The Spooky-lele has arrived

Buying a Uke

If you fancy buying a Ukulele, or are going to ask for one for a present, a good entry-level brand is Mahalo. These are available from eBay or Amazon and are not very expensive.

The great thing with these is that if you decide to upgrade at a later date to a more expensive model you can still keep your Mahalo Uke for taking on holiday, or leaving around a relatives house, for practising.

Row Row Row Your Boat

The Lion Sleep Tonight - Tutorial

A very good tutorial, although he does make a mistake at 1 minute 38 seconds when the calls the G chord an F!

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Flash Mob Version

Ukulele Flashmob in Trafalgar Square, London on 15.08.2012.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

This is going to be the first real song that we attempt.



and the chords are really easy

Four C Chords, Four F Chords, Four C Chords, Four G Chords

like this

C - C - C - C
F - F - F - F
C - C - C - C
G - G - G - G

and the lyrics are

Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh

 

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

 

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight

 

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

 

Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight

 

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

 

Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight

 

Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh
Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh

 

Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh
Ee-e-e-um-um-a-weh

and if you would like to play along with a metronome use these settings

METRONOME

Metronome

Here's a cool online metronome. Metronomes are really useful to help you keep in time when learning songs.

http://www.webmetronome.com/

The G Chord

G

 

 

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

C and F Chords (recapped)

The F Chord

 

 

The C Chord

Introduction to the ukulele