Ukulele Solo: "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You"

[@Bloodshock]

the tone is so full and resonant you can almost hear cello and violin haunting the room.

[@Bloodshock]

I think if I had just picked up a Uke for the first time and saw this I would be inspired, but since I have been playing mine for 3 or 4 years now I think I will give up. Haha. Beautifully played.

[@UkuleleZen]

+Ryan M Hey Ryan, I'm so glad you enjoyed this solo...it was one of the first videos I ever made...on a little flip cam ;) I am trying to create a tablature for this, but it's very tricky to notate what one does years ago...I'll give it a go - would love to include it in my chord solo book. Keep on playing (not that I think you've given up!) -- what I've found most helpful in studying music is....play only ONE sound a time...listen deeply...get inside of one chord progression at a time...squeeze as much as you can from each thing you learn...go deep into the details & you will learn more than trying o do more than one thing at a time. "Dig one well - collect more rain" - African Proverb. Happy playing...Wishing you well, Stu

[@beverlyweaver8347]

Love that this popped up in my feed. Wanting to learn this song was how I came upon Ukulele Zen in the first place. Sweet little synchronicity.

[@UkuleleZen]

Awesome! Thank you! Have fun learning it :-) I recorded this as a solo piece on my CD "After All This Time" www.stufuchs.com/music

[@BauerMaurer]

Hey Stu, this is Paul....I was your student a couple semesters ago....this is a really pretty song...I had it minimized on my desktop and was listening to it and it calmed me....thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@molikam]

i have to learn this tone from you later this year. 😃 so beautiful

[@PHJimY]

I love those harmonics Stu. Clear as a bell, even on the 5th fret.

[@kavadale]

this is really nice, very entertaining, perhaps the best uke rendition on YT

[@sarelito9202]

Lovely...

[@Chris_of_Scotland]

I'm searching through everyone's videos on case they have done the mysterious city of gold would theme tune 😃😃😃 so far I've found one. AND one thunderbircats theme tune 👍 this is lovely 👍

[@UkuleleZen]

THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER…CATS!! 😉😃🎶🤙

[@parkerlindner1089]

Sweet. Thanks for the lovely valentine.

[@kitd56]

Incredible rendition of this classic song - that uke fairly sings at your command!

[@iguanadans]

That was absolutely beautiful!

[@siriomsinghdrums]

Sweet tune, love it a lot.

[@tonybagpipes]

Thanks stu, so lovely and calming, beautiful playing as ever:)

[@UkuleleZen]

Thank you Tony...much appreciated. More videos will be posted soon :) Peace, Stu

[@StubyStubyDoo]

I really like you uk'n style - I wish I had just 10% of that ability! Inspired me to learn to pick ! Congrats - magical stew

[@keibler28]

sweet ! ! ! !

[@mridulasuresh7465]

🙀🙀speechless . Iam following you since last year . What a wonderful teacher are you . .. 🙏🏼🌹Thanks a ton for your patience . I wanted to take a membership for an yr . I know it’s too late because Ian 77 yr old Retd nurse from Houston . But it says down below in description . But I really don’t know how to go abt it . Pls bear with my ignorance .someone has to explain in detail how to pay .

[@UkuleleZen]

So nice of you to leave such a kind comment! 😊🙏🎶 You can offer a donation of support with links in the video description and at Patreon : www.patreon.com/ukulelezen

[@geneoluminology]

Hello magical being.. From th divine wings of AMMA s heart..and ashram.. Blessingss PS. We can't help falling in Love with U ☀️👏👏👏👏👏☀️

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks so much...Namaste. Much Love to you and all the luminous beings at AMMA’s ashram 🙏🏻❤️🎶❤️🎶🙏🏻 it’s a delight to know you’re watching :-)

[@YrNameHr]

super, amigo

[@UkuleleZen]

Thank you!!

[@alov88]

Great rendition of this beautiful song. Hey Stu, is there any lesson about your technique at 2:43-2:48? Do you keep your fingernails long?

[@UkuleleZen]

Thanks :-) I do keep my nails long, but not SUPER long. I keep them in the manner that a classical guitarist would (that's where I started my solo string journey). The technique you're enjoying is called "tremolo". For bowed instruments it means the rapid alternation of the bow across the string to get a sustained effect. For guitar/uke it is a means of creating the illusion of two instruments being played at the same time. There is a "bass line" and a sustained melody on top...someday I will do a tutorial on this, but it is pretty advanced stuff, so I may have to create 1-3 videos on it. Happy playing! -Stu

[@k8stape]

Happy Heart Day :)