Old Mcdonald

Mary Had a Little Lamb (level 1 & 2)

Kueh Pisang/Hot Cross Buns

Recorder Fingerings

C chord and F chord

            C                  C

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

            F                     C 

You make me happy, when skies are grey

           F                    C

You never know dear, how much I love you

             C       G       C

Please dont take my sunshine away

Placing your left hand fingers and the C chord

1) Remember to count your strings from the bottom.

2) Those metal bars on the fingerboard are called frets!

3) You should be placing your fingers in the correct boxes.

4) Lastly, your Ukulele's body should be against your belly and hug it like a baby!


 

Ukulele lesson - Simple strumming patterns

Once you can play a simple song with some of the basic chords (C, F, G, maybe Am) , you can start to switch your attention to your right hand and focus on playing the chords with different rhythmic patterns, to make it sound more varied and interesting.

Watch the following YouTube video to learn a few effective strumming patterns that you can use to make your song sounds much, much better than just playing each chord once!

Follow the video and practise the strumming on just C chord. Once you get the hang of it, try using the strumming pattern to play a few different chords, then play the songs you learnt and make it better by strumming differently!

Or, click on the following link to view the video on YouTube directly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAScCO3Mb-w

You are my sunshine

You are my sunshine

Written by: Oliver Hood, member of "Rice Brothers' Gang"


Intro:   C     G     C    C

           C                C
You are my sunshine my only sunshine.
            F                    C
You make me happy when skies are grey.
             F                    C
You'll never know dear how much I love you,
             C       G         C
please don't take my sunshine away.



Listen to the first recorded version of this song by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, released in 1939.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRDVArEKL0

You Raise Me Up

You Raise Me Up

Brendan Graham (lyricist) 

Rolf Løvland (composer)

Intro:

C     F   C   C

Am   F   G   G 

Am   F   C   F 

C     G   C   C

          C         F              C        C 

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary; 

              C        F                 G      G 

When troubles come and my heart burdened be; 

           Am        F                C         F 

Then, I am still and wait here in the silence, 

          C        G               C         C 

Until you come and sit awhile with me. 

             Am     F              C          G 

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; 

              Am     F              C          G 

 You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; 

     Am           F            C          F 

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; 

              C     G               C       C

 You raise me up to more than I can be. 

Did you know?

"You Raise Me Up" is a song that was originally composed by the duo Secret Garden. The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham.

Initially, the original version only became a minor hit in the United Kingdom. However the song has now been covered more than 125 times, with the most successful covers being by Josh Groban (#73 in the US and #1 on the US Adult Contemporary chart), Westlife (#1 in the UK), Daniel O'Donnell (#22 in the UK) and Dutch Popstars winner Wesley Klein (#4 in the Netherlands). 

 
(Retrieved from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Raise_Me_Up)

Can you play this song?

Leave a message at the comment section and share your experiences learning this song. What difficulties do you face?

Holding your Ukulele

Things to remember:

1) Left hand is used to hold your Ukulele around the neck

2) Right hand is used to strum your Ukulele

3) Pinch your thumb and index finger of your right hand and strum it using the nail part of your index finger

Enjoy!


 

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