Yes very much enjoyed that, so more blues tips & tricks. for this old age beginner.Only started on uku in the lock down needed a new hobby that a 80 yr old may try to manage. I've looked quite a few of your videos and enjoy your way of putting it over. Thank you.
I thought I'd go back to the beginning to remember the foundational bits of the uke. I'm truly thankful for this lesson Rachel. Your instructions are taking me to fabulous places that I never imagined being possible (at my "25" years of age). Wink! Wink! Thank you so, so very much!
Thank You. You Make Everything Clear. I Am A Senior Needing Music In My Life Again, so I Chose Ukulele To Revive. So Happy I Was Led To Your Teachings.
Another video where all the little bits of info rattliing aimlessly around my head are put into their proper order. many thanks, you really are a great teacher.
Thanks, you have a real gift for teaching explaining things so simply, only started the uke 4 months ago and loving it, your lessons really help. Cheers from South East Wales
Would love to see more Blues lessons, as I love your way of teaching, and I'm struggling with a book I bought on the blues...I think its maybe too advanced for me yet. Great lesson. Stay safe.😷
Thanks Relax Max, I will certainly look to do some more Blues then. Might not be straight away but will definitely do more, and Thanks for the nice comment about my style. I'm trying to relax a bit more and now am starting to enjoy them.
Hi, love all of the lessons very relaxed and easy to follow, I've been playing percussion for many years but during lockdown I decided to try and learn a stringed instrument and thanks to your lessons I'm really enjoying it.
Thanks for the tutorials, all of them I think you are a great online teacher. And yes, though I am a pure beginner (from Spain) I really enjoy the blues tricks though there is a lot of practice ahead to do. Thanks :)
Really great introduction. I've learned much more about the Uke watching a week your videos than a year at school. Great job and a huge thank you. You are a great teacher. I can now change the strings, tune and maintenance the uke, can play the most important chords and I've learned some strumming technique in only two weeks. I hope you make lessons about fingerpicking for beginners in future. Greetings from germany
Thanks. Basically any blues song follows this pattern so you just need to find out the key of the song to find the 3 chords you need. A few songs on my Ukulaliens channel that follow this pattern are: Hound Dog, Mustang Sally, Great Balls Of Fire
Thank you so much. I love your lessons. I’m struggling but you give me the confidence to continue. Recently had my index finger amputated but I think I’ll be able to play a few tunes if I persevere with your wonderful lessons to help me. 😍
Thanks for the lovely comment Mary. Sorry to hear about your finger but hopefully you will find a way and if there is anything I can do to help, please ask.
Shwmae. In the comments you mention that you might make some more Blues lessons. I've looked through your many fine videos, but have not been able to find additional Blues ones. Is it me? Would love to see more such lessons, as I enjoy your teaching style (and you're Welsh, of course!). O chwaraewr iwcalili yng Ngwlad Belg.
Diolch yn fawr David. Yes, sorry I haven't got aorund to more blues stuff yet, it is all on the list but it is very long.............. definitely coming soon though as I plan to look the the blues scale. Love Belgium, made many trips there as a smurf collector many years ago!
@@UkuleleWales Thank you! Yes, Belgium's a good place to be. I've lived here since 1971 (had a 12 year break to live in Spain, too), and am now awaiting citizenship. Was born in Wales, though, and will always be Welsh. Haven't been back for several years and now, with Brexit, will probably never return again.
Diolch. Just found you on TH-cam and love your teaching style. Been round the world on TH-cam trying to improve my Uke playing whilst in lockdown and you were just down the road from me in Wales all the time! 🏴. Would love more of blues, finger picking or anything to move me on a bit from basic strumming😊
Shw mae Huw! Glad you have enjoyed the video and the way I'm doing them. There will definitely be more Blues stuff in the future and some more advanced things eventually too. Do you play in any groups?
Ukulele Wales Bore da. Just 6 friends ( 5 beginners) in Cardiff area meet informally in houses to practice each week for last 6 months - not a formal club. Doing it via Zoom whilst in lockdown. I am keen personally to dig bit deeper so interested in blues, picking, ragtime and general theory, so been all over TH-cam these last few weeks. Found you on Twitter now as well so will keep updated with any new posts and Uke activity in South Wales when we are allowed out! Keep up the good work 👍
Shamai Rachel. Can’t wait for your next lessons............Was wondering if in the future, you could give any tips on how to stop the notes ringing out - i.e as in a chunk on the ordinary uke. I was just listening to Pat Boone ‘Ain’t that a shame’. Tried (and failed miserably! ) to do that wonderful (and quite common!) bass riff - useless with the notes ringing on............any tips gratefully received! Thanks SOOO much!
Shw mai Pam. Thanks for the lovely comment! To stop the notes ringing out on the bass you can either dampen the stings with your right hand in between plucking the strings (especially useful for open strings) or you can lift your left hand fingers slightly off the the strings and this also helps to dampen the notes. Let me know if you are still having a problem with it.
Thanks Steve and shw mae right back at you. I will certainly look at different keys, when you say turn around, do you meaning the last chord before starting it over?
Hi miss please could you explain 7th chord major, major and minor, 7th minor, 6th chord, 9th chord, diminished and augmented. Also what are the uses and what will change if we use these chords.
What you have just asked is probably about 4 different lessons. Try finding some music theory lessons on TH-cam as I do cover some of these topics within other lessons but U certainly wouldn’t try to put it all into 1 lesson.
Thank you for your response. I’m not surprised you didn’t know, lol. Think the word should have been “tricks” which you added to the 12 Bar Blues video. I replayed the video several times and actually figured out where to put my fingers for the added “tricks”. This is a great exercise and more like it would be great. Question, do you teach finger picking on the ukelele?
@@jennitrevelyan3937 Hi, that all makes sense now and I'm very glad you've worked it out. Also a massive Thank You for the Patreon support too, I had meant to mention it earlier. I will at some point look at some finger style stuff but it really isn't one of my stengths so it would only be basic stuff.
Thank you so much! With these tricks it sounds as if I can already play the ukulele very well.
Brilliant teacher. Your pupils must miss you
Yes very much enjoyed that, so more blues tips & tricks. for this old age beginner.Only started on uku in the lock down needed a new hobby that a 80 yr old may try to manage. I've looked quite a few of your videos and enjoy your way of putting it over. Thank you.
Thanks Brian, so glad to be helping. Yes, I keep meaning to do more Blues stuff.
You are so detailed in your explanations. Love your style. Can't thank you enough.
You are so welcome, Thanks for the lovely comment. 😊
I thought I'd go back to the beginning to remember the foundational bits of the uke. I'm truly thankful for this lesson Rachel. Your instructions are taking me to fabulous places that I never imagined being possible (at my "25" years of age). Wink! Wink! Thank you so, so very much!
LOL! Just so glad to be helping Kimberly. Totally agree, going back over things very often helps as things can be clearer.
My favorite tutorial so far. Much fun. Yes would love to know more about the blues.
Thanks. Will hopefully do more Blues stuff at some point.
Excellent lesson. I second more Blues lessons in the future. Thank You.
Thanks, and yes more blues in future.
wow love your voice and simple explanation thank you
Glad it was helpful and Thank You.
Thank you again for all your video's. They are the only reason I have not given up yet.☺
Thanks Lisa and I am SOOOOOOO glad you haven't given up. It will get easier. :-)
Brilliant intro to 12 bar blues. Thank you!
Thank You Beverley, I do keep meaning to do some more blues stuff. Glad you enjoyed this one.
This video is bloody brilliant, thank you!!!
So glad you enjoyed, Thanks
Thank You. You Make Everything Clear. I Am A Senior Needing Music In My Life Again, so I Chose Ukulele To Revive. So Happy I Was Led To Your Teachings.
Very glad to be helping Darlene and so glad you chose the uke, a wonderful instrument!
I have to agree with everybody here Rachel…Your the best !!!Love learning from you. Blessings !!!
Thank You so much fr your lovely comment, much appreciated.
A super enjoyable lesson. A big thank you, Rachel. I will subscribe.
Awesome, thank you Mike, much appreciated. 😊
More like that please. That was excellent!!
Thanks, yes hoping to do more like this, just never enough hours in the day!
Great lesson. Thanks a bunch. Greetings from Oregon!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely fantastic. Thank you thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Wendy, Thanks.
You are the best teacher.
Thank you! 😃
Brilliant! Best tutorial ever!
Wow, thanks! Glad to have been of help.
You are the BEST!!!!! Thank you!
Thank You 😊
Good tutor ! Thank so much for sharing ! God bless you ! Best Regards, Serge Uppiah of Mauritius !!!
Thank you very much for such a lovely comment.
Excellent 👍🏻 Love your guide much, thank you 😛
Glad you enjoyed, Thanks.
You’re an amazing teacher ❤
Wow, thank you! 🥰
Thank You So Much…. That’s an Awesome trick, Love it 👍👍❤️❤️❤️
So glad to have helped, Thanks.
Wonderful! You are a great teacher. Thx a lot from Germany.
You're very welcome! Thank You
Thank you, that’s a very good lesson
Thanks, glad it helped.
Another video where all the little bits of info rattliing aimlessly around my head are put into their proper order. many thanks, you really are a great teacher.
Very glad to have been of help James.
Great video Rachel
Thanks John! 😎
Thanks Rachel!
Thanks Christine, glad it was helpful.
Yes please-= more blues for the bass
Coming soon hopefully Kathleen.
Great teaching!
Thank you Mark, much appreciated.
So much fun! You've done a great job make this simple, quick, and fun! Thank you!
Thanks so much! 😊
Another great lesson. Thank you Rachel. I'm practising....
You're so welcome, again, very glad to be helping.
That was good fun. All the best.
Thanks and best wishes.
Just discovered your channel a few days ago. What a great teacher! Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome, Thanks for joining us Ted.
You are the best! I can't believe how many tutorials I've watched on getting that bluesy sound and yours made it perfectly clear. Thank you!
You're very welcome Toni, very glad it helped. I wish I was a better blues player but it is something I really enjoy.
Thanks, you have a real gift for teaching explaining things so simply, only started the uke 4 months ago and loving it, your lessons really help. Cheers from South East Wales
You're very welcome!
I'm really enjoying your great tutorials..thank you very much for your time.
You're very welcome Sue, Thanks for the lovely comment.
Such marvelous lessons! Love it! Thank you for making the videos- I certainly enjoy watching. (and playing along)
Thanks Charles, much appreciated 😎
Such a hard worker!simply the best!
Thanks Jim, great to hear from you! :-)
Ty..stay well!
Would love to see more Blues lessons, as I love your way of teaching, and I'm struggling with a book I bought on the blues...I think its maybe too advanced for me yet. Great lesson. Stay safe.😷
Thanks Relax Max, I will certainly look to do some more Blues then. Might not be straight away but will definitely do more, and Thanks for the nice comment about my style. I'm trying to relax a bit more and now am starting to enjoy them.
I loved your guidance, thank you. I want more 🙌🙏
Thanks, it's just finding the time at the moment but I really do want to do more Blues stuff soon.
Thank you...❤
My pleasure. 😊
Thats a great lesson, thank you and more please 🙏
Thanks Mike, yep, I really must try and look at some more Blues stuff soon, just not enough hours............... ;-)
I’m loving your lessons! Both bass and ukulele!
Glad you like them Charlie, Thank You.
Good lesson. I love your studio too!
Thanks :-)
Hi, love all of the lessons very relaxed and easy to follow, I've been playing percussion for many years but during lockdown I decided to try and learn a stringed instrument and thanks to your lessons I'm really enjoying it.
Hi Jim, sorry, I must have missed your comment. So glad to be helping and fab to hear you have been broadening your musical skills.
Thanks for the tutorials, all of them I think you are a great online teacher. And yes, though I am a pure beginner (from Spain) I really enjoy the blues tricks though there is a lot of practice ahead to do. Thanks :)
Thank You, so glad you enjoyed. Greetings to Spain :-)
Complimenti Maestra e' molto carino questo tutorial.Saluti dal Salento-Puglia -(ITALIA)
Thank You Very much, Grazie mille :-)
Really great introduction. I've learned much more about the Uke watching a week your videos than a year at school. Great job and a huge thank you. You are a great teacher.
I can now change the strings, tune and maintenance the uke, can play the most important chords and I've learned some strumming technique in only two weeks. I hope you make lessons about fingerpicking for beginners in future.
Greetings from germany
Thanks You for your lovely comments Christian. It really makes a difference when I know I am helping folks and definitely encourgaes me to make more.
I love how you make it so simple. Is there any song that I can play with it pls?
Thanks. Basically any blues song follows this pattern so you just need to find out the key of the song to find the 3 chords you need. A few songs on my Ukulaliens channel that follow this pattern are: Hound Dog, Mustang Sally, Great Balls Of Fire
Thank you so much. I love your lessons. I’m struggling but you give me the confidence to continue. Recently had my index finger amputated but I think I’ll be able to play a few tunes if I persevere with your wonderful lessons to help me. 😍
Thanks for the lovely comment Mary. Sorry to hear about your finger but hopefully you will find a way and if there is anything I can do to help, please ask.
Brilliant thank you 😊
Glad it helped.
Awesome
Thanks
Just got my uke and starting off with you. Love your lessons, thank you!
Brilliant to hear. Thanks Brian.
Shwmae. In the comments you mention that you might make some more Blues lessons. I've looked through your many fine videos, but have not been able to find additional Blues ones. Is it me? Would love to see more such lessons, as I enjoy your teaching style (and you're Welsh, of course!).
O chwaraewr iwcalili yng Ngwlad Belg.
Diolch yn fawr David. Yes, sorry I haven't got aorund to more blues stuff yet, it is all on the list but it is very long.............. definitely coming soon though as I plan to look the the blues scale. Love Belgium, made many trips there as a smurf collector many years ago!
@@UkuleleWales Thank you! Yes, Belgium's a good place to be. I've lived here since 1971 (had a 12 year break to live in Spain, too), and am now awaiting citizenship. Was born in Wales, though, and will always be Welsh. Haven't been back for several years and now, with Brexit, will probably never return again.
Great lesson. Would definitely live more blues I. Other keys. P,us would love to learn the G7trick as well . Thanks.
Thanks Pauline, yes hopefully some more Blues soon. Just not enough hours in a day. ;-)
Diolch. Just found you on TH-cam and love your teaching style. Been round the world on TH-cam trying to improve my Uke playing whilst in lockdown and you were just down the road from me in Wales all the time! 🏴. Would love more of blues, finger picking or anything to move me on a bit from basic strumming😊
Shw mae Huw! Glad you have enjoyed the video and the way I'm doing them. There will definitely be more Blues stuff in the future and some more advanced things eventually too. Do you play in any groups?
Ukulele Wales Bore da. Just 6 friends ( 5 beginners) in Cardiff area meet informally in houses to practice each week for last 6 months - not a formal club. Doing it via Zoom whilst in lockdown. I am keen personally to dig bit deeper so interested in blues, picking, ragtime and general theory, so been all over TH-cam these last few weeks. Found you on Twitter now as well so will keep updated with any new posts and Uke activity in South Wales when we are allowed out! Keep up the good work 👍
@@huwperry8641 Thanks Huw. Yes, there are some great festivals around in South Wales. Stay safe. Rachel
Subscribed and please show us more blues
Thanks Leandro, and yes I really must get some more blues stuff done soon!
Shamai Rachel. Can’t wait for your next lessons............Was wondering if in the future, you could give any tips on how to stop the notes ringing out - i.e as in a chunk on the ordinary uke. I was just listening to Pat Boone ‘Ain’t that a shame’. Tried (and failed miserably! ) to do that wonderful (and quite common!) bass riff - useless with the notes ringing on............any tips gratefully received! Thanks SOOO much!
Oops - I should have added this on your ubass tutorial! Sorry!
Shw mai Pam. Thanks for the lovely comment! To stop the notes ringing out on the bass you can either dampen the stings with your right hand in between plucking the strings (especially useful for open strings) or you can lift your left hand fingers slightly off the the strings and this also helps to dampen the notes. Let me know if you are still having a problem with it.
That was fun! Thank you!
Thanks Wendy
So, so well done and just as I teach my Uke Group
Good to hear and Thanks. Good luck with your group.
Shamai! Great stuff! For future lessons, I would appreciate turn arounds and walk-downs for the different keys.
Thanks Steve and shw mae right back at you. I will certainly look at different keys, when you say turn around, do you meaning the last chord before starting it over?
I was thinking of something like this: th-cam.com/video/BCwYG1s7LFk/w-d-xo.html
@@stevesstrings5243 Sorry, kept meaning to reply, understand what you mean now, will do in the future yes.
Great video 👍😀🎸..just out of interest, how do you do the extra notes on the G7 chord….thqt you showed us how to do with C and F please?
Hi Peter, I don’t tend to add the extra notes to the G7 but if I were to, the C (3rd fret on the A string) would work. Hope that helps. 👍
@@UkuleleWales Thank you 🙏
Hi miss please could you explain 7th chord major, major and minor, 7th minor, 6th chord, 9th chord, diminished and augmented. Also what are the uses and what will change if we use these chords.
What you have just asked is probably about 4 different lessons. Try finding some music theory lessons on TH-cam as I do cover some of these topics within other lessons but U certainly wouldn’t try to put it all into 1 lesson.
when your tucking you finger on the f chord, what string are you playing? mine sounds not like real music.lol
Hi Lisa, for the F chord I then tuck in on the C string. 👍
Thank you caught it this time watching.
I slow down your playback speed, to .75, or even .5. It makes it a bit easier to follow you. Thanks for your video.
Good idea Errol, I often slow down video to oractice things. Glad you are enjoying playing.
More tricks please :)
Soon hopefully. Never enough hours in the day, even now.
This is great but is it possible to show the special trucks notes?
Sorry, not familiar with the term truck notes, can you explain? Thanks
Thank you for your response. I’m not surprised you didn’t know, lol. Think the word should have been “tricks” which you added to the 12 Bar Blues video. I replayed the video several times and actually figured out where to put my fingers for the added “tricks”. This is a great exercise and more like it would be great. Question, do you teach finger picking on the ukelele?
@@jennitrevelyan3937 Hi, that all makes sense now and I'm very glad you've worked it out. Also a massive Thank You for the Patreon support too, I had meant to mention it earlier. I will at some point look at some finger style stuff but it really isn't one of my stengths so it would only be basic stuff.
No problem on the finger picking. I’m very happy with all that I’m learning from your current lessons.
More Blues pls !!!??
Hopefully some more Blues soon. Thanks for the support.
Tidy
Diolch!
you are awesome!!!plz ignore my gmail name
Thanks