Take It! A Beginners Guide to Improvising on the Uke #1: The Major Pentatonic

[@sacredcowyoga7672]

Brilliant! Can’t wait to get started.

[@samakin4896]

Very helpful Phil, thank you!

[@bettydodd2382]

Thanks Phil...keep em coming

[@rickyelvis3215]

a natural teacher

[@flukyreview9128]

Excellent lesson and easy to follow on the scale shape pattern tabs. I wonder why other ukulele lessons here in you tube do not format lessons like you👍👍👍👍. I play bass and guitar and your lessons are formatted the same as you. EASY TO FOLLOW!

[@lynngodfrey5408]

Great lesson. Thank you so much for the clear, easy to understand explanations to get me started!

[@eileenlander1380]

Aw, I’m watching this in bed - can’t wait to try it out tomorrow. Thank you very much.

[@michaelhill2556]

Jeez, I can't thank you enough. You're the master.

[@KenMiddletonUkulele]

Superbly well-presented, Phil. And really clearly explained.

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks Ken!

[@chudleyflusher7132]

Super video. I gained a lot of confidence watching and playing along. Thank you!

[@debbiefischer90]

Very encouraging

[@tompotokar2347]

Fantastic lessons - such clear explanations delivered in such a gentle and reassuring way. Thank you so much !

[@PhilDoleman]

Thank you!

[@nildakhalessi1139]

You are a genius in music to me, Phil! Thnx ❤

[@ouzalghost8411]

Great lesson Phil thank you.

[@nancywood775]

Great lesson…the get it now! Thank you so much….

[@ukulelesafarikenya]

your way of explaining stuff is simply brilliant. I've enjoyed this video from beginning to end.

[@ozan2080]

Shit man, I am soloing like crazy with these simple tips hahah. This was the best music lesson I ever had. Thank you so much.

[@planetluzzo1971]

Thank you!!! So much!! Well done. The little tiny light in my head is beginning to grow. Thanks again. That's a lot of fun. 🤔😇

[@squashdevicer]

Brilliant! Follow the dots. Great tutorial. Thanks Phil.

[@iceyyeah]

This is amazing thanks for the video

[@TheSpektacle]

thanks Phil ! simple and fun !

[@Paturn1000]

Thanks so much Phil. Brilliant lesson as always!

[@tfrauenhofer1309]

This was a very clear, concise explanation that made things super clear to me. Thanks for making these videos!

[@angusross-thomson1288]

I was aware of the scale, and could sort of use it, but that was a great explanation of what was going on and why it works, thanks Phil. Makes far more sense now.

[@rollordont]

Well, that is crucial information, there! Thanks for explaining everything so clearly -- in all your lessons!

[@courvilleg1]

Thanks so much, thanks for the pleasure never thoiught I would be able to do this. Great explanation!

[@TheNibblerjack]

Awesome!

[@LarryKidkil]

Well that was fun!

[@huwperry8641]

Brilliant Phil. Who knew I could solo! So many great lessons of yours to work through now. Thanks for keeping up the output and making things so interesting

[@Chris_of_Scotland]

This is great, exactly what I was looking for

[@JohannesHeld]

Ha, it was visible hard for him not to jam along. Love it! And your explanations are always so wonderful!

[@pennyyoung2291]

As ever, Phil, encouraging and enlightening! Thank you

[@jo-annearnold]

Great video... interesting about the dots too! 🤗

[@eviltwin2322]

I've always been a hands-on kind of player and never really understood theory too well, but you made it easy and I've seen (or heard!) an improvement pretty much instantly!

[@lindenrosam4781]

Thank you Phil, perfect timing for this too as I suddenly find I am really beginning to grasp and understand these concepts. Have a great xmas xx

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks, you too!

[@johnchisholm7350]

WHAT’S THE BACKING TRACK PHIL. Beautiful. John C

[@PhilDoleman]

Thanks! It's just something that I put together with in Band-In-A-Box. You give it a chord sequence, key, tempo and then choose a style and away you go! www.pgmusic.com/

[@oykueyuboglu2649]

Thank you so much for these videos!

[@OtRatsaphong]

Great lesson, Phil!! Thank you 🙏👍 Great for relaxation and for overcoming the fear of not being creative.

[@austinhyndman5678]

Brilliant Phil thank you so much.

[@dianemcarthur7667]

Brilliant Phil - as always! Very motivating🤗

[@hilltop1845]

This is great topic to cover. Looking forward to the follow up vids.

[@heartstrings3653]

Thanks!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@LinaSan]

I just stumbled on your video by chance, but having you just vibing there while the music played and I awkwardly tried playing notes along with it, it just felt very personal and encouraging.

[@inkedaudiophile7546]

Great tutorial! Many thanks!

[@ChrisJohnstonspeaks]

Thanks Phil! I've always been the one who passes when it's time to solo. I knew the pentatonic scale was useful on that but I wasn't sure how and you really explained it for me! Breathlessly waiting on the next two installments here.

[@howlinhobbit]

fabulous to find you here, Mr. Phil! I'm probably not exactly a beginner but, due to the panicdemic and other issues, I've not been playing nearly enough ukulele. I've gotten *horribly* rusty, which has led me to search for inspiration here on the YouToobs and lawsy! some folks should woodshed a bit more before offering "lessons." good to find someone who knows what they're talking about. I've subscribed and will be checking out all of your upcoming vids. be well!

[@PhilDoleman]

Great to hear from you HH, hope you're doing well. You know, years ago that leaflet you put out with the Nashville numbers for common progressions? That was what set me on the road to learning more about music theory, so thank you!

[@peterbriggs207]

Phil what would be thePattern for C maj Pent Scale on a Baritone ?

[@PhilDoleman]

Hi Peter, You can just move this pattern up to the 5th fret, so it would be 5, 7 on the G string, 5, 8 on the B string and 5, 8 on the E string.

[@peterbriggs207]

Dthank you

[@albertlamoureux3256]

Albert ( Québec) So if l understand, if a song is in the key of C, l can accompany by playing all notes that is in the C major pentatonic scale and it will be ok. Is it what we call jamming in English. Thanks

[@PhilDoleman]

Hi Albert. Yes, providing the song only uses chords that belong in the key. We often call it jamming, yes!

[@irenesights7669]

Thank you sooo much. Btw, how could you hold the ukuleke easily? Especially when you have to change the cord and you need to move your left hand quite far without afraid the ukulele will slip.

[@PhilDoleman]

You do get used to playing without a strap, (in fact I have a lesson on holding the uke from way back, here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHnTfWCLaNaNb6M), but in this video my right hand fingers are lightly resting on the edge of the uke, just enough to support it.

[@irenesights7669]

@@PhilDoleman Thank you. I am new to ukulele and very happy to find and subscribe to your channel. A long way to go now :)

[@ouzalghost8411]

Hi Phil I have just tried to subscribe to you monthly lessons but there's a problem, whilst filling in my card number random numbers were added so I had to keep on deleting these until it was all correct. When I finally filled the form and hit subscribe the order wouldn't go, please can you help, regards, John.

[@PhilDoleman]

Hi John, I'm afraid I'm not able to see any of the credit card or other details, that's all dealt with by Patreon. I can tell you that I don't have any record of you joining in the last couple of days, so that would suggest it just failed, so it might be worth another try. Failing that, try contacting Patreon support here support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[@dough.1355]

Fun lesson Phil. Are you playing soprano?

[@dough.1355]

I see in the description you are playing your signature soprano! Nice.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

For you music theory Geeks, clangers is dissonance.

[@PhilDoleman]

Yes, a bit of 'UK speak' from me there!

[@alouisadewaard6125]

Great lesson, thank you!