Counting Stars - OneRepublic | Easy Ukulele Tutorial & Cover (1)

Learn to play Counting Stars by OneRepublic 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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[EstevaoLuizdoCarmo]

Here it goes the story of a lazy person:
I’ve always wanted to learn how to play any instrument but i’ve always given up after a few minutes of trying, but today I really tried, even when I wanted to throw my Uke in the ground hahaha
And guess what? I made it! I’m so proud of myself now, you made my day man, thank you so much!!!

[YMASOFFICIAL-ufnx]

We had to pick a song to play in uku and after i wached this i practiced so hard to get thanks and nice pitch!

[BraissNovo]

He's the best. Thank you, I passed my music test.

[kellyannbernier]

You’re just feeling yourself I love it, we can see that you’re having fun great video

[mariajose-jnbu]

I love it. You are clearly feeling and enjoying the video. That makes me want to learn and enjoy it. Thanks and thank you very much

[curiousviewer]

Great video. Made me wanna sing along and easy to learn. Good job. 👍

[maisplace]

Perfect tutorials of all!!! I’d love to see the strumming patterns too tho

[atinukeladipo]

Amazing! I found a website tutorial for this song which uses the same chords however it didn't give a strumming pattern. It was a fun challenge, I was playing and singing along.

[josephresota]

I was impressed on just how the way you strum... its looks like it will be broken🤣😅 but the EnERGY that you give was heartwarming...

[ankur]

awesome bro. just the channel i was looking for

[janairgendwas]

Absolutely love the energy of your version here !! Your voice is soo beautiful and your passion playing the song made me smile soo hard 😄 Thanks for the great tutorial! Gonna play this now ❤

[YaffaIanelleCanono]

Finally! Someone who can teach with easy chords🥺🤧 thank you💞

[juuntoonjtg]

Great I am learning ukelele at school but now I wanna learn more

[JigglypuffYT]

i just played along your video and mannn!!!! that was so fun. thank you for giving me the energy this LOVE!

[nocontenthere]

I was having so much trouble doing dduudu until I saw this video. This made me improve by a lot. Tysmmm!

[hemantkalychurn]

Wow, that's fabulous. Such passion I want to play like that.:)

[cynthiaattaphan]

Thank you for this tutorial it helps me😃✨

[mistyyuri]

Well, your cute when you smile during you play the song. You love it....have a great day....and you have a beautiful voice.

[dawsonalderman]

I am having a hard time singing and strumming at the same time, what do I do?

[ronnienett]

Hi! You are definitely my favorite. You have made me want to learn to play ukulele. Is it possible to play, cold breeze with the old band Sailor, with only four chords?
Sorry my English !, I'm from Denmark ;-)
Sincerely. Ronnie Nétt