Moon River // Ukulele Fingerpicking Tutorial

[@raedance15]

I searched high and low to find how to play this song the original way and for someone to explain it so I could get it. Thank you for being that person! Loved this tutorial!

[@lorrainestern8160]

I have watched many ukulele tutorials and yours are with out doubt the most comprehensive and easy to understand, that I have seen.......thank you

[@banethaliafiord7886]

remember to be realistic - you'll have to do a bit of work whichever method you use for learning to play the uke I've been researching into teaching yourself uke and found an awesome resource at Arthurs Uke Blog (check it out on google)

[@SolsGarage]

I like how blatant you are about this being an advertisement.

[@lynnburke9855]

I find Cynthia's tutorials perfectly paced, and matched by her beautiful singing voice. Gifted indeed.

[@joshuagreen5010]

I agree with everyone that you are a gifted teacher who makes difficult and complex playing accessible even to relative beginners. I have loved this song ever since of course watching Breakfast at Tiffany's. Never thought I would be able to play it one day. Wonder if you could do a tutorial one day on how you extract the chords and strum patterns from a song. It's so hard to imagine myself saying, "yeah that was an Em6 and that other one was C# dim."

[@usernamemykel]

Love your voice, even when you are not singing.

[@marymacwatt5262]

usernamemykel I agree. it's so calming and relaxing to hear.

[@BluegillGreg]

From an old guy who's been teaching music to many for many moons: Very very well done, Maestra. Aloha.

[@rebeccascott506]

Cynthia, you are, without a doubt, the best most positive uku teacher out there. I’m a definite beginner, but with your help, I’m so confident. Thank you.

[@ndw4712]

Loving the "All right, you made it!" at 13:02. Pretty much exactly how I felt... that and my fingers about to fall off! Brilliant tutorial once again.

[@candecarro]

That fingerpicking is so gorgeous. I love your progressive teaching. All the way from single strum to elaborate fingerpicking in a few minutes' time! Thank you.

[@karamelove]

Спасибо вам большое! Такая удобная версия табулатуры, да еще и объясняете подробно как пальцы переставлять!❤ Сидела учила другую версию и не могла сыграть, а тут пол часа и всё получилось! Спасибо вам за ваш труд!

[@despyper]

Trying to learn this in Gambia as a Volunteer Medic,bringing my Uke and by far you are the best teacher ! Thank you for giving me a chance to learn a new skill at my age and making it fun to learn .Keep teaching your methods are fresh air!!

[@natashalindner2059]

Thank you so much, my 94 year old nanna requested this song after we watched Breakfast at Tiffany's together. I am a beginner but have kept up with the first verse, and I am doing 15 minutes a day. You are a wonderful tutor.

[@JuusoHoo]

I so much like your style to teach these things easily! I am jealous of that clarity! Well done!

[@uliana8416]

I was looking for "Moon river" chords for ukulele, and this is the best version I've heard. Thank you :)

[@kriemel3]

Thanks!

[@oliviaroberts2944]

Gosh I could listen to you sing this song all day

[@raysparks3161]

I'm getting a ukelele for my birthday in a couple weeks or so, I play guitar a bit already so hope I'll pick it up a little quicker than starting from scratch. Your tutorials are really well laid out and you have a lovely voice. I'm enjoying just watching, I can't wait to start learning.

[@hoanghoaian4698]

Of all the tutorial channel I watched on KZbin, yours is the most easy to follow; and not only do I love your lessons, I am big on your voice too. It's so calming and soothing. Thank you Cynthia for doing what you are doing

[@felcafe]

Aloha from Japan! Thanks for showing us the different picking patterns. Very easy to understand and has been fun to practice with it　＝☆＝

[@ulinkai348]

this is the best Ukulele tutorial I have ever wached so far...so clear and easy to follow...really enjoy it..😍😍😍👍👍👍

[@maurielehmkuhl1412]

I have listened and followed many tutorials and your methods are the best and most complete, I have found. You make it very easy to learn all facets of the music. Thank you, you are appreciated.

[@juliannechilders3214]

Cynthia, you are the best teacher, hands down!!

[@lswt6026]

These are definitely the best ukulele tutorials I've found on KZbin. Thanks x1000

[@patricereneerichmond]

I love your version, I love how you've laid it all out, I love that you provide a lead sheet WITH THE TABS, you are doing a great GREAT thing for ALL uke players. Thank you. I live overseas and some local friends actually don't know this song!!! So i've made a goal to have this as my new cover song for the summer. Your tutorial made it a breeze....no thinking or chord transposing or hard musical work.

[@ClassyEnigma]

Wow! Such a great teacher and a beautiful voice. Thank you, I was only searching the song for ukulele and found you first. Not disappointed.

[@steven9435]

Hello Cynthia. I have just started playing the Ukulele with my friend,we are going to lessons but also following you to, you are lovely and easy to follow. Thank you so much

[@marylouheires2793]

Cynthia, I love your ukulele tutorials. It is very easy for me to learn. I also love your beautiful voice.

[@jeromecabrera8946]

I started watching your videos as Im a new ukulele player...ever since I saw your tutorials, I started practicing not just 5 mins a day buy 3 hrs even.... And I've had tons of progress with your tutorials, more than any other youtube ukulele tutor. I get excited to learn the next song the next day

[@autumnskies3591]

You're amazing Cynthia! You are the best ukulele teacher ever!

[@burcuilter7175]

Hi Cynthia , first of all thanks for everything. I learned how to play less than two weeks, you're the best ukulele teacher on youtube ! I need to ask you a question , I can't find all the chords I want especially rock songs and I couldn't find The Smith's songs. Is there anyway that we can convert guitar chords to ukulele chords. Can you make a tutorial about it? Thank you! From İstanbul with love

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

Burcu Ilter try Riffstation.com, it's quite helpful

[@fortnitequeen1905]

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[@mana6868]

Excellent teacher! Thank you!

[@connordovah7933]

Aloha Cynthia, I know this is a tremendously old video but I just want to thank you for such great tutorials. I keep coming across your videos every time I want to learn how to do more than strum for a song. Thank you!

[@Chownz]

I've been looking for a decent site to learn, though I have quite a few Uku in my collection, I just haven't been able to get around learning to play properly!! Now after finding this channel I'm sold!! Thanks

[@marciaSHARMA]

This is such a good example of an effective tutoring style! Good on you. Am enjoying your approach.

[@odri_enni]

тот, случай, когда языковой барьер не мешает понимать, прекрасное объяснение и голос thank you, you have a beautiful voice

[@rikosmokesFPV]

i am not learning ukelele or so whatever. I just enjoy listening to your singing. such a beutiful voice.

[@iramandell8694]

OK, perfect for filling in the hours of Pandemic Isolation. Thanks, Cynthia for helping to get through this, BTW my ukelele will be here in a few days.

[@froggybangbang]

I've been watching this Friday/Saturday to learn it and today, at work, I caught myself signing "[...] somedaaayyy barbeeseveeeen" *facepalm*. It's one of my favourite to play so far, thank you do much for making those!

[@enigma5177]

Nice😁🤙

[@BillPfohl-l7z]

There is a Guardian Angel for everyone you Know!!! Thank you for all your help !!!

[@thewaysofanunpackedtravele8597]

Thank you for taking the time to create this video, this is o e of my favorite song I've been wanting to learn how to play on my ukulele. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@renzhongran7544]

You have the absolute best tutorials: most concise and easy to follow

[@林杏秋-e9d]

Hi Cynthia,love your tutorials.I'm practicing this song on the piano, but I'm a beginner at ukulele.I practiced Aloha oe,this is the second song.Both songs are beautiful.Ukulele-healing❣️thank you!

[@vanezya]

Thank you so, so much Cynthia!!!❤❤❤❤❤ I have been practicing this song to help entertain a dear 96-year-old family friend who just had his right leg amputated, and he sobbed when I played for him yesterday ❤❤❤

[@kimjameslequigan7596]

Her smiles are so encouraging. Pretty!

[@anjillanding287]

you make it so easy... best teacher ever.

[@AshleyGulla]

Thank you so much! Also, wow! I didn’t realize how much easier this is to play on the baritone uku!

[@annickclarisse-willequet9682]

Thank you Cynthia! I am a complete beginner and your tutorials are so easy to follow and understand! It's my 2nd day learning Moon River and I'm getting better already! 😉😊😘

[@ambiencekeys5100]

Thank you very much, dear Cynthia, for this excellent turturial. All your turturials are well explained and very easy to understand. In addition, there is your beautiful voice, which is in no way inferior to the original with Moon River. It is really a pleasure to play the song with you over and over again.

[@ruj8216]

I have learnt how to play this song by watching this.Thanks Cynthia, Your ukulele tutorial videos are absolutely the best on KZbin!

[@JuusoHoo]

vety gentle and clear. you have a gift on pedagogy

[@sarahmaar7376]

Dear Cynthia, thank you so much for sharing your love of music with us. You are really a remarkable teacher. This tutorial has been so helpful. Sending Light your way. ✨🙏🏼💫

[@sibusisogumede]

Awesome sing from my best tutor!,you just inspired me into kulele jazz.l never thought such a small tiny instrument can go this far!,you rock please give us more from that are.l play guitar never thought l'd find myself playing kulele.

[@rebp-tor8729]

Cynthia you so marvelously break down your tutorials and give me -a total beginner- hope that one day I may be able to play this beautiful song. Thank you for your tips and step by step guides and for sharing aloha with the world =)

[@helenasukulele]

Thank you Cynthia for this wonderful teaching, it informed my strumming version of the cover. I really learn a lot of you!

[@jennasaiz6902]

Thank you so much Cynthia. I’m a beginner and I love your videos. I’ve bought loads of your chord charts already. X

[@Grand-Math]

YES!!! After so much searching for a suitable version for Ukulele with a decent picking, I finally found it! You've been thanked by so many views and subscribers, but thanks again!

[@keziapratiwi2055]

really love it ! i'm just a beginner and want to play this song. thank's for the tutorial 😍

[@lovelaughlive1Dream]

I recently was hit with the urge to learn ukulele so I'm SO glad for your channel. thank you so much for all your great content! you're an excellent teach and the way you structure your videos is so great!

[@88MarieJuana]

Definitely love this tutorial. Learned really fast. Thank you so much. Im gonna sing this to my mama ❤️

[@jaimeortizilizaliturri9914]

Cunthia: además de ser una mujer bellísima y talentosa, es una excelente maestra: por su paciencia y dedicación. No he visto a ningún maestro tener estas cualidades. Estoy aprendiendo mucho y muy rápido, jamás pensé tocar el Ukulele y menos aún tener a alguien como Ud. Como maestra. Me he inscrito a su canal para seguir todos sus videos y tutoriales. Mil gracias por sus enseñanzas y su dedicación es ud. Extraordinaria y lo repito nuevamente: bellísima. Sus tutoriales transmiten mucha paz y relajación. Por lo que aprender es un placer. Muchas gracias y tiene mi like a este video. Un saludo.

[@crisporcelli]

Thank you Cynthia! Im learning a lot with you! Hi from Brazil!

[@melissandvlb]

You're totally the best ukulele teacher!! Thanks so much!!

[@alidittmar]

one of my favorite songs and your voice is lovely!

[@AngeLove1029]

You made it so easy for me to follow your finger picking techniques! Im really having a hard time when it comes to finger picking. Thanks to your videos! You are awesome! ❤

[@cynthiachua1137]

Thanks for sharing the variations. Love your voice, style and tutorial. Cheers!

[@annalitasantos7607]

Great tutorial with amazing voice. Thanks for the learning. And making things easier for us to know especially for beginners like me. Its dream come true. More power to u and thanks for sharing your talents to others.

[@RonCopperman]

Saw your video because of a Shawn Bolz video. Two things I would like to say. 1) the Ukulele should be highlighted by Bethel Music 2) Would like some prayers for my Mom. (healing from parkinson's) 2a) Great video ! : )

[@gingercat8694]

Sending healing to your Mom xx

[@carynmason3421]

Loved this tutorial! Working my way up to fingerpicking but have loved strumming this song with all the chord changes. Thank u!!

[@franceslee3038]

thank you so much for the video! I am still a beginner and need more practice on this piece but it did help me greatly! Moonriver is my ultimate goal for now and I can't wait to play it with no mistakes:)

[@pasalaka]

Thank you so much for this ukulele tutorial. Your videos changed my life a little bit! You are so inspiring

[@vampireturtle]

I'm so ecstatic to have found your channel! I'm a complete beginner to ukulele but I can't stand when I do a basic tutorial and the sound is off because the chords are too simple. Your chords are perfect and I love the challenge. (I'm also more into fingerpicking than strumming so I'm so glad you gave that option) Your channel also happens to have so many of the songs on my list of songs to learn. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your awesome content. I'm def joining your patreon to help support and maybe get a Space Oddity tutorial that I saw you performed in another video.

[@Ryuushuu]

Alternative beginner strum is to pluck the C string instead of g. Gives a lot more melody (since a lot more notes change there) and a bit of bass, so to speak, to the standard high g tuning. Absolutely beautiful and great tutorial again :)

[@ilyazhang9128]

Thank you Cynthia for this beautiful song! I love you teaching!

[@prinjauleklang5329]

Aloha! Thank you for your beautiful orchestrated tutorials! As a beginner, you are inspiring and gives much confidence to the possibilities of accomplishing something by the end of your tutorials. Thank you❣️

[@bobbicristobal]

THAT VOICE!!! You're amazing :)

[@detailedinfinity]

I've been a guitarist for 55 years and picked up a kooky uke last year and I'm hooked!!! What a wonderful instrument and what a wonderful tutor you are Cynthia. Trouble is I'm a rubbish vocalist. Fancy moving over to Yorkshire UK Cynthia?

[@owenraven3476]

Your voice is wonderful, just picked up ukulele again after 30 years, i loved your video :)

[@rhondabaveas1678]

You are so very talented , amazing to listen to and a great teacher . thank you xx

[@pretzel72317]

Love this! The pace and explanations are easy to follow. Your voice is lovely too. Thank you for teaching this song. More videos please :)

[@AnneCH139]

Lovely ... definitely worth the effort and yes challenging chord changes. Love it.

[@pixielightshadow]

I am an avid fan. Thank you for your tutorials! They are very inspiring :D

[@ildenedoregomedeiros7975]

Adoro vc Cynthia Lin. Aprendo muiiiiiiiiito! Thank You.😘

[@ashleyprescott3207]

There's this song that I've heard finger picked on the ukulele called River Flows in You. I've heard somebody make some very beautiful lyrics for the Twilight movie that goes with this song and it's absolutely beautiful and I so want to learn how to play the song on my ukulele. But I've only been playing the ukulele for a few months and I haven't been able to find any good tutorials that really breaks down the song and shows me one pattern at a time because it's one thing to just read the tabs but it's another when you don't know the exact Rhythm to the song and you need someone that already knows it well to teach you. I hope that maybe in the future you can give us a ukulele tutorial for River Flows In You. I know that I would greatly appreciate it. I truly do enjoy your ukulele tutorials. I've learned a lot in the past six months I've been playing. And I keep getting better and better thanks to all of you ukulele teachers out there.

[@rrrudaya]

Hello! I'm from Russia. In the Russian-speaking youtube I found a tutorial for this song. I love this movie. This will be only the second song I play. Thank you, great teacher!

[@ebolukban8026]

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent. God bless you, Cynthia.

[@TheOriginalCyber3d]

She's pretty incredible. I even think my heart rate slows down when I watch her videos!!!

[@josegu7721]

Liked and enjoyed your presentation. I have a page in youtube under Jose Gu. We moved near Ocala, FL USA five months ago, since then, I have had no time to record anything, just working on the house. My next recording, Im planning Moon River, and would like to send it to you as an MP3, I do not do videos, do not have the equipment, and do not like to do it with the phone. I can Play the guitar, and bass, some keyboard too. Very good presentation.

[@elenaillustrabael5150]

You are very skillfull in teaching ukulele, easy to understand, thankyou!

[@malebe101]

Super tutorial. But I would also very much enjoy an uninterrupted version. You sing this song beautifully.

[@malebe101]

Oh... just found the song in your 100days... project. It's lovely.

[@magsprince]

How is it you can you play the chords, give instructions before playing that chord, sing so well, strum, pick,count, smile and stay looking so pretty, calm. So very well done!

[@humblepupusa]

Thank you so much for this tutorial you’re a great teacher keep it up!

[@freedapeeple4049]

I absolutely loved this song when I was little. Andy Williams.

[@林朵拉-n6r]

I really like your tutorial. It not only teach to play a song also in different ways for beginner and advanced.Thank you so much and wish you a good day.

[@mr.mystery5428]

Thank you , Cynthia , for this amazing tutorial ☺️. it is surely comprehensible.

[@gren0uille]

Your tutorials have been helping me so much. Thank you for this! ❤

[@annalauragabellini]

😍😍 thank you! I'm starting to play uke with this video! I love this song!

[@mlv2297]

I LOVE your style Cynthia. You are an awesome teacher. Thank you! Thank you. Beautiful character about you. I've been looking for the breakdown fingerpicking for Killing Me Softly song. Can you please do a tutorial for this song? Please?

[@miriamjohnson5873]

Beautiful, clear and so helpful. Thank you for being encouraging and patient. I am getting it!

[@nmnn4262]

最近ウクレレを買って練習しています！大好きな歌！！！❣️絶対に弾けるようになって雲を眺めながら歌いたいです。

[@woodes34]

This is wonderful Cynthia! Thank you so much for your videos. I am really learning a lot from you.

[@anthonydellomes]

You are now my favorite teacher Mahalo :)