Perfect - Ed Sheeran | Easy Ukulele Tutorial & Cover (68)

Learn to play Perfect by Ed Sheeran on the ukulele.

↓ COURSE, SONGBOOK & STRUM PATTERNS ↓

UKULELE BEGINNER COURSE

SONGBOOK

CHORDS

In all of my hundreds of tutorial videos, I stick to just four basic chords:

C Am F G
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STRUMMING PATTERNS

In an effort to keep things simple and avoid overwhelming beginners, I don’t put the strumming patterns in my videos. If you are just getting started, I’d recommend sticking with a simple downstrum once per chord.

After learning a few songs, having some fun, and gaining confidence, feel free to expand from there, but there’s no need to go overboard. To this day, I stick with just three simple strum patterns that create enough variety to avoid sounding monotonous:

1. Downstrum Strum Pattern (↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ). I use this strum pattern for the mellower parts of songs. It can be done at a low-intensity with one strum per chord/measure (↓ ), at a medium-intensity with two strums per measure (↓ ↓ ), or at a high-intensity with four strums per measure (↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ).

2. Upstrum Strum Pattern ( ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑). I use this strum pattern for happy, carefree songs that remind me of reggae like any song from Bob Marley.

3. Upbeat Strum Pattern (↓ ↓↑ ↑↓↑). I use this strum pattern during the high-energy parts of a song. If a chord lasts for more than one measure, I’ll carry out the ↑↓↑ part of the strum pattern until I switch to the next chord (↓ ↓↑ ↑↓↑ ↑↓↑ ↑↓↑...). If a chord only lasts for half a measure, I’ll cut the strum pattern in half (↓ ↓↑). And if a chord lasts for a single measure, I will play it in the standard fashion (↓ ↓↑ ↑↓↑).

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[patzmania]

The melody is perfect and right he sings it well

[navy]

congratulations on 1k subscribers! ♥ love your channel so much ♥

[sanskritiagarwal]

You sing and play so beautifully. Keep up with the simplicity and love. :) ❤️

[mailiwabadilla]

This is the day i started to practice the song!

[MikeyOMalley]

Nice video! I absolutely love Ed Sheeran :)

[jinkytrishah.sarabia]

I really really like your songs because it help me a lot and it so perfect for the beginner like me.

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[jinkytrishah.sarabia]

I learn a lot from your music. I expect you make more tutorials.

[kuosaliemere]

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[vitoriaklein]

this is a ameazing video, I love it, thanks, yuor chanel has the beties videos to ukulele

[paigefriersoncrookkedd_gem]

Good but you messed up a little on this song. Just not your strong suit. I like your videos. Great tutorials. I like Perfect but I think you should've re-recorded it. You messed up a lot. Still great love it.