Strum a great UKULELE Intro! || "Proud Mary" Creedence Clearwater Revival

[@UkuleleZen]

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[@panhandlingray]

Say it to play. Look,leap and land. Light is the touch. Breathe, relax and smile. These are things that I get the most from, thanks.

[@UkuleleZen]

Wonderful Sheb! It warms my heart to know that you're benefitting from these teachings...those ones and others have helped me to create a music practice that is fun, stress relieving and delivers results. Happy playing 🎶😊

[@lynalux-s9t]

I haven't touched my ukulele in a while, because I felt 'stuck', but this lesson makes me wanna play and learn again!

[@UkuleleZen]

YES! That’s a wonderful feeling to feel unstuck again… And the music keeps on flowing 🤙😊🎶

[@charlotteatwood1164]

Saw both Tina and CCR perform this, back in the day. Thanks for sharing this breakdown Stu!

[@UkuleleZen]

Really??! Amazing! Tina's live version from 2009 is OUT OF THIS WORLD! Check this out when you have some time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioXJiqGIhsx-nbs

[@wyattstevens8574]

When I do the C to A vamp, here's what I do- it's similar to what you do, but I turn C into a staccato stab before hitting A on 2+, letting A ring even when interrupted by G the third time around.

[@ukulelebutterfly]

😱 OMG!.... this song won't leave me. This was one of my Father's favorite songs. I learned it and recorded it in his honor on Sunday for Father's Day. Thanks Stu! I know he's still enjoying it. ~Mary🦋 ~

[@UkuleleZen]

That’s so great Mary…Glad that this fits into your musical flow 😊🙏🏻🙌🎶🎉 Honoring your Father

[@Miss-K]

STU! You're the Best. Aat first I'm like, NO Way I'm going to get this, then, I've got my computer split screen, my note taking on my ipad, and suddenly, two times through your short video and I've mastered this intro. Recently I've spent hours trying to decipher complicated picking with no notes from some pretty otherwise good instructors, but I never even got a chance to play because they wasted all my time. You hit the sweet spot again with quality documentation, a youtube link I can play later if I need a refresher (hint everybody, make a playlist on youtube for yourself!) and optional add-on comments and expert tips. While I'd love to spend time with you over a coffee at a Uke speakeasy, at the same time, I appreciate the concise instruction on your videos and how well prepared you are so there isn't wasted time on them..... I can't wait to see what else you're working on, and look forward to part 2 of Proud Mary soon.

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks so very much Kate! I appreciate your kind comment very much… Very glad that you found the lesson so helpful and congratulations on learning it so quickly!!! (That’s on you 😉) It’s a joy and an honor to pass along the helpful and relaxing learning techniques I learned from my teachers. May they serve you well! Until we meet over coffee someday at a uke festival, I’ll be here on YT 😉🤙🎶💜

[@jimbritt7859]

Greetings. Jim from Guatemala, via Poughkeepsie, here. The fan stroke video was a big help with this! I've been trying to learn this tune for a long time. I'm encouraged now! I've been doing the chunk strum for a while, but flick/fan or rasqueado,which means strum in Spanish, followed by chunking will be a cool exercise.

[@UkuleleZen]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching and joining in Jim 😊

[@nanmcentire]

Love the syncopation! Thank you, Stu.

[@UkuleleZen]

Glad you enjoyed it Nan! 😊

[@chdrapkin]

Great lesson. I'm glad to be able to pause and repeat. Also: your segments on the timeline make it easy to restart exactly at the item that I practice and repeat again and again.

[@UkuleleZen]

Excellent! SO glad you enjoyed it and it was helpful!

[@bobfendrick7819]

YOUR FANTASTIC ! STU !

[@UkuleleZen]

Thank you kindly Bob 🤙🎶 Just happy to share some good times making music! All the best to you & yours, Stu

[@DJOEAcoulele]

I love you tutor🥰🥰👍👍

[@UkuleleZen]

💜🎶💜🤙

[@lk-lx3ih]

Looking forward to the next parts of this one. Such a fun song!

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks! Coming soon!

[@ronplough3652]

Played this on my uke couple years ago, thanks for helping me put more flavor in this song 🎵

[@UkuleleZen]

Nice Ron! Adding more sauce tot he strum arrangement is what this three part series is all about. Thanks for watching!

[@mysjana6325]

J'adore cette intro ! Vivement la suite... Proud to be a patreon!💙

[@UkuleleZen]

Awww...so sweet. Merci Beaucoup Mys Jana!

[@mimiDchi]

Yay! This is going to be fun 😃

[@UkuleleZen]

Very nice! Have fun getting it into your playing… The rest of the song is pretty easy after you learn this intro 😃🤙🎶🎉

[@jdaniels7744]

Thanks so much for doing this song, love CCR. Great lesson as always, you have really helped me improve, not only my playing but enjoyment while practicing

[@jillhumphrys8073]

Don't forget Tina Turner did it first!

[@gordondennis4820]

Great stuff... the tab vs the strum diagram is a little bit different....but both sound great to me. I'm slowly advancing my overall playing, one slow step at a time! Thanks for all you do.

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks to YOU Gordon. Have fun getting it all under your fingers...a practice-along vid will be part 2 for the intro.

[@grandtout1953]

I love your teaching

[@UkuleleZen]

Thank you Michel! 😃 Have fun playing this intro...the whole tune will be. future jam-along video

[@hikingbackpackingcamping-xc3qc]

👍

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks for jamming along!

[@drewkerr5413]

It looked east when you did it.