6/11/2023 0 Comments Riptide on ukeleleThe following is a list of some easy Ukulele songs that are available on YouTube with tutorial videos for each song. If you’ve ever looked into learning how to play the ukulele, you’ll need some popular songs to get your musical feet wet. Hey Soul Sister by Train (Recorded in a hard key and with a fast strum that will just confuse beginners.Songs Artists Tutorial Zombie The Cranberries Video Lesson Stay With Me Sam Smith Video Lesson Time Of Your Life Green Day Video Lesson Fast Car Tracy Chapman Video Lesson Stand By Me Ben E King Video Lesson Clocks Coldplay Video Lesson Wonderful World Sam Cooke Video Lesson Iris Goo Goo Dolls Video Lesson Wonderwall Oasis Video Lesson Die Young Kesha Video Lesson Imagine John Lenon Video Lesson Fire Bruce Springstein Video Lesson Three Little Birds Bob Marley Video Lesson Wildest Dreams Taylor Swift Video Lesson Dead Flowers The Rolling Stones Video Lesson I Can’t Explain The Who Video Lesson Skinny Love Bon Iver Video Lesson Mocking Bird James Taylor Video Lesson Mother Pink Floyd Video Lesson Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd Video Lesson I Remember You Skid Row Video Lesson Nutshell Alice in Chains Video Lesson Wild Horses The Rolling Stones Video Lesson Summer of 69 Bryan Adams Video Lesson Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus Video Lesson Polly Nirvana Video Lesson Knocking on Heavens Door Bob Dylan Video Lesson Otherside RHCP Video Lesson Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix Video Lesson Chasing Cars Snow Patrol Video Lesson.Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Isreal Kamakawiwo’ole (Tons of chords with shifting patterns).I’ve taught and continue to teach these songs to beginners and wouldn’t dream of including some of these in a uke 101 class: The reason you won’t find these here is because I’m an ukulele teacher. But this doesn’t mean they are a great song for beginners. There are a certain number of famous songs that get thrown onto other easy song lists because they’re well known. Two Songs That Aren’t Easy (But are on Other Lists) If you are trying to play it all at once with brute determination and thinking power, you might be able too, but it will feel way harder than it should. The idea is to get everything running on autopilot in one form or another. Once everything is easy separately, start adding pieces together – strum (muted) and sing or strum and hold chords. Then sing through the song without trying to play. Then take a look at a simple strum without trying to hold chords. Get familiar with the chords first – look them up (if you need a chord chart, click here), write them down, learn to finger them. If you try and do everything at once you’re going to struggle. It really helps to break a song down by chords, strum, and vocals. It’s a clever way of seeing how learning just a single chord can allow you to play a ton more songs. If you want even more ideas for some easy uke songs, there is a great collection on Uke Hunt arranged by chords used. Dennis Kamakahi about the Kalalau area on Kaua’i. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon (D, C, G)Ī modern classic by the late Rev.Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd (D, C, G).Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Am, F, C, G).Run-Around – Blues Traveler (G, C, Am, D).Oye Como Va – Santana (Am, D7 – Use Am instead of Am7).Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket (C, F, G – strip 7ths for easier version).I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers (D, G, A – transpose -2).Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles (Am, G, F, E7).Hand in my Pocket – Alanis Morissette (G, C, F, D).All the Small Things – Blink 182 (C, G, F). With a steady downstrum and some nimble changes you’ll be rocking your uke like the Heartbreakers! A study in chugging rock from the late Tom Petty, I Won’t Back Down has a fun push-pull rhythm that shortens the time spent strumming some chords and lengthens others.
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