Mika Kane Ukulele Lesson - Beginner Guide to Improvising with Fingerstyle

This is one of the latest membership lessons from Mika but I decided to put it here for everyone. Hope you find it useful. Check the link below for details on our membership with many exclusive ukulele lessons from some incredible instructors including Mika, Matt, Corey, Craig, Sarah, Ian, Neal, Herb and more. theukulelesite.com/member-res...
0:00 Intro
1:28 Step 1 - Finger picking pattern
4:47 Step 2 - Notes in the C scale on the A String
7:42 Step 3 - 1 Finger picking pattern per C Scale notes up & down the neck
10:58 Step 4 - 2 C scale notes per fingerpicking pattern
14:15 Step 5 - Adding chords - C Chords w Finger pattern
16:45 Step 6 - Adding F Chords
18:45 Step 7 - Switching between C and F
20:53 Step 8 - Adding C scale notes between chords
29:00 Step 9 - Adding the G Chord
31:21 Step 10 - Adding the A minor Chord
34:08 Step 11 - Walking to inversions of the same chord & jumping around with the melody

[@G..G..]

Best lesson ever. Finally!!!! I get it now. Thanks so much Mika... ❤

[@mandanajuon6537]

Thank you so much for making this valuable lesson available to the general public.

[@RuthieWhyte-dn6pj]

Really cool lesson, thank you. I’d love to hear your next 11 steps too. 😃

[@markandaudge]

Awesome stuff Mika.

[@ukeplayalongs]

Excellent tutorial, Mika! The only concept I’d add with Step 12 (not saying I’m fluent in the prior 11) would be for people to know what chords lead to each other most frequently, which will make any “noodling” session sound even more like a song. Keep up the great work, Mika, Andrew, and the whole HMS crew!

[@christinetaylor2156]

Yay how generous of you, thank you for Mika lesson 💛

[@annanikia7949]

Wonderful lesson! Beauty in simplicity!❤

[@julieannwilliams9134]

Brilliant lesson thank you

[@joebob3663]

Thank you for this lesson

[@jackh.5333]

Great teaching!

[@David1131955]

Superb lesson....Thank you.

[@pixpusher]

Long intro but worth the wait. Good stuff. Thank you.

[@pierrethomas7376]

Perfect, love lessons like this: merci ! 😸🤙

[@tompotokar2347]

Absolutely fantastic lesson - best I have come across . Gracie Mille !

[@ModLifeCrisis]

Thank you so much. This lesson covers so much in a wonderfully concise and clear way. Brilliant teaching example. 🙏

[@thomasmendoza597]

Mahalo plenty Mika, most favorite tutorial by far. This lesson in a nut shell builds foundation, sharpens technique, and formulates a beautiful progression into theory. Brilliant!!!🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽😎

[@garymollenkopf5228]

Awesome tutorial! Well done! That provides a sequential framework on which to build skills. Much appreciated.

[@JohannesHeld]

Thank you!

[@gyanissimo]

What a great tutorial from Mika. I would like to play like Mika, Kalei, Corey and all your friends. More videos like this. Thanks a lot. C'ya Gyani from Munich.👏

[@mauricioramirez5204]

Thanks 🙏😎🇲🇽

[@donnahale3117]

Thanks for this great lesson. I’m a newer member and did get notified of this lesson. I’d love to go see the previous one Mica mentioned with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Is there a way to see all previous lessons? Thank you for replying. 🎶

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

Yeah it's at the member section at the site

[@judgetoogood1033]

Mika, I could not find your first beginner picking. How do I find it. Thank You. 👀👀👀

[@GaryGotori-xx6ch]

No ka oi Mika! How come when I pluck MY g string it doesn’t sound the same, it’s lower (!?) 😂

[@neogonzelos]

its probably not an island tuned ukulele, im guessing its probably either a baritone or tenor. u can check with a tuner

[@christinetaylor2156]

With the site membership, are tabs available with that? 😊

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

Some of them do. There is about 80 lessons up there so far but it's a bit scattered and some have tabs but most do not. Some great stuff though. It's a work in process and we'll try to add more with tabs and organize it better soon. Mahalo! 🤙🏼

[@christinetaylor2156]

@@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS ok great thank you for your reply 🙏

[@szymonbielecki3890]

This is a great lesson! Thank you 🤙

[@judgetoogood1033]

Mika, I don’t see too good. It is almost impossible to see what fingers you are clicking. I will have too slow the speed down to see how your plucking. I like sheet music so I can zoom in and see what notes to pluck. Thank you. ❤❤❤

[@G..G..]

He mentions the numbers as well. So for the different G's, you have 0232, 0775, and 7,7,7,10. Hope that helps. He mentions the numbering for each chord.