I bought a ukulele yesterday in as attempt to beat the coronavirus lockdown boredom. I've been on youtube all day trying different 'beginner' tutorials and yours is by far the best. No complicated language, very clear and concise direction, and your voice is super gentle and patient somehow! Thanks so much. I watched and played along three times and by the third I was able to go through without any mistakes.
I completely agree Stephanie. I'm doing a final project for school and your video is by far the best I've watched. I feel like I can follow your instructions and not feel awkward learning a new skill. Thank you!
I have contacted the World Congress of Happy People and nominated you for the Happiest Person Ever 2020 title. What a great smile! Thanks for the tutorial!
Ddudduddud C / / / / / C7 / You are my sunshine,my only sunshine F / / / C / / You make me happy,when skies ar grey F / / / C / / You'll never know dear, how much i love you, C / G7 / C Please don't take my sunshine away
Lol. Same! had mine for like 4 years ago but didnt got a chance to learn since busy to school and when i finally got home its so draining that i ended up sleeping. Now that im 24/7 in the house, think its my time to learn. Lol
C / / / / / C7 / You are my sunshine,my only sunshine F / / / C / / You make me happy,when skies ar grey F / / / C / / You'll never know dear, how much i love you, C / G7 / C Please don't take my sunshine away
Great to see a professional music teacher teaching ukulele. You KNOW how to teach in a slow, very understandable way so that I can teach it myself. Thank you. Please teach some more familiar songs for elementary students.
Thank you so much! My mum just bought a ukulele today and this was the best tutorial yet, good steps, no “big ukulele” words and i love the way you sing the song. All I need to learn now is “F”. Again thank you for this tutorial.
I hope you're teaching kids somewhere. Perfect lesson young lady. I'm retire music teacher of 35 years. PK-12 and SpE. After retirement, I went into using my same skills with adult mental heath patients. Same song- second verse. 😊😊😊 They love it. I used you as the fun introduction. I'm the grumpy old drill master. You made this old music teacher long fir my good old days. Thank You for your sunshine.❤😊
THANK YOU! Finally the first ukulele tutorial that actually makes sense and breaks everything down far enough for me as a beginner. All the other ones I looked at were so confusing and complicated, even though they were labeled "beginner," it was so discouraging I nearly gave up.
I love how the way you teach us the chords, strumming, lyrics, the timing and everything that a begginer needs.. Your a very great teacher. And when you said "I believe in you"♥️
You are an absolute sweetheart! I'm 66 and got my ukelele for Xmas! I was ready to play today and found you! Thank you sweetheart! I'm having so much fun!
I just received a ukulele for Christmas from my husband. I am so happy I found your TH-cam channel. I have never played a instrument before. I find your teaching easy to understand.
I have been learning to play this for my son with the uke I got him for his birthday last month and we've been watching and playing along with your video every night this week. thank you for being so helpful and adorable!
GIRL you are amazing thank you! You are so methodical with your approach and I appreciate your breaking everything down from the notes the strings make to the transitions and beats. I am such an amateur and have seen so many videos but could not play anything decently until now, your whole lesson just brings everything together full circle. You're an amazing teacher - Thank you!!
I'm So Glad you made this. My child was taking classes for Ukulele, but due to the increase of price in everything she had to stop. She was so sad, but this has really helped her keep up with her passion!
Thank you so much. This is the first song I ever heard when I was born. I remember my dad singing it to me while playing the guitar while I sang along. Now we can sing and play this song together as a duo ❤️!
OK I'm hooked. Best. Ukulele.TH-cam.teacher. I've tried many other tutorials but with the way she teaches I've actually accomplished it! Thank you thank you you're amazing
Hi, this is the best tutorial so far for me. I just bought Ukulele yesterday and today I can play until 'how much I love you' even still hard and bad at F. Please make tutorial again like this, step by step and with easy cords Thank you for your video, Good luck! - Your viewer from Indonesia-
Oh, wow, I'm watching this a few days before I get my ukulele so I can find something good and this looks fairly simple! I think my s/o will appreciate this since this is one of his favorite songs I sing for him :)
This youtube channel for those who are just starting how to play ukelele is highly recommended, your teaching stategy is very easy to understand and the genuine smile you have on your face while teaching us the beginners make us stay and have the eagerness to really learn. Thank you so much I am to able to learn C, C7, F and G7 this time. Gonna practice it🙂
You are a wonderful teacher! I am considering buying a ukelele...want to keep my mind sharp as I mature😊. You are my sunshine is a fav of mine, my siblings (7 of them) sang this song to our precious father 16 years ago when he was leaving his earthly body and entering Heaven! Thank you for your smile too! God bless you and your students everywhere!😊
Dear Stephanie, thank you so much. I just got my Ukelele a week back and your videos is helping me so so much to learn songs so easily!!!... Thank you. Finding your channel is what brought me and my Ukelele closer!
girl this 3 years later L-O-V-E this tourtorial i cant even tell you enough, my little cousin LOOOOVES this song her birthday is comming up thought this would be a WONDERFULL suprize, cant wiat to show her. EKKKKKKKKK
I quite have a big and short finger thats why I stopped trying to play guitar. 🥺🥺 Then I decided to buy a ukelele last week. And find some ukelele tutorials in TH-cam. I really loved the way you teach 🥺 Thank you so much. 🥺♥️
🙋🏻♀️I did! And I’m a very slow learner so THANK YOU for this awesome tutorial to help me get started. Your bright and sunshiney personality is just what the world needs! Thank you, Stephanie! Blessings to you!
It's hard to do so many things at once! My favorite strategy is to practice really, really slow. It takes time, but once you get it, you won't lose it.
Thank you so much I used to play on the ukulele but I give up and now I started playing the ukulele bc of you even tho this video it’s never to late to learn😊
Hi! I just want to say that when i first got my ukulele, I watched this tutorial. To me strumming pattern was so complicated and switching chords... Imma tell you. But after practicing a lot and playing some songs with differents strumming patterns, i came back here and... I could play through! I'm so happy, its not complicated at all and the way the u explained made It so simple. Tysm! 🥰❤️
Thank you so much for teaching me all of this 8 have gotten so good and I literally got my ukulele today I I learned this one and Mary Ann songs today from you!❤️
This makes me so happy I can smile through the pain of my fingers I just started learning how to play the ukulele like 3 days ago, thank you very much for this tutorial it has so far helped me more than most other tutorials I've watched. 😊
First of all, i want to say thank you to Stephani for making a ukulele learning video with this song. I learned and practiced for the first time when I was in quarantine, the results were not very good 😊, but I tried posting to my channel so that I felt confident about learning other songs.
This was my first song. All the other ukulele tutorials on TH-cam didn’t work except this one. It was nice how she started from the very basics, because I didn’t even know any chords before I saw this video! Also I like how you’re always smiling :D I only have one problem: my fingers have tons of blisters from all that strumming. Do you know how to help that?
On your strumming hand? I try to hit the strings with my nails. Eventually your fingers and hands build up and get used to it. Just take it easy and practice a little bit each day. :)
It's really hard to replace the G7 chord. The other option would be G, which I think is harder. I'd suggest just taking it super slow. If I'm going too fast in the video you can actually slow down the speed. It's normal to find this challenging, but it will get easier. Just do it very slowly for a few minutes, every day.
I have been struggling with strumming so badly. Especially down strums. I'm never quite sure what part of my finger to use. Your strum pattern has been a great help as I try to make every strum sound clean and loud. Thank you
At the time I recorded this I used a tuner on my phone. Most beginner ukes seem to come with tuners nowadays, but if yours didn't, I would look up the Snark chromatic tuner.
I watched this while waiting for my clothes to dry in the laundromat outside in the car.. the sunshine literally came out when I began to understand the cords and the song began to form thank you so much you have such a kind heart for making this video.. I watched at slow speed and I actually got it Thank you so much 😭😭😭😭😭
I got my uke also cos of lockdown. I have just had it two weeks and my fingers took a while to get used to it, but we are getting there, I can struma and sing at the same time. I love this little tutorial it really makes me smile whilst I strum and I can do all the chords and progressions now woo hoo. Thanks so much Stephanie
I found this very helpful! My only suggestion is that the whole ukulele is in the frame so we can watch your hand when it gets to the strumming part. Thanks!
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Thank you very much. Your tutorial taught me a lot.
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THis good keep it up😀
I,my from filipinow keen you can tich me
I bought a ukulele yesterday in as attempt to beat the coronavirus lockdown boredom. I've been on youtube all day trying different 'beginner' tutorials and yours is by far the best. No complicated language, very clear and concise direction, and your voice is super gentle and patient somehow! Thanks so much. I watched and played along three times and by the third I was able to go through without any mistakes.
Wow, that's amazing! That's really great to hear that my tutorial helped. Congratulations on learning your first song!
Cool btw I'm learning it too because I'm bored of lockdown too
i did the same thing but i started a few weeks ago! keep at it cause its crazy how much you can improve in the span of a few weeks!
I completely agree Stephanie. I'm doing a final project for school and your video is by far the best I've watched. I feel like I can follow your instructions and not feel awkward learning a new skill. Thank you!
same here... btw im from the phils...
I have contacted the World Congress of Happy People and nominated you for the Happiest Person Ever 2020 title. What a great smile!
Thanks for the tutorial!
Ddudduddud
C / / / / / C7 /
You are my sunshine,my only sunshine
F / / / C / /
You make me happy,when skies ar grey
F / / / C / /
You'll never know dear, how much i love you,
C / G7 / C
Please don't take my sunshine away
this was so so so helpful. thank you!!
@@lovefrommargot welcome!!
Thank youuu
Thank u!!
Couldn't help but noticed that your a larry!!! These directioners are every where! I would know cuz I'm also one 😂
The best part of this lesson was your smile.
we have the same mind bro😂
Oh, that’s true😍😍
Simp
Okay
@@yaboiisjustaninja9188 giving a compliment isn't a bad thing. Fool.
I bought a ukulele before quarantine and never played it, now it’s time to learn
Lol. Same! had mine for like 4 years ago but didnt got a chance to learn since busy to school and when i finally got home its so draining that i ended up sleeping. Now that im 24/7 in the house, think its my time to learn. Lol
I enjoyed the tutorial with a teacher who always smiles
😊
This was wonderful, thank you for sharing!
Always smiles
True 🥰
Lovely smile
metoo
C / / / / / C7 /
You are my sunshine,my only sunshine
F / / / C / /
You make me happy,when skies ar grey
F / / / C / /
You'll never know dear, how much i love you,
C / G7 / C
Please don't take my sunshine away
Ddudduddud
What do the slashes mean?
@@crazywhirlwind it means like (for example C /////) you strum C cord 5 times
This is my parents favorite song ever since. So I’m trying to show them to make them so happy! Thumbs up!!!!!!
Great to see a professional music teacher teaching ukulele. You KNOW how to teach in a slow, very understandable way so that I can teach it myself. Thank you. Please teach some more familiar songs for elementary students.
I'd love to! Do you have any favorites?
@@StephanieDouglassMusic romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.... the part from song love story.please dear...☺✌
This world would be a much better place if we had more angels like you. Thank you for posting :)
Thank you so much! My mum just bought a ukulele today and this was the best tutorial yet, good steps, no “big ukulele” words and i love the way you sing the song. All I need to learn now is “F”. Again thank you for this tutorial.
This is the first song I learned to play with my ukulele. Thank youuuu! You’re my motivation. 😍😍😍
Hooray! Congratulations!
me too
@@zamamkhwanazi6231 same
I just got a ukelele I rushed home and I found this tutorial I learned it quickly! you have ab amazing teaching method
I hope you're teaching kids somewhere. Perfect lesson young lady. I'm retire music teacher of 35 years. PK-12 and SpE. After retirement, I went into using my same skills with adult mental heath patients. Same song- second verse. 😊😊😊 They love it. I used you as the fun introduction. I'm the grumpy old drill master. You made this old music teacher long fir my good old days. Thank You for your sunshine.❤😊
OMG!!! You covered everything a begginers needs to know to start on ukelele! BLESSINGS you are the ideal music professor
THANK YOU! Finally the first ukulele tutorial that actually makes sense and breaks everything down far enough for me as a beginner. All the other ones I looked at were so confusing and complicated, even though they were labeled "beginner," it was so discouraging I nearly gave up.
I love how the way you teach us the chords, strumming, lyrics, the timing and everything that a begginer needs.. Your a very great teacher. And when you said "I believe in you"♥️
Thanks so much!
My first song…..thanks…….
You are an absolute sweetheart! I'm 66 and got my ukelele for Xmas! I was ready to play today and found you! Thank you sweetheart! I'm having so much fun!
I have been SEARCHING and SEARCHING for the best ukulele tutorial, this has been the best one so far
Yay! I'm so glad it worked for you!
I just received a ukulele for Christmas from my husband. I am so happy I found your TH-cam channel. I have never played a instrument before. I find your teaching easy to understand.
This was the easiest to follow tutorial for beginner. Thank you!
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Can I ask you something yes or no
I have been learning to play this for my son with the uke I got him for his birthday last month and we've been watching and playing along with your video every night this week. thank you for being so helpful and adorable!
GIRL you are amazing thank you! You are so methodical with your approach and I appreciate your breaking everything down from the notes the strings make to the transitions and beats. I am such an amateur and have seen so many videos but could not play anything decently until now, your whole lesson just brings everything together full circle. You're an amazing teacher - Thank you!!
I'm So Glad you made this. My child was taking classes for Ukulele, but due to the increase of price in everything she had to stop. She was so sad, but this has really helped her keep up with her passion!
Thank you so much. This is the first song I ever heard when I was born. I remember my dad singing it to me while playing the guitar while I sang along. Now we can sing and play this song together as a duo ❤️!
OK I'm hooked. Best. Ukulele.TH-cam.teacher.
I've tried many other tutorials but with the way she teaches I've actually accomplished it! Thank you thank you you're amazing
‘You’ are my sunshine☀️
You’re smile are just so precious!
Thank you so much!
Hi, this is the best tutorial so far for me. I just bought Ukulele yesterday and today I can play until 'how much I love you' even still hard and bad at F. Please make tutorial again like this, step by step and with easy cords
Thank you for your video, Good luck!
- Your viewer from Indonesia-
Keep an eye out! I have more tutorials coming out soon. :) I'm glad it was helpful.
Oh, wow, I'm watching this a few days before I get my ukulele so I can find something good and this looks fairly simple! I think my s/o will appreciate this since this is one of his favorite songs I sing for him :)
Hooray! This is a great first song to learn. :)
The way you taught the G7 was fabulous! I never thought of just sliding the finger! Thank you :)
Bought my Girlfriend a Ukulele for Christmas. I'm saving your video to favorites. I think your a great teacher! -----Jim
This youtube channel for those who are just starting how to play ukelele is highly recommended, your teaching stategy is very easy to understand and the genuine smile you have on your face while teaching us the beginners make us stay and have the eagerness to really learn. Thank you so much I am to able to learn C, C7, F and G7 this time. Gonna practice it🙂
I love how she sing and she is soso perfect to be a teacher because shes so good at the ukelele 😀😚☺
Thank you very much for this tutorial. Yesterday I bought my Ukulele to Start learning during the lockdown.I‘m 53 years old and hope I can do this 😉
You are a wonderful teacher! I am considering buying a ukelele...want to keep my mind sharp as I mature😊. You are my sunshine is a fav of mine, my siblings (7 of them) sang this song to our precious father 16 years ago when he was leaving his earthly body and entering Heaven! Thank you for your smile too! God bless you and your students everywhere!😊
I practiced and practiced and played this for my husband. Thank you so much. You are a terrific teacher!
Why does it feels like mom is teaching me? I miss her
Dear Stephanie, thank you so much. I just got my Ukelele a week back and your videos is helping me so so much to learn songs so easily!!!...
Thank you.
Finding your channel is what brought me and my Ukelele closer!
I love how you slowly demonstrate strumming. I'm learning. Thank you!
Thanks for saying that. It seems to be the biggest struggle for my students! So I go slow. :)
girl this 3 years later L-O-V-E this tourtorial i cant even tell you enough, my little cousin LOOOOVES this song her birthday is comming up thought this would be a WONDERFULL suprize, cant wiat to show her. EKKKKKKKKK
Thank you for this tutorial it's been a while since I've picked up my ukulele but this video made me want to pick it up and start playing it again.
I quite have a big and short finger thats why I stopped trying to play guitar. 🥺🥺 Then I decided to buy a ukelele last week. And find some ukelele tutorials in TH-cam. I really loved the way you teach 🥺 Thank you so much. 🥺♥️
I just bought a ukulele today and this is my first song! This was so much fun and your video made it pretty easy to learn. Thanks!
Hey , how you remember exactly which chord on which word??
I had a ukelele when I was 6 given by my grandparents for my birthday present and I couldnt play it but now you taught me my first song
I learned this in two hours thank you I feel like a pro
You have a great smile and voice. Thanks for the guide 🙂
🙋🏻♀️I did! And I’m a very slow learner so THANK YOU for this awesome tutorial to help me get started. Your bright and sunshiney personality is just what the world needs! Thank you, Stephanie! Blessings to you!
I'm so glad I could help!
Thankyou Stephanie, you just taught me to play my first song on the Uke and I will play this to my 5yo daughter. Beyond words. Thankyou!
this was one of the easiest I've learned so far and one of my favorite songs thank you😭 strumming and changing notes is kinda tough though
It's hard to do so many things at once! My favorite strategy is to practice really, really slow. It takes time, but once you get it, you won't lose it.
The best part about this video is the assurance "I believe in you" .. you're an amazing tutor ❤️
Awww, I forgot I had said that. Thanks for reminding me!
I love how u teach! Continue doing this💜 (I love the way u smile while u teach)
Thank you so much I used to play on the ukulele but I give up and now I started playing the ukulele bc of you even tho this video it’s never to late to learn😊
More more more! Thank you from a dad and 6 y/o daughter who are trying to learn! :)
For me your the best ukulele player in THE WORLD
Aww, thank you so much!
Love this. My wife and I are going to learn to play together. Me on the trumpet of course.
Hi! I just want to say that when i first got my ukulele, I watched this tutorial. To me strumming pattern was so complicated and switching chords... Imma tell you. But after practicing a lot and playing some songs with differents strumming patterns, i came back here and... I could play through! I'm so happy, its not complicated at all and the way the u explained made It so simple. Tysm! 🥰❤️
Thank you so much for teaching me all of this 8 have gotten so good and I literally got my ukulele today I I learned this one and Mary Ann songs today from you!❤️
thank you!! me and my baby’s had fun this morning 😇🥰
Can you chat the strumming pattern?? Thank you your tutorial is very helpful ♥️
I just bought a tenor ukelele and I learned how to play this song. You are a great teacher I had to subscribe thank you 💙💙💙💙
I just bought a ukulele and I loved this lesson, thanks so much S D!
Oh yay!!! That's awesome!!!
FAITH and the FALLEN are you having ukulele lessons?? Or by your self ?
Thank you it is very helpful because I am a beginner
I have a hard time transitioning my fingers to G7
Me tooo
That's a super normal problem. It just takes time and slow, slow practice. Keep working at it and you'll get it!
Sameee
Me to any thing to do with g is hard for me : (
this is late, but what I do is I take a metronome and put it on 50 and play a measure of a note (usually C) and then go to G and I do that
This makes me so happy
I can smile through the pain of my fingers
I just started learning how to play the ukulele like 3 days ago, thank you very much for this tutorial it has so far helped me more than most other tutorials I've watched. 😊
I'm so glad to hear that!
Thank you for explaining everything ❤️ you gained a new sub
First of all, i want to say thank you to Stephani for making a ukulele learning video with this song. I learned and practiced for the first time when I was in quarantine, the results were not very good 😊, but I tried posting to my channel so that I felt confident about learning other songs.
Congratulations on your hard work!
This was my first song. All the other ukulele tutorials on TH-cam didn’t work except this one. It was nice how she started from the very basics, because I didn’t even know any chords before I saw this video! Also I like how you’re always smiling :D I only have one problem: my fingers have tons of blisters from all that strumming. Do you know how to help that?
On your strumming hand? I try to hit the strings with my nails. Eventually your fingers and hands build up and get used to it. Just take it easy and practice a little bit each day. :)
Thank you so much! Now I am confident that I will pass my ukerlele test!
I bought a ukulele but didn't play , decided to start playing it on quarantine lmao
I learned how to strumming because of this video😊😊😊 love to play every day😅😅😅
*Good Work, Friend. Regards You.*
My daughter loves this! You are a great teacher!
This was the best tysm
Thank you for this tutorial! This was the first song that i manage to play. You have a beautiful way to teach. a hug from Brazil :)
Are there any other ways that we could do the song with out the g7 and with an easier chord please reply IM STRUGLING (btw best tutorial out there)
It's really hard to replace the G7 chord. The other option would be G, which I think is harder. I'd suggest just taking it super slow. If I'm going too fast in the video you can actually slow down the speed. It's normal to find this challenging, but it will get easier. Just do it very slowly for a few minutes, every day.
thank you so much i think im getting better :)
It was so sweet when she said ´´I believe in you´´´.. 😇
I have been struggling with strumming so badly. Especially down strums. I'm never quite sure what part of my finger to use. Your strum pattern has been a great help as I try to make every strum sound clean and loud. Thank you
Hey I just started to learn ukulele, I'm curious how to get the tune for the tuner u use.. because my ukulele sounded so bad
At the time I recorded this I used a tuner on my phone. Most beginner ukes seem to come with tuners nowadays, but if yours didn't, I would look up the Snark chromatic tuner.
@@StephanieDouglassMusic thank you😊
I play piano and TH-cam recommendation brought me here and so.. I need to borrow my sisters ukelele wow. It’s great!
Haha that's how I started too! Borrowing (stealing) my sister's uke 😂
Hi, this is a great tutorial, i would like to try it. However, how can i improve on strumming?
Practice.
Start slow, then gradually go faster over time. Don't play too much at first...just 10-20 minutes per day.
@@StephanieDouglassMusic lol when I started ukulele, I was practicing like 4 hours a day😂
Finally an ukelele video i can understand. I love you did it slow for begginers like me
I love it
Totally agreed.
It's so easy to learn and you can be a teacher of Ukulele...your welcome 😊
Thank you for watching!
I think my ukelele isn't tuned-
Same bro
I watched this while waiting for my clothes to dry in the laundromat outside in the car.. the sunshine literally came out when I began to understand the cords and the song began to form thank you so much you have such a kind heart for making this video.. I watched at slow speed and I actually got it Thank you so much 😭😭😭😭😭
I’m over here watching this when I don’t have one but I want one 💀🤠
I got my uke also cos of lockdown. I have just had it two weeks and my fingers took a while to get used to it, but we are getting there, I can struma and sing at the same time. I love this little tutorial it really makes me smile whilst I strum and I can do all the chords and progressions now woo hoo. Thanks so much Stephanie
That is wonderful! I love that so many people are taking this time as an opportunity to learn an instrument!
theres one problem I'm a left handed
then get a left handed ukulele or learn it right handed
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Many thanks from Fife Scotland. You've opened up a whole different puck game.
Lebron James😆😆😆
You’re a very positive person, thank you for this tutorial, this is the first song that i learn to play with my ukulele😊🇵🇭
Congratulations!
🇵🇭 Pulis kayo Sir?
This was SO helpful. We're doing ukes for school and I've always struggled with ths song. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Thank you for being so patient and providing good and simple instructions
i just got my uke today and was about to give up but your smiling face and beautiful playing made me stay, THANK YOU!
Hooray! Don't give up!
My daughters and I enjoyed this tutorial! Thank you.
Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I found this very helpful! My only suggestion is that the whole ukulele is in the frame so we can watch your hand when it gets to the strumming part. Thanks!
Good thing I found your channel. I'll be able to play my first ever song using my ukulele in no time, all thanks to you😘
First time I picked up a Ukulele, and I learnt the song! Thanks.
Fantastic. Followed easily after only one ukulele lesson. Brill presenter. Thank you.