Ukulele Tutorial - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - Jake Shimabukuro version-Part 1

theukulelesite.com/ Corey Fujimoto shows us how to play the Jake Shimabukuro version of the George Harrison classic as composed by Hawaii's own Jake Shimabukuro, a prolific artist that influenced a new generation of ukulele masters. This is part 1 of three in this lesson.
I believe Corey had just tuned to Jake in his video at Central Park which is what Corey was listening to before teaching this. So it's a bit flat of 440. Also I just asked Corey to teach it. He's not a "teacher" but you'll get it if you want. This was early in our video days and I apologize if it is not as thorough as you need. If it wasn't free and useful for some I would just remove it, but it is what it is.
Thanks to those that are cool and willing to work. In Hawaiian old tradition the teachers told the students to watch and listen. Make it your own.
Aloha!

[@asanch3899]

i wish he would remake this tutorial with some better explaining on the picking hand. maybe some tabs?

[@aicram5]

If you want to teach to the end of the process of teaching, add the tabs, It could be really helpful for us the students, 'cause we follow you and also have the tab confirmation. I just want to take also some time in this comment to tell you that you are so talented and an inspiration to us, the herd that uses this as a hobby or a therapy, we thank you so much! you inspire... lovely

[@yisiliu7275]

You play so fast is because that you’re afraid that I learn from it?

[@Sarthakislive]

HAHAHHAHAH .

[@CoerciveManifesto25]

LMAO

[@selinsenturk642]

I SCREAMEEED LMAO

[@travusleroux3345]

been playing for years and this video is probably the best ive seen yet for learning how to play this song thanks for the tutorial.

[@keysndreams]

Hi i know this is four years old but did you ever end up learning this?

[@nativeblend670]

Glad this lesson is still up! Thank you and I really appreciate your time to share. I still remember playing this over and over for hours (2012), took weeks for my slow learning curve at the time lol

[@siddyx]

This is immensely helpful. Thanks very much for taking the time to produce it. I like the fact that you don't force feed us every note, I can understand that some people need this, depending on their level but this is great if you just want a quick guide. It's helped me pick up the tune in double time !! Thanks again

[@eightballbabe]

Thank you so much for doing this! Your playing is incredible... I was confused at first but took the time to stop and go back when I needed and it's getting there! Thank you for taking the time to teach us :-)

[@wendelljeong4734]

Beautiful job Corey! Great lesson.

[@jayhan2345]

Thank you so much! I was able to learn this song with this tutorial!

[@lancebateman1568]

Thanks so much for this. Your generosity makes it possible to learn songs and techniques that would otherwise be out of reach for a lot of us. All you tutorials are greatly appreciated!

[@charlieukulele5491]

Excellent cover! Thank you so much for sharing

[@YPOboi5150]

Great Lesson Corey! Keep em coming!

[@markcorliss3059]

Good lesson it takes time to get this and you did a good job Mahalo Bra from a guy who lived in Hawaii for 4 years. Jake is Awesome

[@ukeattitude]

Thanks for this first part, great job !

[@malakas069]

you are AMAZING. the tut isn't easy, but i bet that it's even harder to teach it. thank you SO MUCH. jake, ukulele mike and you are my favorite uke teachers. WITH LOVE FROM GREECE

[@cimiaclunis6328]

This is amazing.. wow he's so talented

[@BossmanLAN]

I love the fast pace teaching style brotha 🤙🏾 this one is not for beginners, lots of different techniques you need to learn before going after this one

[@pHoneHats]

amazing tutorial i was able to follow it impressively well

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@xiAresx We'll show the full version of the song soon. Corey will try to play it in the style of Jake Shimabukuro. Stay tuned.

[@sandipan17]

Wow... stunning!

[@huato115]

Very clearing sound.Great clip.

[@jackfrain]

Can you PLEASE do a tutorial for the intro that you did at the beginning! I can play the whole song but really want to be able to do the intro. By the way, your videos rock.

[@ayoutubechannul]

Knew this a while ago because of this tutorial, gotta relearn it now since it's been a while!

[@Flabadoodle135]

Yay, almost got this part down! After an hour and a half

[@CIVILCHAOS1]

dude this video was good . you guys are crazy .. at least he tries to show it.. i suggest you look at this video upside down with your ukulele when you play it helps position your hand beside i played all the parts of the song it sounds perfect.. what jake does is mostly improvisation now hes not gonna show all the notes cause its just the basic notes.. so you guys don't know anything he did a great job thanks seriously man it really helped.. and for others well get better and try again.

[@keleg12]

please make a tutorial of the intro:)

[@nekkossan]

Por favor ensina a introdução. Muito Obrigado

[@TMKennedy]

Just found this - you guys ROCK! I love the Kanile'a koa tenor uke you sent me awhile back - and look forward to playing this... mebbe in another 5 years, lol - much mahalos and aloha to all of you at HMS

[@LargestClassifieds]

This is awesome

[@robertwise3369]

Not easy, but nothing worth learning is. Good job, you can hear and see what the right is doing. No explanation needed, just good ears. Loves this tune! Thanks.

[@Jupiter742]

Thanks! Great lesson!

[@869576]

Very nice. Good job!

[@jenchal5574]

I'm a self taught ukulele player, and this is a very hard song to learn-- obviously it will take practice, but I'll get there!! Even if this song seems super difficult, try it! Keep practicing, because it made my skill level go up... A LOT

[@jenchal5574]

I got through the first little part! I had to keep rewinding, but I can do it--

[@eonstar]

SAME!!!

[@zombieface56AJ]

Jen Chal It's only difficult because the way he explains it. I'm still trying to figure it out.

[@isboum]

So, 4years later, have you went there? lol

[@mmartinez8549]

holy crap!!! i can do it!!! now for part two. thanks man!

[@Jrey318]

Finally.. a tutorial worth learning..Nicely Done. Would it be possible for you to do a quick tutorial for the intro? Thanks.

[@480vmotor]

Thanks, Waiting for the other 2.

[@bumtreq]

That is a beautiful Ukulele. The Ko'olau CS Tenor? Would love to get my hands on one some day. It took me some time, but I converted most of this video to paper tabs. Worth doing for those learning, it helps with memorisation etc. Much appreciate your videos!

[@ThePavelAntonov]

Thank you for the nice music. Any tubs or tutorials?

[@steeltunes]

Thanks, this is wonderful.

[@heartbabaknia]

Hi! I've been practicing but I was wondering if there was a way to see the chords written on a sheet. Do you have a link to the chords/tabs?

[@Pwneriffic_One]

Google it.

[@heatherf364]

great tutorial, nice to see something that it more in depth than the basic four chords that everyone teaches. i think you did a great job explaining things, though the tutorial is not for beginners.

[@jshersman3053]

Grand job

[@TuttoHobby]

beautiful music!!! Compliments!!!

[@MeetTheseIronFists]

That's awesome.. but now my fingers hurt. My father showed me Jake Simabukuro playing this song, and I thought that I could never do this.... Now I feel like I am getting closer to what I thought was impossible. Thank you! :) I'm borrowing my RA's ukulele. I might buy one off of you guys, but am not sure what to get, or what strings to purchase... :(

[@sjeter61]

fantastic lesson! I am working on it. I jumped ahead to lesson 2 , just to look and the Pono doesn't sound near as good {to my ears} as this uke. What brand is this one? thank you Steve

[@MangoDaVille]

Mahalo for setting out to teach one of Jakes most difficult songs. I see comments below criticizing you however the student should realize that this is not an easy song and you can't spoonfeed every finger string combination or it will take eons to teach this song. Moreover, it is not for beginning level players although they will benefit by trying to figure out finger/string combination on their own. He in fact does sprinkle in what fingers to use here and there. Give Corey credit for taking on this daunting project. As for Corey, mahalo for the tutorial, you go Hawaiian!!!

[@beezesty]

Corey. Thank you so much this is fantastic and inspiring. What Uke are you playing in part 1?

[@patrickmoher2935]

Hi Corey: How is it possible to get a copy of the tabs for gently weeps.Ive checked other web sites and it seems to be some big secret as to obtaining them. Any ideas?? thx Patrick

[@lindabeach6294]

Has anyone got the tabl this particular version/tutorial? I'm having trouble determining fret finger placement because I think it is done two different ways in this video. Thank you.

[@08015647d]

Thanks for the guidance!

[@jakeskinner7949]

Could you please make a tutorial on Blue Roses Falling by Jake as well cuz i love that song and would really like to learn in! Great tutorial helped a lot thanks!

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@PoliteCheese1414 It may be a little flat (still tuned to itself), but it is still the same shapes. If you are gonna play along try tune down a bit and tune it to itself. Sorry for any confusion. You should still be able to learn it from this.

[@triplerainbowcrew]

Amazing!!!

[@SidAlmighty175]

Inspirational! id love a tutorial on the intro as im almost there with the main parts :)

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@iyongbakla Its just the way I like to play. I like to change it up a bit. Thanks for watching.

[@jpatrickdowns]

He's so good (and even better now). It's like watching something in slo-mo, thinking "I want to go faster!" but my fingers and brain can't do it. I wish I was skilled enough.

[@shupshup6367]

Thank you!

[@kuanch7]

amazing fingers

[@LuxnoireCollection]

Thanks! I got pt 1 pretty much down!

[@mdmccat]

Mad, MAD skills!

[@UkeGirl100]

I agree with Hatty here -- you taught this without telling those of us who are listening all of the things we would need to know.

[@LBCoolSolutions]

+danoismyname its tuned to the pitch that Jake plays in the famous video, thats why its a little lower.

[@lescapoter]

That hammer on and hammer off with the pinky makes me shit bricks

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@purposemaker909 The link is above to part 2 and their is a part 3 as well. thanks

[@bradsagucio6880]

you made it look soo easy!! >.<

[@triplep775]

is it me or is he teaching it one way and playing it another?

[@BrianOdeen]

He states at the beginning that he's just going to teach us a simple version.

[@chazmcleod802]

Thanks for the great lesson!!! I noticed this video has some bad comments.. I never thought I would be able to play this but can now play the whole thing just from these videos. All the info you need is there. Great job. Is that a tenor uke?

[@SingHouse]

I love how your eyes shift from left to right when you talk haha!

[@kato788]

Ok, on the first part, when you first place your finger on the fifth fret on the bottom string, in what order do you pluck the strings? I am so CONFUSED!

[@theRealScarecrow]

Whell your video explains more than the sheet music I found :) Tnx dude!!! By the way, That ukelele does have a realy nice sound. What brand/type is it? grtz, Remco

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@inf3rnox sure, it would just be a 4th lower so it would sound a little different, but the shapes are the same.

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@Dahhhnyel Both are out on our channel now!!

[@janlesinski4719]

You were a great talent even 12 years ago

[@RolandFeletic]

Thank you for the lesson, can't wait for the next part. But first it is much work to learn the first one ;-)

[@mrcclamp]

very good thanks alot

[@ForrestTown11]

I just bought my first ukulele. It is a Lanikai LU-21c. Is it any good?

[@jacksonhart8606]

what are the strings tuned to?

[@purposemaker909]

thankyou - part 2 coming soon ??? :)

[@HawaiiMusicSupplyTUS]

@jlaci We will work on that. Thank you!

[@tnguye36]

Can you make a video of the intro that you played? Thanks.

[@franciscanschicago]

Ano'ai Corey! Yes, please keep~em coming...I have never played but I need to ask how much are your ukulele???

[@ddbtdd]

Thanks for making this video. A hack like me now has a place to begin!

[@anthonymacquarrie9118]

the way you played it kept changing, at one point there was less picking then when you played it again there was a lot of extra picking, but better than nothing.

[@luka473]

I learned most of it, just gotta practice it now. I had one issue tho and it was that your teaching was a bit fast and I didn't really understand what strings you were hitting

[@MeetTheseIronFists]

@MeetTheseIronFists What exactly are you doing on 0:55? (the G-chord moved up 3 frets?) ... I know that there is something to do with picking, strumming, and a pinky hammer... but I just cant understand. :p

[@Fujiman808]

Thanks guys. I hope this tutorial really helps. We should be releasing part two this week. Stay tuned!

[@ron619]

thanks man !

[@MistaMojoe69]

wats the pikking you do for the 3rd last cord

[@00beasis]

Can we have a quick tutorial on that pinch harmonic at the start, just lovely!

[@roysongco]

thanks for posting up this tutorial! =)

[@pilgrim2510]

Hi, thank you for the video. My uke doesn't plays only some of the sound on the same frets as your does. I don't get. Can anybody help?

[@apearce49]

+pilgrim2510 i know you posted this a year ago and you may have figured it out fir yourself by now but the tuning in the video is slightly off and your ukulele might be slightly out of tune as well so together they make a huge difference the tuning for this song should be standard GCEA

[@SSButtaButt]

WILL BE COMING HERE FOR THIS LESSON MOST DEF! U MAKE IT LOOK EASY LOL BUT I KNOW IT AIN'T GONNA BE BUT DAMN IM GONNA GIVE IT A GOOD TRY...EVEN IF MY FINGERS STARTS BLEEDING ON THE STRINGS LOL...GOOD GOING MAN!

[@kctaculog]

Do you think you can show us sometime how to play the intro to this song?

[@4techable]

can you make a tutorial of jake shimabujuro's version of my heart will go on???tnx....

[@ron619]

dude does anyone knows where to buy a long fret ukelele I only have the small one its like a toy

[@AS1ANPR1DE13]

ohh okay thanks !! this is very informative :D

[@ratboyeeeify]

does anyone have a clue on how to play that intro?

[@greydevlin6105]

Could you guys do a tutorial of his arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody because there aren't any that I could find.

[@jumpingconaner]

@HawaiiMusicSupply I don't see the link

[@williamfejeran3077]

thank you so much

[@wurory7371]

Can you post a tune chart please? It will be alot easier to practise when looking at the charts.