand… If you do this in a gentle way you'll get a nice swing rhythm. I can make a video on the subject sometime soon! Stay tuned ;-)
In this video it's a tenor...I play concert, tenor, soprano...and...guitar ;-) New videos here every week...and a library of goodies to check out at the UZ channel page 🎶 Subscribe & "ring the bell" to keep in the loop goo.gl/rMXsnw
That's the Beatles "From Me To You"...I have it as a chord solo on my website's store & a video lesson for it too! ruclips.net/video/7A55y15DkxE/видео.html
HI UKULELE ZEN. This is great. I'm going to check those tunings. My list of reasons to buy another uku is almost complete:) My friends play Jango on guitar and this sounds great on ukulele. When you first showed the strumming, I thought this doesn't look difficult, then you sped up and, "oops, got more to learn" haha. That was fun. Thanks for your input in your reply on the previous vid. Curious of your thoughts on 432 Hz turning? Appreciate these videos. Happy day.
I hear you! That "simple" swing strum takes a lot of work - that is, if you want it to sound really crisp & rhythmically solid. I will be sharing more in future videos soon! 432 Hz is an interesting concept & I do like playing a guitar to that pitch...it definitely feels good to me. When I play with Snatam, her harmonium is tuned at 442Hz. I always tune to who I'm playing with - I operate in the world of 440Hz because that's where everyone else I'm playing with is tuned...so, I keep my 432 Hz explorations to my own home jams :)
All very similar. La Pompe is the common terms used for this kind of Gypsy jazz strumming. "comping" is short for accompaniment....a term used for lots of different jazz styles.
It is so subtle...I spent a lot of time learning the strum of guitar....the endurance to keep it going for a 4 hour gig (and with fast tempos) is the closest I'll ever get to running a marathon!
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You are amazing!! Wow, that solo thrown in there was so unexpected! Didn't know a Uke could do that
I have been playing ukulele for 9 years now and you explain things so easily, I love how you are always remindind people to relax and enjoy. Thank you so much for making this tutorials ¡you rock!
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching 😊🎶🤙 Please subscribe for more videos like this one :-)
Thanks for asking that question on D6 tuning and C6 tuning. And thanks Stu for answering it very interesting.
My pleasure Lord Devout 🙏🏻
Been following for several months now. Very useful and enjoyable lessons. Many thanks. See you down the wires.
Merci! Tu es le meilleur youtubeur de leçons de Ukulélé que j'ai pu écouter. Sympa et clair. Thanks again :)
Ich bin schockverliebt! I always try to focus on the instrument but I have to look at you all the time. You have such a positive Aura. When I practice, I really learn a lot from you. This "laugh at your hand" thing really helps me to practice more relaxed. Thank you for showing these many interesting techniques! Greetings from Germany
Danke! Thanks for watching and glad that you are laughing and smiling at your hand… Practicing with positivity can make a big difference! :-) Enjoy the journey...Thanks for watching & hope you'll subscribe for more goodies from Ukulele Zen :)
Glad I joined the patreon, your teaching style is top 💪🏽
Great video. This is just what I was looking for. I love how you keep it simple for us, it makes it very easy to practice. Thank you! Keep making the Gypsy Jazz videos please.
I’ll make more jazz vids soon... thanks for watching! 🎶🎉
Nice demo. It really sounds like gypsy swing. Very authentic sound. Nice job!
Amazing mate! More of these please. Very very nice! Thanks alot Stu.
Thanks Glenn, I do plan on offering more soon in the near future. I have an online mini course all about this tune - strums & solo licks in the style of Django. If interested, here’s a 20% discount code for you:
www.stufuchs.com/store
Code: UZ PATRON
Hey you are fast for beginners. - but I enjoyd every step ! Thumbs up! And GYPSY SWING is healing music for me
That's GREAT.....Please subscribe to this channel for more videos & content like this - I post every week 🎶🤙😊
Always liked the Gypsy sound of Django, great video will certainly give this a try.
this was awesome!!! I recently bought a baritone ukulele and have been experimenting with the rich tones- this lick sounds super cool on it. Can't wait to see more!
Thanks - more goodies to come!
Thanks for giving such fab ideas to share with uke group oldies here in Motueka New Zealand.. after covid19
Thanks Monty! Hope you'll subscribe to the channel to keep in the loop with more videos like this one every week. Play on! 🤙🎶
Extremely cristal clear, like always, thx superStu!! 🙌🏾👌🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🤟🏿🤙🏼✌🏼
Thanks Roberto! Happy playing! 🎶😊🤙
thanks, good stuuf on the gypsy strum.
regarding D6 tuning, soprano ukuleles were designed for the higher tuning. at the standard scale length, there is more than 25% more tension (up to 28% i think) on the strings just to go up a single tone. this is an appreciable difference. the effect on the resonation of the body of the uke is astounding. far more energy is transmitted into the body, properly activating its potential. In D6, a good soprano uke will zing.The C6 tuning was standard on tenor ukes. Concert size has adopted that, but sopranos were always D6, with C6 only being adopted to simplify everything, In my opnion, in C6, soprano strings are positively flaccid, never a good thing.
Love what you do and your relaxed teaching style is totally Zen! Thanks so much!
I appreciate that! More videos every week from this channel - please subscribe to keep in the loop. Happy playing :-)
Thank you so much for anything Jazzy!!! Love this!! I'm so glad to see this!
You are the jazzy momma! More rhythm of swing to come in future lessons :)
Que maravilla, muchas gracias desde Islas Canarias
Muchísimas Gracias Juan!
Stu I love your Heart Art and Style! I'm always learning very Juicy musical ideas from you! Djanjo is one my fav musicians of all time and so are you my man!
Question, would you do a tutorial on a simple song using the D6 tuning and how the chord shapes change with this tuning! Keep it Juicy and Zen my friend! When you think you're doing less do even less! WOW! I actually use this idea to simple chords when playing piano , ukulele and Guitarlele! Thank you Z Man! 🍉🍇🍉🍍👊🏿👏🏿🙌🏿😉👍🏿👟🔥🎸🌶👞👞👞👞👞💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
The only thing I know about D6 tuning is that it's used a lot in Canada… Is that where you live? The shapes are the same but the names of the cords are different. The C major shape becomes D and an A major shape is now B etc etc...
Thanks for the video Stu! Really digging these jazz ukulele videos. Can you do a lesson on how to improvise as you did at the end/ refer me to the other videos on your channel where you teach this? Thanks!
YES! I will do another live stream this coming Sunday 2 PM New York City time… You can always watch is a replay. In the future I’ll be making an entire lifestream about this whole song “minor swing”
Thank you Stu, Looking forward for more swing/jazz lessons :) Maybe next can be Blue Drag :D
Yes I agree too, but I think it will take weeks before I have a cool strumming like Stu, so easy jazz tunes may be a good idea ;0). Thanks Stu
Ecolo Jazz I agree, same here :)
I think there is one other thing Four Finger Frenzy might consider when deciding on a tuning when working with kids: the natural pitch they sing at. I'm no expert, but a conductor of several kids choirs told me that at least in Germany there is a tendency to using a slightly too low key when singing with little kids -- he says choirs in England do this better. Things of course change as they grow up ... As singing often plays an important part in children's instrumental education, this might be worth looking into.
This is a VERY good point to bring up Jost - thanks. Especially about how youngsters' voices will change. It's a little cliche, but so true: "Key is Key". Tuning the uke to D6 and playing in a higher key can make the melodies much easier to sing. It's amazing how much more enjoyable it will be for everyone when one is not straining to sing in tune. Finding the right key is sometimes a balancing act to find chord shapes that aren't TOO hard to play, but offer a different key area to sing in.
Great one Stuart.
Thanks. I'll be sure to get this going before you get to the Netherlands again to jamm with you. Maybe.
Hey Marcel! I look forward to returning to Europe in June 2019 & hope we meet up in person! Once I have some tour dates set I will be sharing them here for sure! If you know of a uke club who would like to work woh me, please send them my way :) www.stufuchs.com/contact Thanks.
This was delightful. I dig that chord progression and I love the idea of having a uke in D6.
My question is related to development of musicianship. I'd love to hear your suggestions for exercises on the uke that help learning theory and how chords/notes etc "play well" together.
I would love to explore this with you & everyone...it's a deep topic and I'm creating a module on theory for the online Ukulele Zen course (available someday soon on a planet near you!). :) But for certain, I will explore your question in future videos. Be well my Friend :)
Well taught and really well played.
Thanks so much Stephen!
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This has so much information . Thank you so much.
My pleasure! I played this style on lead guitar for many years: www.stufuchs.com/american-gypsy All the best, Stu
Another nice technique, thanks, that'd be great to do more of this. I can see you're already explaining to folk that you plan to show the muting in more depth. I need to grow my fingers longer, as it's hard to cover over the fretboard like you show (& I only play a soprano)! So any tips to assist smaller hands achieving this would be great please - I have similar issues with trying to chunk (though sometime you can use the right hand to dampen the strings). Ta muchly. Jeanette
I hear you - it's a matter of finding out just how little you have to touch the hands when muting a chord. (and programming the FEELING into your hands) It's probably going to be less pressure than you think! Bar chords, while harder at first, make damping chords easier because all the strings are already being touched...you just lift up the pressure & viola - it's muted. I'll have to come to the UK and show you in person! Tell a uke club about me & I'll be there in June 2019 :) Be well Jeanette!
Cheers for that. The barre chords are far easier to mute just by lifting up, it those open ones where some configurations are awkward to get a hand across & damp all the strings. I shall have to work on getting our PLUC numbers up so we'd be worthwhile you visiting :) TTFN Jeanette
THIS is 👍 Did I get it right that there will be a online course about Gipsy Jazz? I would love to join it😀Thanks Stu, so glad you are doing your teachings!
I will offer some swing lessons and Gypsy swing styles with my online course yes :)
Hey Stu, can you do a tutorial on muting one and two finger chords (C for example)? I love the Am mute, and I'll work on that. I'll to see you really slowly bust down muting. It's it's way, way easier on 3 and 4 finger chords. Does it make a difference that you are playing Am with your second finger as oppposed to the third finger?? Thaknbyou for all you do!
Hey Mia! You could use 1st finger too - all depends on what's next...if an F chord is next, then the 2nd finger makes more sense to me. I will further explain "deflating the hand" in future videos...it's a deep process at first - once you get it your hand will mute with ease anytime, any chord :) Set, down, MUTE! :)
Mi
You are amazing! Thank you...
Thank you very much Stu.
Isn't easyer with barre chords ?
Expecting your next vid.
Yes, easier with chords w/o open strings. BUT...muting open stringed chords is a very important thing to learn!
Hey Stu,
first of all thanks for all the tutorials!
Whats the lick you are playing on the comparison of th C6 & D6 tunings? I ´ve heard that before but simply cant figure it out.
Keep it up.
Hey there! That's a chord melody for "From me to You" by The Beatles. I put it into a tab in the key of F - at my website's store www.stufuchs.com/store. Cheers...Subscribe & ring the bell for more videos like this one! 🎶🤙 goo.gl/rMXsnw
Mind blown!
Cheers! Subscribe for more good stuff ;) Play on, Stu
Very clear. Usefull. It would be nice if you could do the same song but with no open string chords, where mutting is easier. Regardes from Argentina.
Good idea… Will use movable bar shapes with jazz swing progression sometime soon. I was in Argentina for a few days playing a concert in 2016… Can’t wait to go back I saw only a little bit!!
Hi Stu Mike Hall here I moved to Albany from Buffalo I miss the club and meeting at Suzie’s I’m playing The Cape it has quick chord changes how can I make it more interesting than just one strum per chord Thanks for everything past present and future you are appreciated Mike
MIKE!! Good to hear from you! I'll get into that subject someday...sometime, one strum per chord is all that's needed - if they are payed in time, it'll often be the right thing to do when there are lots of quick chord changes going on....
Just starting out with ukulele so don't yet understand C6 or D6. I thought ukuleles were all tuned in the key of C (concert pitch). How do C6 and D6 differ? Why do you use those tunings, and what are the advantages (and disadvantages?) of each?
I play in C6 tuning. D6 is one step higher & used in Canada a lot. It was also the same tuning used in vaudevillian times.
You are awesome!
Ahhh, I am merely a reflection you YOUR AWESOME-NESS!
Thanks
Great video as always! I have a hard time with left hand muting but I managed to do it with my right hand it sounds much worse than your strum though :) What do you think about right-hand muting? It looks like left-hand muting much better when you play in a fast rhythm and I should invest my time in it. Or right hand is a viable technique for gypsy jazz too and I should stick with it? I would appreciate some videos about various techniques, like muting, on your channel :)
Right hand muting is a good technique to use… strum down with the fleshy part of the thumb then mute the palm of the hand… If you do this in a gentle way you'll get a nice swing rhythm. I can make a video on the subject sometime soon! Stay tuned ;-)
sorry - i am singer and wanna buy a ukalele and learn to play....but very new in the ukalele thing....are you playing a concert ukalele ? thanks
In this video it's a tenor...I play concert, tenor, soprano...and...guitar ;-) New videos here every week...and a library of goodies to check out at the UZ channel page 🎶 Subscribe & "ring the bell" to keep in the loop goo.gl/rMXsnw
Awesome video....what’s the first little song you were playing called I wanna learn that
That's the Beatles "From Me To You"...I have it as a chord solo on my website's store & a video lesson for it too! ruclips.net/video/7A55y15DkxE/видео.html
Hi . I need to know where to start with a ukulele. Size ? Soprano ? And a first lesson
Thats sounds nice
HI UKULELE ZEN.
This is great. I'm going to check those tunings. My list of reasons to buy another uku is almost complete:) My friends play Jango on guitar and this sounds great on ukulele. When you first showed the strumming, I thought this doesn't look difficult, then you sped up and, "oops, got more to learn" haha. That was fun. Thanks for your input in your reply on the previous vid.
Curious of your thoughts on 432 Hz turning?
Appreciate these videos. Happy day.
I hear you! That "simple" swing strum takes a lot of work - that is, if you want it to sound really crisp & rhythmically solid. I will be sharing more in future videos soon! 432 Hz is an interesting concept & I do like playing a guitar to that pitch...it definitely feels good to me. When I play with Snatam, her harmonium is tuned at 442Hz. I always tune to who I'm playing with - I operate in the world of 440Hz because that's where everyone else I'm playing with is tuned...so, I keep my 432 Hz explorations to my own home jams :)
Is there a specific difference between, the Pomp, the Comp and vamping?
All very similar. La Pompe is the common terms used for this kind of Gypsy jazz strumming. "comping" is short for accompaniment....a term used for lots of different jazz styles.
I would very much like to be in contact with others who are intent on playing Gypsy Jazz on Ukes. I live in Tucson, AZ
Is that a tenor Kala you're playing? (with the low G). Which model is it?
That's the cedar top tenor: kalabrand.com/collections/solid-cedar-top-acacia-ukulele
Sven Asmunsen said we shouldn't call Minor Swing, we should say Swing Mineur, which in a humorous bent sounds Sling Minure.
Nice...LOL! Blues Minuer is a classic too!
Looks like fun kia ora.
Enjoy Monty!
Can you break up the solo run @ 7:40 min ???
Check out my upcoming livestream lesson!
Shit, I'm gonna be watching this video a lot in the coming weeks.
Wonderful to hear it’s helping you. More on Django swing sometime soon! Play on & please subscribe for more videos from Ukulele Zen.
How do you keep from wearing your thumb nail down?
t trop fort
Is that a googly eye?
Yes- the THIRD EYE OF the UKE ;-)
Darn that Django stuff is difficult....deceptive indeed.
It is so subtle...I spent a lot of time learning the strum of guitar....the endurance to keep it going for a 4 hour gig (and with fast tempos) is the closest I'll ever get to running a marathon!
Fingernails...fingernails...fingernails...talk about length and shaping...great video...huggs...captjack.
You got it Capt. Jack! I'll I'll get into it in a short, detailed video...be well, Stu
Booohhoo why can t i do that