The BEST 7 Easy

Hey guys! This new video is specially made for all the beginner ukulele players out there, here you will learn 7 Easy Ukulele Strum Patterns that will help you improve and play your songs like a PRO!
00:00 Intro
01:34 The C Chord
02:09 4/4 Time! What is it?
02:26 Pattern #1
03:35 Pattern #2
04:38 Pattern #3
06:15 Pattern #4
08:33 Pattern #5
09:42 Pattern #6
11:15 Pattern #7
And that's it! All you need to do is PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND PRACTICE, until you get the rhythm and can start adding new chords to your playing! Did you knew any of these strumming patterns? Which one was your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
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[@jennpepper]

Really appreciate seeing the sheet music as you play, thank you

[@CimarronLeatherStudio]

I graduated from Berklee College of Music but this is worth a Semester!! Much olbiged

[@jillhumphrys8073]

Been binge watching/practicing with you for an hr. I have years passed experience with strumming chords in guitar but have forgotten most of it. Now I have a new guitalele and and having fun relearning and playing around with the bottom 4 strings as well. Keep sending out videos, Terry! I need them!

[@jeanettehanscome108]

Thank you, Terry! I've been playing for six months and caught on to fingerstyle a lot more naturally than strumming (I'm just not that cool). These simple patterns will be extremely helpful as I continue mastering my mahogany Kala concert uke.

[@alikirkman9176]

Thank you for the video! Just got my first ukulele last week and this helped me feel so much more comfortable and relaxed with it. I have a Tanglewood Tiare Tenor and I'm loving it! Beautiful sound and easy for me to play!

[@anar4921]

Hi. Just started playing the Ukulele. Never played anything before. Thank you for making it look so easy. It makes me want to keep trying. :)

[@janprobst3192]

Thanks Terry! Got all 7 - love the island strum. Guitar player discovering the joys of baritone ukulele on my Pono MB. Have almost completed your Baritone Ukulele Boot Camp (3 more lessons) and am having a blast. I appreciate how you easily slip music theory into your videos.

[@Sasha-lk3cm]

This is a great tutorial! I just started playing the ukulele a few weeks ago and this is the first tutorial I found that broke down the strumming pattern showing notes (half, quarter, eighth), so this made so much more sense to me as a violin player. I am really loving strumming on my new Lanikai MA-C Concert Uke 💞❤️

[@tracymainwaring3178]

Yes! I play concert band instruments, and I'm a teacher, and I struggled with all the ukulele videos for kids, that didn't teach how the strum patterns fit into the counting. I like that there's the actual notation shown, really helps to reinforce my other music lessons. I'm playing my daughter's Fender tenor ukulele.

[@aallan8830]

There are a lot of really good teachers on youtube and everyone needs to do the hardwork of spending time with each to find out which teaching style works best for you. I've gone through several now and I will revisit them all but so far your teaching style works best for me. Thanks so much!

[@ellenaltamore797]

I'm just getting started on concentrating on the strum patterns so thanks for this. Will be practicing every day.

[@ckinstrumental]

I just learned my first ever strumming patterns, from you. Thank you very much!

[@benstorer9533]

Been learning for six weeks. Have a Kala Travel Concert Ukulele. Find it very tight when playing d chord. Have been practicing a lot. Your strumming patterns are helping

[@guyhorton9024]

Really enjoying your different videos, simple and straightforward. Playing on the Kamaka 8-string Tenor that my mom bought while at the factory and passed down to us. Mahalo!

[@Kimabaker36]

Hi! Great tutorial! I’m a violin player and just picked up a Lanikai concert uke. I have some songs I’m working on so these strumming patterns are key! Thank you!

[@armansustal4374]

I teach an afterschool ukulele class here in San Diego, CA, and we gained so much from watching your video. Thanks.

[@yellowrosecottag]

Thanks Terry! Enjoyed the refresher. I have a few Ukes but am really enjoying my Cort Australian Blackwood soprano lately.

[@missymaddiful]

I have played the harp for almost 20 years. Just picked up a little ukulele and I’ve been enjoying playing some pop songs. Thank you for these videos!

[@carflippincouple1766]

This is very helpful, especially as a newbie player! I’m learning ukulele on my tenor Outdoor ukulele since 3/23 and just found your channel - thank so much for the tutorials!

I have a Vangoa tenor Ukalele. I've only been playing a month now & absolutely love it! I've already found & printed out SO many songs that I think are great for the Uke. Our little mountain town has a group that practices 1x/wk in the library basement & perform @various fests throughout the year. I'm having so much fun! I feel like I got the chord work down but really needed strumming options/techniques. Your video was amazing...thank u so much!! Love your hair!

[@davidfleming7962]

Thanks Terry for the Strum Lesson. I have been teaching myself for about a year and play a "Dave" strum. That is whatever feels good and sounds good when I play with songs. It is funny how a lot of the "Dave" strum was now defined by the strum patterns in the video. So, I guess I was actually doing something right and just didn't know it. Thank you for the lessons.

[@lynn101list]

Loved it~! This is the first time I have seen where someone has explained different strums in detail like this. EXCELLENT JOB!!! THE BEST!! I have 2-Soprano, Concert, and Tenor - KALA, and I have 2 Concerts by Luna! I love my Luna, especially my Luna Concert Crescent Spalted Maple!

[@neiltrent5797]

Thanks Terry- I like the way you teach. I learned more today than I have the last month. Now it is time to practice.

[@juliadrexel2340]

This was seriously sooooo helpful! I have never ready played with strumming before as a very beginner but the direction was great! Thank you so much!

[@mervitirkkonen7443]

5 - well done refresher lesson ;) Thanks, Terry!

[@troysnow3978]

I love all of your videos! I’m new, playing on an Alvarez concert uke. I hope to get good enough to justify buying a Koaloha one day.

[@marybethvollink812]

Thank you! I have been struggling with the strum patterns and this is a great tutorial! I am playing a Luna concert ukulele.

[@annalapid8426]

I've never had any musical training ever, and so I'm improving very SLOWLY, and so thank you for breaking it down for me on my cheap Mitchell ukulele

[@marymadalenem2351]

Omg love this. Excellent!☺

[@stephaniepigeon5389]

Already improved my strumming my going through a couple of your tutorials. Thank you so much!

[@vonniecorsini8379]

Got it Terry! Thanks. I really needed this!

[@Marti1951]

I have picked up more In the last week to help me get happy with my Ukulele! Thank you so much.

[@amandaontiveros8237]

Got my very first for Xmas. Fender Fullerton Strat Ukulele. I'm excited to learn although I've never touched an instrument before. Thanks for a great lesson

[@howardwilson5625]

Thanks Terry, I've just bought a paisen concert ukulele, from amazon, will be here on Friday, I've subscribed to your channel and will study your videos rigligously, thank you for your tutorials.

[@Wllmpie]

Thank you Terry, your enthusiasm is a great motivator. I will take the fundamentals course on my Kala Tenor.

[@Ukelikethepros]

Rock on! thank you!

[@squirrelzar]

I love to switch between C and Em when practicing my strumming. As barely a beginner - they’re easy to swap between while providing variation so you can feel out the beats of the strumming

[@samuelmeteer8229]

Perfect speed and explanation. I've been jumping around and you nailed it. Thank you.

[@lambchoppers9420]

I just ordered a mew baritone uke. A Zimnicki ! Using my old baritone til I receive the Zimnicki! Love your strumming lessons! Thx. (Am a guitar player)

[@mingo-mingo1946]

Getting my ukulele tomorrow. Thank you for your help!

[@lisacompton593]

Really useful Terry. Very clear. I'm getting to 5! I'm lucky to have a dear little Kiwaya kts-4 soprano. Best wishes.

[@shawnregentin]

I take lessons with my daughter. She fingerpicks the melody on her Luna Soprano Uke while I do the island strum on my gold tone concert Banjolele. It’s been fun learning and playing songs together.

[@adamaadam5515]

I’m using a Millar Soprano & like this lesson very much-THANK YOU - I’m a beginner learning to get over a bought of depression, the music helps soooo much!!!

[@marjincharge2596]

Thanks! One of the better strumming instruction videos I have come across!

[@stevecrawford3551]

Thanks for sharing. I love the music theory included. Keep up the good work. 😀

[@sarahschwartzve1781]

This is great! I love getting a bit of information about fundamentals along with the instruction. :)

[@danielleschwarz2450]

Thanks Terry. This was very helpful. Just got my first Ukulele last week. I tried guitar 20 years ago, but failed miserably ;-). So I became a band nerd ( baritone horn) instead. Now as a Music Educator for Pre K children it would be nice to be able to accompany them with something besides a piano. So I've decided to give the strings another try.

[@mikescofield]

I just got a Lanikai QM-BLCET Tenor. I'm a mountain dulcimer player, also a little guitar. I'm watching your videos because I want to see how the ukulele is the same, and different, from these other instruments. I appreciate your enthusiasm and exeprtise.

[@lauralee3055]

Terry - it was awesome to see someone break down the "grandaddy" strum pattern into notes. I hear it a lot in the music I try to play, but now I can count it out. Thanks Terry

[@sewfastembroidery]

Hi Terry, Great video! I'm working on my strumming and this was very helpful. I have a Fender soprano uke with a low G string; a Mahalo soprano with a high G and a vintage Rogue Baritone uke. I'm on the lookout for a nice tenor and a banjolele too. Ukes are kind of like potato chips to me! 🙂 Thanks for the great material that you put out there. I appreciate it!

[@rosiemalady8753]

You make it so easy to follow ,I will love practicing now.I have a Concert Ukulele,Peacocks brand which I purchased in Singapore, its a beautifully crafted instrument.

[@victorbeautifulspanishchor4807]

I like the way you explained the strumming with the music staff (wonderful)

[@MGauvinLMT]

I am such a beginner, I watched the whole video once through before I picked up the uke! I have learned so much in 5 minutes! I’ll be watching them all, lol. I’m playing my friend’s Lanikai

[@patriciamisisco2253]

Appreciate the tutorial and encouragement! 🙂

[@nilanthinisr]

Wonderful teaching specially for beginners 😃 thank you 👍🏽

[@paulbatler1000]

Thankyou I’m new and really struggling with the strum but this is really helpful hopefully I make it with your help cheers

[@wertoshnaminus6074]

Really helpful.....thanks!

[@deniseforbes2332]

I’m a 3! Enjoyed learning the strum patterns. Thanks!

[@merryholland7389]

I have a soprano uke and it's a Martin. It's beautiful and old and in excellent condition. I only know a few basic chords and am now working on strumming. This was a great video.

[@loriglass1]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@debbieschafer3278]

Love the island strum🌺I use it most of the time.

[@Ukelikethepros]

Yes it’s a very versatile strum pattern

[@IreneFaivre]

This was really helpful. I replayed the section on the island strum several times, and I think I'm getting it. One thing that helped me was when I noticed that you move your hand through the pattern, even though you don't touch the strings on the down stroke where you aren't playing it. So your hand is in the right position for the upstroke on the next beat. When I was trying to figure it out on my own that hadn't occurred to me, so I always seemed to be on the wrong beat. So -- THANK YOU! I've been playing for about 2 weeks. I have an Concert size Enya with a carbon fiber body. I bought this one because the climate here is very dry, and the carbon fiber doesn't react to humidity changes. Thanks again.

[@DrJake48]

Thanks! 5 got it. Learning on a cheap, secondhand Kala KA-15S. Really liked seeing the notation patterns since as a seasoned musician who has never played a stringed instrument, the visuals along with the aural made the patterns crystal clear. I'll keep using your tutorials.

[@maxcaines3568]

I learnt on a £30 ukulele which was really really bad but I thought as long as I can learn where to put my fingers I can then put money into buying a better one which I did

[@goatscaneatanything5978]

I’ve played for five years and I’m still learning from this

[@lindaluersen9810]

Great info .. Just learning. Your video is gonna make me bloom! Thank

[@avrilbrielletarver8960]

Thanks Man!😊💕✨❤️

[@Av8rThor]

Excellent presentation of the granddaddy island strum. Best I seen yet! 5 of 5

[@claudepaquin3782]

Thanks a lot Terry. Great vidéo for my level. Gonna have fun practicing that with my grand children. I have a Kala tenor resonnator ukulélé.

[@Ukelikethepros]

Awesome. I dig the Kala resonator

[@christinethomas7807]

This is the best tutorial for anyone trying to learn the uke .....hands down. This video made me want to comment for a video for the first time in my life. Awesome method of teaching too.

[@misejay7609]

I'm a beginner, I have a concert Donner Ukelele, I've watched so many videos the last few days learning about my instrument, i know absolutely nothing about Ukelele, so after learning how to tune and a few cords i wanted to get educated on strumming , but nothing really covers strumming quit like this I'm learning how to hold my Ukelele and the steady pressure im comfortable using and where to strum. These videos are great , I will be coming back for more lessons., these are by far the best I've found a little fast but definitely informative, 🎉😊 thanks a bunch

[@jonathanbender4691]

Really enjoyed this tutorial.

[@cottonuke]

Looks like a great tutorial. I really suck at strumming. Appreciate the notes added to give a clearer picture. Acquired the Enya Moon Taimane just 2 weeks back. 😁

[@robindepner9168]

Great instruction...I find it helps when I write out the strokes 👍

[@lv2rdhonu783]

Strums 6 & 7 are my favorites 🌺👌🏻

[@janiebont7808]

Thanks for these beginners strums! I have some music background so I get the 4/4 time and the note times. I have learned a few chords and a few songs but I am ready to try and do different strumming patterns besides just down in quarter or half notes. Once I have mastered these patterns that you demonstrated so well I would really like to learn how to move from chord to chord without losing my place with my strumming.

[@jimcummings4712]

I have a Kala baritone. Love it!

[@jokoz1000]

I am playing a cordoba concert use. Thx for the strum lessons 👍

[@marcuslangford804]

Love this

[@arunly9061]

Thank you Terry! I am learning on concert Octopus ukulele🤙🏻

[@Gingerless_Gingy]

Thank you, Terry! It’s my day 2 practicing Ukulele and your vid is extremely helpful. 5 absolutely. I’m starting with Sorenpia’s soprano and your mango sounds beautiful. I’m definitely gonna put extra effort to get that grand daddy down.

[@abhayjha7386]

This was really helpful 👍

[@suzieq2714]

Woo hoo! Thanks for this video. I got it.

[@tylertrudel154]

I've got a Kala concert uke from Hawaii. 4/5, amazing teacher!

[@flatfoot5727]

Hi, thank you for the videos. I have an Oscar Schmidt Aloha OU3 concert ukulele by Washburn. My first ukulele was a Kala Pacific Walnut concert.

[@leefelske9999]

had 6 ukes, gave them all to grandkids except for my favorite, Kamaka Concert 2008. nice basics i have the grandkids watching

[@conbucket]

5. Shared with my husband and kids. We’re all playing tonight. Thank you.

[@dehlia2012]

I really like the way you explain. It is a pleasure to listen. Thank you

[@kevinb3811]

super helpful

[@conbucket]

I can write it out and I’m playing a Loog Guitar I got for Christmas. PS I really like how you teach. Thank you. I’m glad I found you.

[@luciadamasceno1848]

Excelente!

[@timothyprather6953]

Thanks for the help. I have a SonnyD Koa tenor.

[@davidsouza1068]

Aloha Terry, mahalo nui loa for your tutorial. I have a Martin&Co tenor uke. I truly appreciate the lesson on strumming! Keep up the good work, looking forward to learning more from you. 🤙🏽

[@michaelavankova3899]

Thank you for this strumming, Hallo from Czech rep.

[@antr9501]

Good video thanks

[@a.andreflexa658]

That was awsome! I am a beginner Uke player and have a shelby concert. Could follow all The patterns and i am ready to practice them.... thanks a lot!

[@Ukelikethepros]

Your most welcome. Enjoy the journey. ukelikethepros.com/courses

[@Ukelikethepros]

Your most welcome. Enjoy the journey. ukelikethepros.com/courses

[@Insomniquack]

ive been playing for about like 3 years off and on but each time i come back, i learn a small piece of information but for some reason my brain just cant learn it at a normal pace lol, this video is deff something ill be returning too!

[@sweetfire]

3- I have a kala tenor uke. Appreciate your videos!

[@ralphpetrella1445]

Thought it was great. Learn the seven and can play anywhere. Thanks. Worth the time to watch. Ohana Tenor all the way for me.

[@Ukelikethepros]

Your welcome. Ohana are great

[@taichidaddy]

Great introduction!

[@toddgibson8679]

4 Got it! Nice. Gonna go back and ID your signature "diddy".

[@muzyka2020]

Great tutorial. I think I got it. Just need to practice! Thanks.

[@Ukelikethepros]

Excellent

[@Adrian-rn7gi]

I'm a total beginner and you got me strumming🎉