How to Improvise a Chord Solo on the Ukulele

[@mkbrk]

That lesson is certainly in the Phil Doleman Top 10, if not Top 3. Clear, motivating, inspiring, and useful!

[@GerhardStach]

Danke Phil für diese interessanten Tipps um das Ukuelen Spiel abwechslungsreicher zu gestalten.🤗

[@derekbudd2394]

You illustrate music theory so well Phil. Another great example of when a professional musician freely gives that “Lightbulb moment” by sharing in a fraction of time, that myself and so many others have taken so long to understand. Brilliant.

[@JagBetty]

Fantastic lesson Phil…great way to spend a Sunday morning.😎👍🪕

[@janinesyoutube1096]

Now I see why you may want to learn the alternative chord shapes... Thank you!! Love the sequential nature of your teaching Phil

[@lesleybarney3355]

Thank you Phil I’ll need to return to this as it’s very instructive

[@kharmaviv]

Wow! I really enjoyed this one. I am starting to become more comfortable with the movable chord shapes because of your earlier chord Melody videos. I am nott ready to take a solo, but I am ready to start practicing for one. Thank you so much! 🙏 😃 🎵

[@margielandis2015]

Excellent!

[@one-handstrumman4616]

Chord soloing is some of my favorite to listen to. I’m still working on playing them. Thank you for a great lesson.

[@yaroslavbozhkov1567]

Many thanks Phil. 🙏 Very well done. 👍 It works great. Best wishes from Ukraine and Switzerland. 🇺🇦🇨🇭

[@jeffweinbergeruke]

Fancy strumming there, Phil!

[@toonlyrics]

I've been trying to learn guitar and ukulele for years. This is the most logical and applicable lesson on chord soloing I've ever found. The way each element is introduced separately and everything is tied together is nothing short of brilliant. For players of every level, this is a roadmap to a chord solo you can really play.

[@spinnersue17]

Thanks for another great video Phil. x

[@drobertadams]

Thank you. This is the best intro to soloing I've come across. I can't wait to put this to use.

[@tjb3550]

Great stuff Phil, very enlightening, something to aim for... Cheers 👏👍

[@Lanternamagika]

A gem! Thanks a million😀

[@3076gds]

This is a fantastic lesson! Thank you.

[@beeloumac]

You are such a good teacher! Thanks

[@clivewilkinson9369]

That was Brilliant thanks Phil. You have vocalised, everything that I already do, but had no idea why, or what I was doing! Now I can understand more easily why I'm doing what I'm doing, when I play 😊. Every day is a school day. I hope Yr well Sir. Clive

[@PhilDoleman]

Cheers Clive!

[@BeverlyTilton]

Thank you for being an amazing instructor!! ❤

[@ZopcsakFeri]

Hi Phil, sorry this is totally irrelevant here, but I've been through dozens of your uke videos lately, and just had to stop and mention how thankful I am (and possibly thousands of players are) for your insightful and easy-to follow videos! You are one of my top 3 picks when I would like to actually understand how the fretboard works.

[@PhilDoleman]

Thank you, that's very much appreciated!

[@mikeclarke9281]

Another great lesson Phil, i can never get my thumb strumming to sound smooth like that

[@guyluca7361]

This is great. Roy Bookbinder used this song to teach too.

[@susanropars8200]

Thank you sooo much for this. This is the type of lesson I’ve been looking for. I’ll be watching this one several times. Thank you thank you.

[@JagBetty]

Yeah me also….he’s a great teacher..👍

[@chrisreed1907]

Loved the way you built from simple to complex. I'll steal some of this for sure!

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks Chris, hope you're keeping well!

[@jimvyhnak4130]

Hey, Phil! Lovely stuff.

[@TheCaoimhin2]

This is very helpful. I like the build-it-up way you explain the idea. Thank you.

[@jeffreyotterman7850]

Love it Phil gonna have fun with this

[@chrishemphill9184]

'Wow... learning this would take me to such an incredible new level!!!! Fantastic video. Jan

[@robertbussard6155]

Thank you, this is very helpful!!

[@philrab6696]

Thanks Phil Hopefully more of this at Matts retreat.

[@PhilDoleman]

I'm sure there will be :-)

[@martyntanner436]

That is a really great lesson. I am doing that to some degree but you have given me a lot more ideas to try. Excellent!

[@richardcuencas1510]

Thank A challenge for me great information. Thank you so much.

[@scottgifford7226]

SOOOO helpful! It’s so great to have you verbalizing these ideas, instead of me, thinking about them, and wondering if I’m right. I’ve made up one chord solo on my own, which used the G7 shape & slid it up to the fifth fret, then back down at the end…but didn’t really know how to do that with other chord shapes. GREAT lesson! 👏🏼

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks!

[@banjo1800]

Loved this lesson so much I signed up for your patreon page. Thanks for a great lesson. I will be pointing my ukulele buddies towards this one so we can play it in our club.

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks Al! Much appreciated!

[@ukulelesojourner5976]

I'm soooo glad I found this. You're an incredible teacher. These songs might be considered out of date but that doesn't matter at all since they are perfectly suited for teaching and for learning all about chord-melody, soloing, using the circle of 5ths and fingerboard memorization. Used in conjunction with your play-alongs makes this a tremendously important gift for learning how to become a great uke player. I switched from guitar (over 20 yrs playing for a hobby) to uke while traveling the last 4 years (easier to carry). This was a fantastic find!

[@PhilDoleman]

Thank you!

[@fletcherrebello]

Nice, 👍 I surely was getting tired playing chords in the same place all the time, here's where 1 puts more of the fret board to use, Only would prefer the lesson split into 2/3 videos as required, where each video makes a student learn 1 particular technique/ chord/ set of chord changes; through, & asks the student to follow a following video when they get comfortable with playing what the video watched teaches. This surely makes a student learn the step, by step methqod, & prevents them from forgetting what was initially thought at the beginning of the video. Learning is a disciplined process, & discipline is the key to learning. 😇 Teachers should not over feed, as it gets hard to devour, then the student gets frustrated, & probably won't ever learn.

[@ukendoit2100]

Brilliant lesson - just wish someone had shown me how to do it 65 years ago! Got a lot of catching up to do!

[@dcthim]

this is a great lesson. Explanation was perfect!!! Thank you!!!

[@nildakhalessi1139]

Amazing! I think I understand these movable chords; just have to practice a lot so I can play a solo melody! thanks, Phil!

[@stephmabee8155]

Fantastic video thank you Phil. I know what it feels like not to be heard as I recently played your Count Basie ending at the end of Blueberry Hill, in my uke group and I know they wondered, what was that! Ha! Anyway I love the idea of improvising and a favourite part of this video is at 20:35, the timing demo. I’ve learned loads here, and now lots of practice is needed. Thank you for this quality lesson.

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks Steph!

[@geoffakachuckstrummer]

That was great Phil, thanks. It put a lot of the theory I have been absorbing into understandable practice. Have you done a lesson on playing the triple strum? So far, I haven’t mastered that and it frustrates me no end!

[@PhilDoleman]

I'll have to check! If not, then that's definitely overdue!

[@Aquarosegarden]

Awesome ❤ great tips! Thank you

[@richardcuencas1510]

Thanks!

[@PhilDoleman]

Thank you!

[@nildakhalessi1139]

Amazing! I think I understand these movable chords; just have to practice a lot so I can play a solo melody! thanks, Phil!