Complete Beginners Ukulele - Your First Lesson

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[bifgdev]

What an excellent tutorial. Creates safety and very encouraging. Thank you. I will be sticking with your tutorials for sure.

[wendydurant]

Excellent instructor. He takes his time and goes slowly to demonstrate techniques.

[mariefryers]

Watched this one after coming home from a workshop with you. Very clear explanations here. My journey continues…😊

[joephillips]

Excellent, Phil. I've played ukulele for about eight year and the guitar for 55+ years and I never tire of well presented lessons for any skill level. The basics are always good to review and study. Now, if I can only get my thumb to the back of the neck. This was very good. I look forward to lesson two.

[mridulasuresh]

Wow! You indeed are a good teacher 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🌹🙏🏽

[arstd]

Just reviewed this lesson for a friend - complete noob to uke. Very clear and well paced intro. Talk a lot about tuning and a good section at the end about possible problems, however the thing missing at the start is the mechanics of actually HOW to tune ie which way to turn the pegs etc. Fairly fundamental if just using this video as an intro. I know it may seem obvious but not to a complete noob.

[ropyfln]

I'm relieved to have found you! I feel encouraged that I can do this with your help. I'm 75 and don't feel it, and I want to strum and sing on my own. Gotta build some callouses now!

[drpreposterous]

Phil, I cannot thank you enough for the preparation and care you put into this. Your reassuring manner was a perfect fit for my sister, Nan, who is cognitively impaired and trying to learn to play. I sat with her throughout this lesson, pausing and practicing as she needed. By the end of one sitting, she was transitioning from C to F rather fluidly, thanks to your expert teaching! We are looking forward to much more! I'm really hoping you decide to create similar videos for the Baritone Uke, cause I just bought my first one! Cheers, Brian.

[hutchieboy]

Hello Phil,
Just want to say thank you for your very obvious commitment to what you do. I was able to order a wide neck.
I think I am going to concentrate on the chord drills and the strumming patterns in these beginning days and purchase your book on the ukulele music theory connection. Thanks again.

[jellefernhout]

This was a great first lesson, I bought a ukelele a couple of weeks ago but did not know where to start. I came across this video and I loved it! You make it sound so inviting and fun, im looking forward to your future lessons!

[erikaponkala]

Loved your lesson, thank you very much!

[robyn]

Thank you sir for the very informative instructions. Novice too with short fingers so it's kinda hard to pin down the strings but practice makes perfect.

[duttdits]

Hi Phil! Working on selecting my very first ukulele. Just wanted to thank you in advance for these fantastic lessons. I've watched this first one to get started learning even though I don't have my ukulele yet. You're a fantastic teacher and I can tell you fit my learning style well! I look forward to my education here on your channel! 😇

[Mike]

Thanks Phil, this lesson made me pick up the ukulele. I have got to learn to play and not give up.

[johnogden-dlje]

I think that you are a very good teacher im on lesson 1 and 2 which I'm enjoying so far .... I thought that I may be too late in life but I can but try

[mariontl]

Hello. Just signed up with Patreon today. Getting a concert ukulele for Christmas that I asked my husband for. Liked the easy way you explain things in your beginner lessons. I started saving the 5 lessons to a playlist and thought why not just sign up and get all the lessons. Didn't realize there are only 5 beginner lessons though, thought there would be more. Where do I go next after I finish these 5 beginner lessons ? Thanks for providing these lessons. Looking forward to being able to play some music before too long.

[sharonwalker]

Thank you. I’m thinking I can start to play this even though I am 78 years old. I can read music already.

[camdentown]

Hi thank you for my first lesson, I struggled with the cords, but hopefully if I watch thousands time I will get it xx love you really take care to teach thank you, most videos from others are too fast

[emilygrace]

I'd love to learn how to play the ukulele with a finger picking style where the uke is the hero. Yes, it's fun to chord and sing along, but there's something so much more challenging and satisfying when learning how to play gorgeous songs on the uke with that finger picking style... almost as you would play a piano. Do you teach that style?

[ladyhitchhikerjackmanson]

Thank you for breaking this down so much. I hope the rest of your lessons are slow too.