"I'll Fly Away": Country/Gospel Ukulele Lesson:

[@UkuleleZen]

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[@marthastrogen9001]

Folk process! I embrace the folk process in almost everything....

[@UkuleleZen]

That’s beautiful Martha...the sign of flexibility & creativity 😊🎶🤙

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

God bless you. Sir.

[@UkuleleZen]

God Bless you & all your relations too Jonathan 🙏

[@starlight4553]

Brilliant! Love this version and the pluck/strum. Thanks Stu!

[@UkuleleZen]

Glad you like it Starlight! 😊🤙🎶

[@bobfendrick7819]

What a great Teacher & Singer ! Thanks Stu !

[@UkuleleZen]

Thank you Bob!

[@KfushiZ]

I really like that bit of good advice at the end of the lesson and the quote " Better to have an imperfect something than a perfect nothing " . Thank you for the lesson and advice.

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks for watching & for joining in Hassan 🙏🎶 Wishing you well!

[@marlo5239]

Love this… Thank Stu. 🙏💙👍👍

[@UkuleleZen]

You are so welcome 🙏🏻

[@susank6267]

"better to have an imperfect something than a perfect nothin" I really like that! This is a great song. The thumb-strum sounds so good with this. I like the way you pull off and hammer on and add the pinky in there sometimes. I hope that ending lick is in the music on Patreon!!! Thanks Stu!

[@UkuleleZen]

That's a little lick using 3rds...I show this concept in my video for "Paperback Writer" :) I have a lesson on 3rds, 6ths...if you can stop the video on each "double stop" of two notes, you'll find it!

[@kerifox9706]

Thanks, Stu!

[@UkuleleZen]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MrBoxer1200]

fun and easy, thanks man

[@ianlindsay8557]

Beautiful stu as always.

[@UkuleleZen]

Cheers Ian :) Hope things are well on your side of the pond.

[@suzannebreeze3316]

You are a beautiful genius

[@UkuleleZen]

Wow, thank you! I love your Avtar art for your channel...looks like Thay's calligraphy :-)

[@nigeldavey1043]

Have just played and sang along to your rendition. Pete Seger has been one of my music heroes all my life. I received the same advice from and English writer and performer as a young man. I expect you have heard of Sidney Carter. Well you just sang the melody and I sang what for me was quite a high harmony line to the choruses. Although I say it myself, we sounded good here in my apartment in Gloucestershire. Thanks Stu,you lifted me up. I'm a Tenor Baritone these days, natural deepening of the voice with age and I didn't think I could hit those high notes anymore. Keep those videos coming I've learnt a lot in the four months since starting down this road ( bought myself a Uke for my 68th birthday ) and it's the most fun I've had in years. Inspired much.

[@UkuleleZen]

Hey Nigel, Thats for your comment - great to hear from you. I can tell you go deep into your music. The folk process is a gift of self acceptance towards ourselves and also a willingness to give that gift to others by letting them be who they are. I know you know this...just sayin' :-). The Key for I'll Fly Away" is high on this rendition, but somehow I managed to sing it. Glad you'r having good fun playing...wishing you well, Stu

[@nigeldavey1043]

@@UkuleleZen I have always loved gospel,folk , country and blues since I was a boy. Had some old 78s of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and the like and just about wore them out I think. One thing I was taught as a folk singer in my teens was " Opera singers sing from the diaphragm, if you're a folk singer,you sing from the heart ". From watching people like you I am learning to take these chords and lyrics and put that heart into them. Arthritic fingers take a little longer to train to pull off and hammer on but it sure helps reduce the pain 😊

[@gerryhealy1832]

Excellent Stu like the end really cool 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks for watching Gerry! I love this song :)

[@avec2ailes941]

Thank you very much Stu. This song made my evening wonderful! I thought I should put the capo ... but in fact, my voice came down so much with the time .... Omg😲 .... I did not even need😄 .... Peace and kiss...🙂

[@UkuleleZen]

Happy to hear! It is a bit high for me in this key but...somehow the music comes through :) Big hug to you :)

[@avec2ailes941]

Too high for you? Too low for me? Nothing better for an authentic "Folk Process" is not it? 😄👍

[@SkyFlyingShaun]

I love this song! Thanks!

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it...play on :-)

[@oliviasmommy2007]

I sing thing this song on my worship team at my school. Hopefully I can play this at school! Thank you!

[@UkuleleZen]

That’s great Olivia! It’s such a beautiful song isn’t it? Hope you enjoy applying what I shared in the lesson to your own music. 😊

[@severinneukom]

Great great great!!

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks!

[@colleenfernley1803]

Nice rendition Stu! What are the last chords you play to finish it off?

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks Colleen! That's a little lick using 3rds...I show this concept in my video for "Paperback Writer" :)

[@canadacalling6892]

Hi Stu - can you tell me what the 3rd chord is? I see G and C - but I am not sure what the third one is. thanks so much for posting a Gospel song for this elderly guy who just got a cheap banjo Uke

[@bride4jesus0126]

COOL Channel!!! 🙏🏻🥰

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks 🙏🏻 Wishing You and your loved ones a blessed day!

[@robertlyle6277]

Very nice, thank you! Why don’t you have a $1 a month Patreon membership? Love you, man, but not $2 a month love! 🤣

[@UkuleleZen]

Because I give double the effort in everything I do ;-) I actually would change it, but I can't - once a Patreon Page is created, the membership tiers cannot be changed without totally re-starting the page & loosing all content & contacts. I respect & appreciate everyone's needs. I think $2 is pretty fair for the quality of what I offer here and in my PDFs...Be well, Stu

[@robertlyle6277]

Ukulele Zen Yeah, you’re worth it. But now I’ll have to find a friend to split the $2 a month Patreon fee, and that means I’ll have to be nice for once. Oh, the stress........ 😎🌴