Ukulele Whiteboard Request - Somewhere Over the Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World

[@sherisavko7718]

This is the best version of how to play this song with chords, strum pattern, and sequence that I have come across!! Thank you!!

[@ActorswithStrings]

This song is the whole reason I wanted to learn the Uke - you did a great job of breaking it down - I have been playing it wrong(strum pattern) for years until I saw your explanation - thanks a bunch

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[@judsondevon1582]

@Landry Dominic Glad I could help :D

[@GK-bh1tp]

FINALLY! SOMEONE TOLD ME THE PROPER STRUM!!!! IT NEVER SOUNDED RIGHT UNTIL NOW! THANKS ALDRINE!

[@dawndamasharris]

Aldrine-It feels as if music is to you what the spoken language is to most people. Thank you for being so humble as to bring it all down to such a beginner level and not assuming that it should just "be easy". I have just spent the entire afternoon listening to and working on following along on "Somewhere over the rainbow..." A few months ago when I just started w/UU I tried it and it was Greek to me and I was all thumbs and just so all over the place. I have been diligent about practicing every single day. The chords sessions are the best ever. Thank you so much. It is so great to finally get to be able to follow along on your audio part. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOROUGH! THIS VIDEO IS THE GREATEST TEACHER FOR IZ'S SONG. THANK YOU MAHOLO MAHOLO.

[@davealmeida9786]

Finally! a video that explains this song entitling entirely! love these white board vids!

[@eligaller9190]

This song was the reason to buy and learn uke and you are an very good teacher, many thanks and greetings from Poland! Please keep on your fantastic lessons.

[@addamhall8214]

Thanks for the lesson! I like to alternate between plucking the C and G strings to add a little bit of variation.

[@d.99nightwing]

Best demo channel I’ve found so far. No one is showing the fretboard separately

[@carolowens]

I recently got my first Low G ukulele and now eager to return to one of the first numbers I learned so long ago, yet felt it had become too “commonly played.” The strumming pattern here makes it new again, particularly if I like the sound of my new uke with this one. Thanks so very much!

[@aaronfah611]

there are obviously other great tutorials how to do this with different styles to play it. I think that's the most accurate one that I found. However, muting with the left hand instead of chunking with the right one makes it harder, but I think it's a great exercise and I think that's how IZ does it. it sounds more peaceful and more reggae-ish, at least with the way that I chunk

[@kudzu49]

FINALLY someone is doing tutorial that has the strumming pattern pretty right on!!! Thank you.......

[@dawndamasharris]

P.S. It is great to be able to download the song---it is written out so clearly and so easy to follow. Thank you for that also.

[@1dowsey]

Wish the strum pattern was explained a little slower

[@hammockmonk]

Play it at 75-percent speed.

[@walkslow7509]

It sounds good! I think this is the best tutorial of this song I've seen on KZbin yet, but with that C chord plucking it makes it SO difficult to do! I keep plucking the wrong string, unless I stop after each strumming measure. I have no problem with strumming and chucking, it's just not plucking C chord accurately every time that gets me so frustrated.

[@ThijsVerberne]

You could also choose to put a low G string on your uke (I believe Izzy has that). Then you can just pluck your G string instead of the C string. Much easier.

[@mhcosss]

right there with you. its taken me MONTH of just doing it slowly each day before i can reliably. Now workin on singing while I do it. Another challenge.

[@TalBaskin]

very confusing song for beginners but your explanations are very clear, and yes about chunking I went to other author to watch how to do that,but beside it, very good tuttorial thank you

[@betancurjary]

Explica tan bien que ni entendiendo el idioma fui capaz de aprendérmela!! Graciaaas 🙏🏼

[@scootersays]

I'm not following the strum you're doing, to what you explained and wrote on the white board? Sounds different to me? A little slower would be great to see and understand it! Thank you for the lesson! You're a great player/teacher!

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

all uke teachers do this. They will explain to strum one way, which they believe to be the correct way, then fall into a pattern that they themselves have gotten into. He is plucking 2 notes each pattern, not just the C. he is plucking the root of the cord in addition to the C. Super hard to follow unless you slow it down

[@scootersays]

@@aa1bb2cc3dd4 thank you! I'm a self taught beginner on Uke, but I tried to do my own tutorial of how I do it, to try and help people out, that don't fully understand it either. But instead of doing the double note on the C, I have a low G and do the single notes on G, C and then the strum. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKSrkqicg8uCq7c

[@theblob1570]

You can always slow the speed down on the video to learn the strum part. But this is a difficult strum pattern so it will take lots of practice. I found that with enough practice and just repeating it over and over, one day it just clicks and I can strum it perfectly.

[@scootersays]

@@theblob1570 thank you. I did get it kind of figured out and even tried doing my own tutorial for it, trying to hopefully simplify it for other beginner type players, not sure if I did any justice for it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKSrkqicg8uCq7c

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

Hey I just watched your video scooter; gave it a like, but I think you should know your plucking chords need to be swapped. It should go C then low G, not the other way around. It should sound like: High Low strum strum. Yours is: Low High strum strum. Listen to Iz's original and you'll hear it. Good job getting it very close. Just try to script the video better and play through it once before even talking- you'll attract more views.

[@waitingforspring317]

This is my favorite sounding tutorial but I have to practice many hours to get this. I love the bass sound.

[@scootersays]

I've been trying to figure this strum pattern out for some time, as he plays it a little different, from how he explains it, as others have mentioned here. What I am getting from his actual playing it, versus the explanation; is that the last up-down-up triplet is actually played: index finger(up), thumb(down), index(up), so that it makes it easier to get your thumb back on the C string for the starting note. And those last three notes can be either strummed across the strings or picking the individual strings A(index up) C(thumb down) A(index up), as it appears to me Aldrine does. That's my interpretation of it, if that makes any sense? i = index, t = thumb C ↓↑ x ↑(i) t i

[@jamesboyce9186]

Aldrine is the reason i just ordered a Ukulele, dude is a stud!

[@andredr_eas7433]

One more time a perfect mix of quality and fun

[@Daisy-kt3cf]

Dude how the heck are you chucking!!? You can’t even tell when you do it! My hand always comes to a complete stop when I chuck😩

[@nhuttran8492]

Daisy u don’t have to chuck

[@davealmeida9786]

I love these whiteboard requests!!

[@toml3530]

The best video among all for this song tutorial. Merci beaucoup!

[@sluminelegance]

great lesson and whiteboard to follow..wish you played it all the way thru once tho :) ..thanks for all you do superstar

[@firstlag]

Great lesson mate. I'm digging the strum pattern. Cheers and thanks.

[@cherriosbee475]

So neat, I also have the Kanile'a tenor Uke.

[@staysweet6411]

How do I make a whiteboard request?? Love this guy! Best teacher online!

[@clicksr9192]

Best tutorial on KZbin.

[@beckywilliams9953]

May I make a little suggestion, when you are demonstrating the strumming, would it be possible to slow it down. It is difficult to see what you are doing. What is chunk that is what I could not see to understand how to do it. Thanks for the tutorial. Fun to watch

[@roccobayne2196]

Show us how to chuck. I love this guy tho I'm literally a professional critic and I couldn't critique him because even in things like that, he's got it down for what he does.

[@edburdo]

Cynthia Lin has a good video on Chunking/Chucking - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3OlnoiMprJpjNk

[@swagger0im0lachskost]

Rocco Bayne no he is not showing what he is doing. he explains it a little bit but if you look how he later plays it it totally diffrent because he doenst just strum at the end he picks the last 2 sides before he picks c again

[@roccobayne2196]

swagger0im0lachskost After playing for a few weeks I'm seeing that I just naturally chuck now

[@swagger0im0lachskost]

Rocco Bayne the chuck is not the problem but many beginner will find it difficult to hit the c right after strumming up. so did he describe it but in reality he just plays the a string with his pinky

[@cateli8549]

Merciii c est vraiment bien de pouvoir vous suivre depuis la Reunion !❤

[@christophbeckmann9988]

Omg...i think I have to continue to use the islandstrum...

[@somoso]

is it just me, or does he skips the last "up" in the strumming pattern sometimes?

[@josehugopalominogomez734]

Gracias amigo..... excelente tutorial... thank so much friend, you are the best teacher....

[@Silverincub]

Наконец-то! Разбор песни с игрой на струне С! Спасибо!

[@harigurung3425]

wow nice really good we need more songs

[@antonioanchiraico4542]

Amigo te felicito tu rasgeo y acordes son los originales y cn detalles exactos, pero sabes me encantaría que tocaras la piesa completa quisa con alguien que cante y te ayude serías un éxito total.. Lima Perú

[@ianaster]

The best tut of this song for me

[@tom_nqld]

Awesome man, that C at the beginning is a key for success :) Cheers!

[@yun-xuanang3464]

the best instructional of the song ever

[@donindri]

Be nice to have someone singing the lyrics as you play through each part.

[@keira6188]

thank god ive been struggling with the strum pattern because it just never sounded right. thank you!

[@giselefierros3522]

THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORIAL!! can u please tell me what part of what a wonderful worlds starts with the what a wonderful world chorus ?? I mean the lyrics

[@FOXMAN09]

Hey. I've gotta say, it's really a mental beating in tutorials when you (music teachers in general, actually) don't describe the little extra special things you are doing in tutorials. Like in this video you say the strum is down-up-chunk-up-down-up. But then when you play it your last "UP strum" is actually finger picking 2 strings and I can't see clearly how you are picking the E and A strings before you plug the C string. So in what order are you plucking the E and A string and are you only doing it with your index finger or are you plucing the E string with your thumb as well? I appreciate the little extra tricks you do in your tutorials so please describe what what YOU are doing completely as you make videos and not just the simpler way to do it :-)

[@DiddyVonDiddy]

The "UP" for the last one is not supposed to be picking 2 strings, it's supposed to be a strum. It looks like finger picking because as I have found after trying it, it is easier to re-start the strum (as in hit the second string accurately) if you don't use a hand swing motion for the last "UP" but instead just move your finger across the strings. He is trying to keep his hand from moving too much for the last strum so sacrifices hitting the top 2 strings in order to get the first part of the strum right. If you move your whole wrist up for the last "UP" then it is a lot harder to accurately hit the 2nd string everytime. Also, I enjoy how it sounds without hitting the last UP as well, seems to work. Lastly, you can also just hit the 1st string instead of the 2nd string and still sounds good too.

[@andyy6931]

ThankYou!!!💖💖💖👍🥰

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

@@DiddyVonDiddy youre completely wrong. Completely and totally wrong. The pickups on the and of 4 are PLUCKED, NOT STRUMMED. Listen to the original; Iz plucks them. The low G pluck on the Tenor is KEY to playing this correctly. No one on youtube teaches this beautiful song correctly. It breaks my heart. But this tutorial comes VERY VERY close to correct. He just doesn't use the low (or even high) G pluck.

[@johnyfivesalive4438]

@@aa1bb2cc3dd4 where’s your tutorial?

[@myprsnlaccnt]

thank you so much for posting!!! i absolutely love this song. :D

[@chantal1601]

Oh my holly guacamole this is awesome!!! Thank you so much ❤️

[@pamelacook7957]

Chanti i

[@Barnettdan99]

Excellent lesson! How about a Low G?

[@jamesdean1757]

Excellent lesson well done bravo

[@Niickid]

where is the part: the colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces of people passin by, i see friends shakin hands singin how do you do... they realy sing.... i i love yuuu and then: i hear babies cry and i whatch them grow, they”ll learn much more then we”ll know and i think to myself... what a wonderfull wo ho orld wo ho orld ... i would love that piece🙈

[@G..G..]

Thanks Aldrine ❤

[@myles_cook28]

Any chance we could get a break down of Jake Shimabukuro's cover of the Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"?

[@tinahoward5876]

Hey guys, brilliant video 👍 are you still doing whiteboard requests? If so I would love for you to consider Henehene kou Aka by Iz......pretty please 😘

[@ukuleleunderground]

Hey Tina, here's the Full lesson and Play Along for Henehene Kou `Aka: ukuleleunderground.com/2021/06/henehene-kou-aka/

[@clairecheng9559]

I love it. Are you from USA?

[@kao9620]

Please make a white board video of "Silence by Marshmallow"

[@philippflipper7728]

it looks like you are describing the strumming pattern differently than how you are playing it. For me it is difficult after the last "up", coming back to the c string, pulling it again with no break in between. So i was trying to figure how yow you managed that. But it looks like you are just playing one string (the lowest?) with your index finger on the last "up-motion".... somebody got a hint how to train that? or is he actually using a different technique?

[@TheChadio3814]

So from what I have gathered from watching him, it looks like he uses his index finger simply to find the string for his thumb to pluck. But I am having the same problem, so I don't know for sure

[@TheChadio3814]

Philipp Flipper actually I think you are right, but man I cannot do it...

[@aleyd.8236]

could someone explain to me what a chunk up is?

[@Crunkboy415]

He means strum a ghost chord i.e, mute the strings so all you hear is the percussive strum and not the chord.

[@BltchErica]

Crunkboy415 And how does he mute them? I can't figure out how he does it.

[@WhiltiernaAria]

Aley D. New learner here. I think he just softly places his palm onto all 4 strings to muffle the sound

[@miguelaraujoperez8621]

You have a detailed video explanation on how to chunk here kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWbcd51nh9OFrLM Basically a chunk up, means you chunk and after you strum up. BTW if you don't know what chunking is I recommend you start with something easier, so that you don't get frustrated.

[@jungletheme2094]

You're a great teacher 😊

[@thatsuburbanteen5664]

Can you please do me a favor and do a tutorial on E le matalasi it's the song that is used for the "Hit the high note challenge" and it's such a beautiful song. Thank you!

[@eldeagcaoili1373]

Great job man

[@BltchErica]

Please help. I can't understand what he means by chunk up. I can't see anything but a normal strum when he does the chunk thing, but it sounds different.

[@philippflipper7728]

c, down, up, chunk, up, down, up. he just says it weird :D these are all different things. the "chunk" mean that you kind of block the strings but do a normal down strum. just put your hands slightly on the strings so no sound comes when you strum them. thats a chunk

[@huyvlam]

just what i need... thank you!

[@malekelchaar1980]

Im doing same strumming pattern but getting different sound. All tuned

[@jonasnchannelc.6900]

pls play the uke version of jim brickman beautiful world(were all here)thanks...

[@Damienguitarefull]

This Uku have a very good sound, what is the brand please ?

[@vix6117]

Can you do Fly Me To The Moon for begginers next please? I never thought it would sound good on uke untill i found Ariana Savalas version and now i want to attempt to play it :)

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

I've gone through to find,not the best tutorial perse, rather the most correct strum pattern closest to that of IZ. So this is BY FAR the closest. The plucking you do is super close and almost corrected. You just need to pluck the G after the C, instead of plucking C twice, and you'd be completely correct for the C chord. Then your have to adjust for each following chord in the given key.

[@ilyakaryagin]

Благодарю! That means thank you! ^_^

[@brendanrichardson566]

You should move away and just let the whiteboard sit in the frame for a second, so folks can screenshot your entire lesson.

[@justaregulargamer7314]

Brendan Richardson @ 0:41

[@nau5460]

Brendan Richardson @ 0:43 to be accurate

[@TennesseeGock]

Brendan Richardson, the description underneath the video has a link to the pdf of the whiteboard info.

[@NeoSamurai13]

I have a request for a song. It's my favorite song and it's called "If I Ever Leave This World Alive" by Flogging Molly. I really want to learn how to play it on ukulele.

[@Jan-qq9xc]

I don’t get the chunk? How is that different from down or up?

[@rainbowsarecircles]

I love how this sounds like the original! So beautiful. How does he make that muted strum sound? Not sure how to do the picking/strumming pattern...

[@meganschwartz260]

Not sure if you already looked it up but it's called chucking. I didn't know how to do it up until now either XD. you strum but then mute the strings with your palm by pressing them against the fret board

[@rainbowsarecircles]

@@meganschwartz260 Hi Megan!! Yes I looked it up and have been practicing, I feel so fancy now 😜 Thanks so much for your reply, I appreciate it! Happy uke-ing :)

[@shepherdguy]

You are showing an Em in the Intro but it kinda sounds to me like IZ is using a G in the intro and the Em in the verse. At least that's what it sounds like to me.

[@youtuberme6828]

Can you add the words for the chords to the words in the song? Can you describe how you do a chunk?

[@ukuleleunderground]

Hey Debbie, thanks so much for watching! Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWbcd51nh9OFrLM for how to do the Chunk. Also click on the link in the description under the video which has a bunch of resources, including a link to a song sheet with the chords and lyrics. Keep strummin'

[@jda3comics693]

cool thanks I have sheet at home just no strum pattern so thank you for that

[@estherpismiris6145]

Are are you plucking the A string and then the C string? It looks like and sounds like you are? Thanks!

[@philippflipper7728]

i was thinking the same

[@stevhn]

I was wondering also. Its a great tutorial but you can't teach it differently than how you play it

[@carlosstarck6474]

Nice tutorial, gracias!

[@honneybadger6959]

Hello from Russia, brother!) Thank you for your great lessons, it is a great fortune, i've found your channel!) I've got a question, what type of Uk should i buy after my first cheep one soprano?) Than you, again!

[@illiah6383]

Марат Магомедов у меня дешевая укулеле, главное струны и твои руки(игра)

[@keksicPro]

я в своем миллионном городе находил хороший вариант за 3к (дешевле 2 сложно найти) ИМХО все что дороже 3к более чем играбельно

[@ila021]

Same question from Italy! :)

[@beavissooqa7585]

на видео тенор или концерт?

[@illiah6383]

beavis sooqa тенор

[@sahilsrhythm5550]

Great tutorial. Thanks.

[@ender4life]

Chunking = palm muting?

[@dominiqueshaw1490]

What's he doing with his index when he plucks the c

[@Artistic_Storm]

would love to hear glamorous sky

[@southerngirlsociety]

YAS!! You sooo knew I was looking for this particular version!! Thank you soooo much for doing this!! This helps me soooo much!! As an alto, it's hard to follow along with some of these gals because of how high they sing. Grr. This is perfect! Thank you!!

[@johnberger7039]

Can you substitute an Em7 for the Em

[@delmarbirkey1142]

trying to register for the uke underground forum but cant get the answer to the screening question right. HELP!

[@FreakSunshine123]

great video! 👍😊

[@memejohns1694]

What type of ukulele are you using please?

[@nestoralzamora5819]

Nice, really nice!!

[@lukehaupu-waiohu4611]

Can you stuck on you by ekolu

[@WahrerChrist2000]

Is he playing a tenor?

[@alancwwong]

Is it OK to hit G string instead of C

[@Barnettdan99]

If its a low G ;)

[@roanpeters4541]

What do you mean by chunk up?!

[@ukuleleunderground]

Hey Roan, thanks so much for watching! "Down" refers to a regular down strum, "Up" refers to a regular up strum, "Chunk" is a percussive technique (check out Ukulele Underground's How to Chunk video), and C means to pluck down on the C string using your thumb. So the pattern: C ↓↑X↑↓↑ means to hit the C with your thumb, come back up without strumming anything, down strum, up strum, chunk, up strum, down strum, up strum. You can actually just start off with a steady ↓↑↓↑↓↑↓↑. After that, feel free to add the C instead of the first ↓↑ and the X instead of the 3rd ↓, when you practice and feel comfortable with those techniques.

[@KremerJohnson]

Why is it called a "Chunk up" when you're chunking down? I'm confused.

[@philippflipper7728]

i think its called just "chunk". he just always say it in the context of the strumming pattern because he goes with the rythym. just say it slow :D -> c, down, up, CHUNK, up, down, up...

[@apoloniowgonzales]

How is he muting the strings for the chunk strum?

[@philippflipper7728]

you can either put your hand clench on the strings while plying the chord, or you are using you pinky finger to put on the strings. dont press it though so all you hear is that percussive sound instead of the chord

[@jhoanromero6409]

Muchas gracias!

[@luisroberto390]

Very Good..Nice work.......I wanna learn to play UKULELE. But I need to buy a not very expensive. Someone can help me to find a Good and sheep? I don't know anyone.

[@sibusisiwe4494]

thank you.

[@hanlee6147]

I’m pretty sure it’s the g string not the c string for the first strum

[@cardi60]

So hard to get right man, you make it look easy, LOL

[@darthmong7196]

What's a chunk?

[@beavissooqa7585]

tell plz is Tenor or Concert ukulele?