Ukulele Lesson 1 - Beginner Uke Lessons - C & F Chords and Ukulele Strumming For Beginners

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Ukulele Lesson #1 - Your very first ukulele lesson

Ukulele Lesson 1 - Beginner Uke Lessons - C & F Chords and Simple Strumming

Beginner Ukulele Lessons:

This is the very first ukulele lesson that I teach our students in school. It is aimed at absolute beginners and keeps things VERY simple and straight forward. I direct you to the other videos that I use during this lesson and all links can be found here in the description.

Objectives:
Tuning Your Ukulele - 2:16
Holding Your Ukulele - 4:00
Using coloured stickers - 7:30
C chord and strumming - 8:20
F chord and strumming - 12:32
C & F chords together - 14:19
Songs - Lively Up Yourself - 16:47
Songs - Dance The Night Away - 17:39

Links to videos that are used:

This video is meant for educational purposes.

[poetrynook]

I'm 77 and just learning. I love the way you teach so I am choosing you as my teacher. Even after the first lesson I feel more empowered. Admittedly my fingers don't work as fast as I wish they did. But I'll get the hang of it. Thanks so much for these wonderful lessons and for all your videos. They are all so helpful and I appreciate them so much.

[ShelleSinger]

my first lesson! Thank you!! I'm back after doing the play along with the Mavericks. I am floating with joy I had so much fun. I'll work on the C and F (and play with the Mavericks some more) before moving on the next lesson. I'm 68 years old and this just lit me up with happiness. Thank you.

[kayzium]

Hi there, I am so glad i found you!!, Im 54 and just started to learn the Ukulele i wanted and got last Christmas, I have Agoraphobia as well as Depression, but, i woke up one day, found out that there was a Ukulele group that strummed each week, and it was only on the side of my road. I messaged the teacher, explained my issues, and have since booked 1 to 1 lessons and i stay and play along with what i can with the group. Since then, 4weeks ago i now have 3 Ukeleles :). oxox

[sbadwi]

thank you'll the way from Melbourne Australia, I'm a beginner so looking forward to your lessons

[thelmajorge]

I love the way you teach Thank you so much.

[ukuleleuniverse]

Enjoyed your video. Thanks from Texas.

[Jayyoueleeah]

Fantastic explanations on your course! A huge thank you for teaching us :) Ukelele is a very sociable instrument and such fun!

[josephpotterf]

Thanks some of the best youtubers are from the UK and wales i now follow 2 there. thanks again, joe in Georgia USA

[AndreRMeyer]

Thank you Missus, greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland. Sei behütet.

[ddraiggymreig]

Very useful, and easy to follow. Looking forward to learning more with you :)

[RandomlyAndrogynousFox]

Thank you so much for putting these lessons online! I've only just started teaching myself the ukulele by attempting to play Boulevard of broken dreams (Em, G, D, A, C, B7 chords). But I've realised that that was maybe not the best starting point. I can do all these chord shapes now and I can transition between them but just not fast enough to actually play along to the song... And in the process I've got a sore wrist on my chord hand as well. So I've decided to take a few days off to let my wrist calm down and then I'm going to try again following your lessons so that I can actually learn my first songs on the uke :)

I think part of the reason I got a sore wrist though was because I have very small hands for an adult (palm is roughly 9 cm long by 7 cm wide, index finger is 6.5 cm, pinky is 5 cm). I was wondering if you know of any tips for players with small hands and would consider making a video about that?

Again many thanks for sharing these lessons with us and best wishes from Switzerland <3

PS I'm seriously considering learning how to play bass uke as well because of your videos. It looks so much fun!

[kurukku]

Thanks, really helpful. And I love the way you are teaching!

[jazzymarieke]

So happy I found you! Just starting on the plastic uke of my 3yo boy. You saved me from buying the Lava U (actually how I found you), I’m going for a Flight instead. I’m a flutist and saxophonist but at 42 I’m discovering strings. Who would have thought :)
Thanks for your clear lessons! Belgian greetings

[Ira.]

You cover the topics in detail that a lot of people just gloss over.
I bet you're a wonderful teacher ☺️💜
And love that you add time stamps in the description. Really easy to revisit the videos for a particular topic.
New Subscriber!😁

[nortbulinga]

thanks U 🙌🏻 je suis française mais c'est parfaitement clair 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥰

[defaultcity]

Thank you for the soulful video! Stay well! 😉

[raeliebtag]

Really great instruction thank you!! And, I love your ukualiens, super fun!!

[boomivaasi]

Found your channel link in ukulele Facebook group.very useful for beginners like me. Thankyou!

[lostindisney]

Thank you, you explain everything so well! I really appreciate this video.
I am having some problems with the F chord. No matter how I adjust, both of my fingers are muting the strings underneath them. I literally can’t find a way to hold my fingers so they don’t do that.
I’m using a concert ukulele and I’m a beginner adult, with quite small hands. Do you have any suggestions please?
Thank you!

[ritamclaughlin]

I've been strumming with my thumb. but when I try using my index finger like you show, I have this clacking sound. I'm sure its from my nail hitting the strings. does that go away after trying this for a time?