Ukulele for Beginner's - Learn 10 Easy Songs!

1. Class Description - Ukulele for Beginner's - Learn 10 Easy Songs!: Hi, if you're looking for a beginner ukulele course with clear, easy, step-by-step instructions that will get you playing and singing songs on the ukulele as quickly as possible. This course is for you. In this course, you will learn five basic chords, which will allow you to play countless number of songs. Each chord you will learn is carefully explained and has an easy to follow play along video, making it virtually impossible for you to get lost. You will learn how to change quickly and smoothly from one core to another with four dedicated play along workout videos. These workout videos are extremely effective and are a fun way to turbocharged you're playing and help you make rapid progress. You will also learn how to play ten easy songs. Each song has a dedicated video lesson with easy step-by-step instructions on screen lyrics and chord shapes, and a play along section designed to guide you through each song one step at a time. Included in this course, you will find five PDF files, one for each chord shape, plus another ten PDF files, one for each of the ten songs we will be learning with lyrics and the chord shapes written above so that you know exactly which courts to play while you are singing. Finally, you will receive an easy project designed to help you review, reinforce, and put into practice everything you've learned so far. This course has been tried and tested and is a sure way to get you playing and singing songs on the ukulele as soon as possible. So as soon as you're ready, signup on skill share, and let's get started. Good luck and see you soon for our first lesson. 2. D CHORD UKULELE: Hi, and welcome to this lesson on how to play a D chord on the ukulele. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin by placing the tip of your fourth finger on the second string, second fret like this. Then using your third finger, press down on the third string. Second fret like this. Finally, using your second finger, press down on the fourth string. Second fret. Using a pick or a thumb. Slide down across all four strings as smoothly as possible, like this. Practice playing the D chord as many times as possible. You'll get better and better every time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 3. C CHORD UKULELE: Hi, and welcome to this lesson on how to play a C chord on the ukulele. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin by placing the tip of your third finger on the first string. Third fret like this. With your thumb or a pic, slide down across all four strings as smoothly as possible, like this. Practice playing the C chord as many times as possible. You'll get better and better every time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 4. F CHORD UKULELE: Hi, and welcome to this lesson on how to play an F chord on the ukulele. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin by placing the tip of your first finger on the second string. First fret like this. Then with your second finger, press down on the fourth string. Second fret, like this, using your thumb or a pic, slide down across all four strings as smoothly as possible, like this. Practice playing the F chord as many times as possible. You'll get better and better every time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 5. G CHORD UKULELE: Hi, and welcome to this lesson on how to play a G chord on the ukulele. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin by placing the tip of your second finger on the first string. Second fret like this. Then using your third finger, press down on the second string. Second fret like this. Finally, using your first finger, press down on the third string. Second fret, like this. Using your thumb or a pic, slide down across all four strings as smoothly as possible, like this. Practice playing the G chord as many times as possible. You'll get better and better every time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 6. C CHORD - G CHORD UKULELE WORKOUT!: Hi, and welcome to the C chord, G chord, two minute workout lesson. To play songs on the ukulele, You'll need to be able to change quickly and smoothly from one court to another. The C chord and the G chord are often found next to each other and songs. So it's a great idea to practice them together. I'll be playing these two chords at for speeds, slow, medium, fast, and then very fast. I want you to play along with me keeping time. Please do this workout every day. You'll get better and better the more you practice. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin with a C chord and then play the G chord. Let's start off slow. 1234, C 234, g 234, C 234, g 234, C 234, C 234, C 2341234. Medium speed. What? 23 C two 323232323232323. Fast. One to C to G, to C to D, to C to D, to C to D, to get ready to play very fast. C, G, C, G, C, C, G. Congratulations, keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 7. D CHORD A CHORD UKULELE WORKOUT!(Skillshare) : Hi, and welcome to the D chord, a chord, two minute workout lesson. To play songs on the ukulele, You'll need to be able to change quickly and smoothly from one court to another. The D chord and the a chord are often found next to each other and songs. So it's a great idea to practice them together. I'll be playing these two courts at for speeds, slow, medium, fast, and then very fast. I want you to play along with me keeping time. Please do this workout every day. You'll get better and better the more you practice. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin with a D chord and then play the a card. Let's start slow. 1234234234, d 234234234234234234, medium speed, 123 d 2323232323232323. Fast, 122222222. To get ready to play very, very fast. D p. Congratulations, keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 8. F CHORD C CHORD UKULELE WORKOUT!(Skillshare): Hi, and welcome to the F chord, C chord, two minute workout lesson. To play songs on the ukulele, You'll need to be able to change quickly and smoothly from one core to another. The F chord and the C chord are often found next to each other in songs. So it's a great idea to practice them together. I'll be playing these two courts at force speeds, slow, medium, fast, and then very fast. I want you to play along with me keeping time. Please do this workout every day. You'll get better and better the more you practice soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. Begin with the F chord and then play the C chord. Let's start slow. 1234, f 234, C 234, and F 234, C 234, f 234, C 234, F Two, 34, C 234, medium speed. 123 f2, three, C, two, F 23, C two, f 23, C, 23, f 23, C 23, fast. One to F to C, to F to C, to F to C, to F to C to get ready to play very fast. F, c, f, c, f, c, f, c. Congratulations, keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 9. G CHORD D CHORD UKULELE WORKOUT!(Skillshare): Hi, and welcome to the G chord, D chord, two minute workout lesson. To play songs on the ukulele, You'll need to be able to change quickly and smoothly from one court to another. The G chord and the V chord are often found next to each other and songs. So it's a great idea to practice them together. I'll be playing these two chords at force speeds, slow, medium, fast, and then very fast. I want you to play along with me keeping time. Please do this workout every day. You'll get better and better the more you practice. Soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position. And let's get started. Begin with a G chord and then play that Descartes. Let's start slow. 1234234234, g 234 d 234, g 234234234234, medium speed, 123232323232323232. Very fast. One to G to D to G to D, to G to D, to G to D. To get ready to play very fast. Ji Ji De Jing. Ji De. Congratulations, keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 10. ARE YOU SLEEPING?(Skillshare): Are you sleeping? Are You Sleeping? Brother, John? John, warning bells are ringing. Warning bells are ringing. Ding dong. Dong. Hi, and welcome to this lesson on How to Play, Are You Sleeping? This song uses just one card, so it's a great song to get. You started playing the ukulele right away. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position. And let's get started. Begin by putting both hands into position, ready to play a C chord? To play this song, just sing the song as you would normally playing a C chord at the beginning of each line. Let me demonstrate our US. Li Bing, Are You Sleeping, Brother, John? John. Morning bells are ringing, warning bells are ringing. Ding dong. Ding dong. Watch this video again to review. Practice this song as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 11. ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT(Skillshare) : Row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily merrily, life is bound or dream about gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream. Hi, and welcome to this lesson on how to play Row, Row Your Boat. This song uses just one court, so it's a great song to get you started playing the ukulele right away. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position. And let's get started. Begin by putting both hands into position, ready to play an, a chord. To play this song, just sing the song as you would normally playing an, a card. At the beginning of each line. Let me demonstrate. Row, Row, Row Your Boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream. Row, Row, Row Your Boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a treating. Watch this video again to review and play the song as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 12. OLD MAC DONALD HAD A FARM (Skillshare)mp4: Mcdonald had a farm and done that for me, had a sheep with a Bhabha here and ababaa, their IRA bother about everywhere. Alibaba McDonald had a farm EI, EI, oh, Hi and welcome to this lesson on How to Play all McDonald. This is a simplified version of the song and it uses just one court. So it's a great song to get you started playing the ukulele right away. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position. And let's get started. Begin by putting both hands into position, ready to play an F chord, to play this song, just single song as you would normally playing an F chord at the beginning of each line. Let me demonstrate. All McDonald had a farm and done that farm. He had a sheep with a blob here and ababaa, their bureau bar there above everywhere ababaa, all McDonald had a farm. Watch this video again to review and practice the song as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. Congratulations, keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 13. IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT (Skillshare): If the anion or clap your hands. If you're happy and you know it. Clap your hands. If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it If you're happy and you know it. Clap your hands. Hi and welcome to this lesson on how to play. If you're happy and you know it. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. To play this song. You will need to know how to play a D chord and a card and a G chord. The song is four lines long, and I'll be teaching it to you one line at a time. Line one will be playing a D chord, followed by an a chord. Sing line one as you would normally playing a D chord on the word happy and an a chord on the word. Let me demonstrate. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. Line two will be playing an a chord and then a D chord. Sing line too, as you would normally playing an a chord on the word happy and a D chord on the word hands. Let me demonstrate. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. Line three will be playing a G chord followed by a D chord. Sing line three as you would normally playing a G chord on the word happy and a D chord on the word, really led me demonstrate If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it. Line four will be playing an a chord and then a D chord. Sing line for as you would normally playing an a chord on the word happy and a D chord on the word hands. Let me demonstrate. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. Watch this video again to review and practice each line as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. When you've practiced each lines separately, put all four lines together and play the entire song. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 14. THE WHEELS ON THE BUS (Skillshare)mp4: The wheels on the bus go round and round. And round. And round though. Wheels on the bus go round and round. A Hi, and welcome to this lesson on How to Play wheels on the bus. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. We'll be playing a deep card and then a chord. The song is four lines long, and I'll be teaching it to you one line at a time. Line one. Line one uses just one chord, D chord. To play line one, simply sing the words as you would normally playing a D chord on the word wheels and on the word round. Let me demonstrate the wheels on the bus go round and round. Line to line to uses just one court as well. But this time we'll be playing an, a chord to play line, to simply play the acorn twice while singing the words as you would normally. Let me demonstrate. Round and round. Round and round. Line three. Line three is exactly the same as line one. So again, we'll be playing at D chord twice while singing the words as you would normally. Let me show you how the wheels on the bus go round and round. Line four will be playing an, a card followed by a D chord. As always sing the words as you would normally playing an a chord on the Word and a D card on the word. Long. Let me demonstrate a long. Watch this video again to review and practice each line as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. When you've practiced playing each line separately, put all four lines together and play the entire song. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 15. THIS IS THE WAY (Skillshare) mp4: This is the way we wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. This is the way we wash our hands all day long. Hi and welcome to this lesson on how to play. This is the way as soon as you're ready for yourself into playing position and let's get started. This song is very similar to wheels on the bus. The words are different, but the rhythm, the melody, and the chords are almost exactly the same. To play. This song will be playing a D chord and an E chord. Song is four lines long, and I'll be teaching it to you one line at a time. Line one. Line one uses just one court, the D chord. Let me demonstrate. This is the way we wash our hands. Line two also uses just one court, but this time we'll be playing an a chord. Let me demonstrate. Wash your hands, wash our hands. Line three is exactly the same as line one. So again, we'll be playing only the Decartes. Let me demonstrate. This is the way we wash our hands. Line four to play line for, we need to play an E chord followed by the D chord. As always, single words as you would normally playing an a chord on the word long and a D chord on the word long. Let me demonstrate all day long. Watch this video again to review and practice playing the song as many times as possible. You'll get better and better every time you repeat it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 16. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (Skillshare)mp4: Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear my girl. Happy Birthday to Hi, and welcome to this lesson on How to Play happy birthday. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. To play this song. You'll need to know how to play a D chord, an a chord, and the G chord. The song is four lines long, and I'll be teaching it to you one line at a time. Line one, we'll be playing a d and an a chord. Sing the first line as you would normally playing a D chord on the word birthday and an a chord on the word, you. Let me demonstrate. Happy Birthday to You. Line two will be playing an a card, then AN D chord. Sing the second line as you would normally playing an a chord on the word birthday and the D card on the word, you. Let me demonstrate. Happy birthday to you. Line three will be playing at D chord, followed by a G chord. Sing line three as you would normally playing a record on the word Earth Day and a G cart on a person's name. Let me demonstrate. Happy birthday dear, my line four will be playing d, a. This line is very easy to remember because the three chord spell the word dad. D. A, D to play line for simply single line, as you would normally playing a record on the word birthday. And a chord on the word to, and a D chord again on the word, you. Let me demonstrate. Happy Birthday to watch this video again, to review and practice each line as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. When you've practiced each line separately, put all four lines together, and play the entire song. This is a very important song to learn because every day someone somewhere is having a birthday, which means you'll have many opportunities to play the song for people. Even if the birthday person isn't with you're physically, you can always record yourself playing it and send it to them. It will make them feel very special and it will make their birthday a very happy one for sure. Don't worry if you're playing or your singing isn't perfect, it really doesn't matter. It will spread warmth and affection, which was what really matters. Congratulations, keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 17. MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN (Skillshare)mp4: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. My Bonnie Lies Over the C. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. Bringing back, bring back home, bring back my Bonnie to me to bring back, bring back WHO bring back my Bonnie to me. Hi, and welcome to this lesson on How to Play. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. As soon as you're ready, Let's put ourselves into playing physician and let's get started. To play this song. You will need to know how to play a G chord or a C chord and a D chord. The song has two parts, the a section and the B section. Let's begin by learning the a section, which is four lines long. Line one will be playing a G chord, a C, and a G chord. Again. Play the G chord on the word Bonnie. A C chord on the word over, and a G chord again on the word ocean. Let me demonstrate. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Line two will be playing a G chord and a D chord. Play a G chord on the word Bonnie, and a D chord on the word. See. Let me demonstrate. My Bonnie Lies Over the c. Line three. Line three is very, very easy because it's exactly the same as line one. Let me demonstrate My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Line four will be playing a C chord, a D chord, and a G chord. Play a C chord on the word bring. Play a D chord on the word Bonnie, and a G chord on the word. Let me demonstrate. Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. Now let's learn how to play the B section, which is also four lines long. Line one will be playing a G CT and a C chord. Play a G chord on the word bring, and a C chord. The second time you sing the Word bring. Let me demonstrate. Bringing back. Bringing back. Line two will be playing at Descartes and a G card. Play a D chord on the word brain, and a G chord on the word. Let me demonstrate. Bring back my Bonnie to me. To me. Line three. Line three is exactly the same as line one. Let me demonstrate. Bringing back line for line four is very, very easy because it's almost exactly the same as line two. Let me demonstrate. Bring back my body to watch this video again, to review and practice each line as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 18. OH, WHERE OH, WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE? (Skillshare)mp4: Oh, oh, oh, oh, where can he be? With his tail? Cut short. His ears. Oh, oh, oh, where can he be? Hi and welcome to this lesson on how to play aware. Aware has my little dog gone? As soon as you're ready, let's put ourselves into playing position and let's get started. To play this song. You will need to know how to play a d quark and an E chord. The song is four lines long, and I'll be teaching it to you one line at a time. Line one will be playing at Decartes, followed by an acorn play a D chord on the word, where? An a chord on the word little. Let me demonstrate. Oh, my little dark. Line two will be playing a chord, followed by a D chord. Play an a quarter on a word, where at the card on the word. Let me demonstrate how can he be. Line three will be playing a D chord followed by an a chord. Play a D chord on the word tail, and an a chord on the word. Let me demonstrate with his cut short and his ears cut long. Line four will be playing a card followed by a d quark. Play an a chord on the word where, and a D chord on the word b. Let me demonstrate how can he be. Watch this video again to review and practice playing this song as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 19. TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (Skillshare)mp4: Doing twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Way been sky so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle Little Star. Hi, and welcome to this lesson on how to play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. As soon as you're ready, put yourself into playing position, and let's get started. To play this song. You'll need to know how to play a D chord, an a, and a G chord. The song has two parts, an a section and a B section. Each section is two lines long, and I'll be teaching it to you one line at a time. Let's begin by learning the a section. Line one will be playing at D card a G chord. And that Descartes again. To play line one, play the D chord on the word twinkle. The G chord on the word little d card again on the word star. Let me demonstrate. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Line two will be playing a, d, a, play the first a card on the word, how? The D chord on the word, wonder. The accord again on the word what? And a D chord again on the word bar. Let me demonstrate how why you are. Now let's learn the B section. Line one will be playing D, G, E, a. Play the first D chord on the word, on the G chord, on the word up above. The D chord again on the word World. And the a card on the word. Hi. Let me demonstrate. So line to line two has the exact same cards and melody as line one. Only the words change. So again, we'll be playing at D, G, D, play the first D chord on a word like the G chord on the word Diamond. The D chord again on the word. And the a chord on the word sky. Let me demonstrate diamond in the sky. The final part of the song is exactly the same as the a section we played at the beginning. The same chords, same words, and the same melody. Let me show you twinkle, twinkle little star. Wonder. You. Watch this video again to review and practice each line as many times as possible. You'll get better and better each time you play it. When you've practiced playing each line and each section separately. Put the two sections together and play the whole song. Keep up the good work and see you next lesson. 20. Class Project Skillshare: Hi. In this video, I'll be inviting you to do a special project which will give you the opportunity to review, reinforce, and put into practice everything we've learned so far. For this project, I would like you to choose any song from the ten songs we've covered in this course, then I would like you to play and sing this song to a friend or a loved one. You can also record yourself on your cell phone and send it to them as a message. If you like, you can upload your recording to SoundCloud, YouTube, or any other digital platform and send me a link for me to listen to. I would be very happy to send you all the positive feedback I can to help you develop your skills and improve as much as possible. You can also upload directly to the site. Please don't worry if you're playing or your singing isn't perfect. It really doesn't need to be. The important thing is to do the project and have fun while you're at it. It will give you confidence. It will push you passed your own limits and it will make you feel good about your progress. I wish you good luck and a heartfelt congratulations for completing this course and for everything you've learned up till now, you're playing will get better and better as you continue practicing. So keep up the good work and see you next lesson.