You illustrate music theory so well Phil. Another great example of when a professional musician freely gives that “Lightbulb moment” by sharing in a fraction of time, that myself and so many others have taken so long to understand. Brilliant.
Nice, 👍 I surely was getting tired playing chords in the same place all the time, here's where 1 puts more of the fret board to use, Only would prefer the lesson split into 2/3 videos as required, where each video makes a student learn 1 particular technique/ chord/ set of chord changes; through, & asks the student to follow a following video when they get comfortable with playing what the video watched teaches. This surely makes a student learn the step, by step methqod, & prevents them from forgetting what was initially thought at the beginning of the video. Learning is a disciplined process, & discipline is the key to learning. 😇 Teachers should not over feed, as it gets hard to devour, then the student gets frustrated, & probably won't ever learn.
Wow! I really enjoyed this one. I am starting to become more comfortable with the movable chord shapes because of your earlier chord Melody videos. I am nott ready to take a solo, but I am ready to start practicing for one. Thank you so much! 🙏 😃 🎵
SOOOO helpful! It’s so great to have you verbalizing these ideas, instead of me, thinking about them, and wondering if I’m right. I’ve made up one chord solo on my own, which used the G7 shape & slid it up to the fifth fret, then back down at the end…but didn’t really know how to do that with other chord shapes. GREAT lesson! 👏🏼
I've been trying to learn guitar and ukulele for years. This is the most logical and applicable lesson on chord soloing I've ever found. The way each element is introduced separately and everything is tied together is nothing short of brilliant. For players of every level, this is a roadmap to a chord solo you can really play.
That was Brilliant thanks Phil. You have vocalised, everything that I already do, but had no idea why, or what I was doing! Now I can understand more easily why I'm doing what I'm doing, when I play 😊. Every day is a school day. I hope Yr well Sir. Clive
Hi Phil, sorry this is totally irrelevant here, but I've been through dozens of your uke videos lately, and just had to stop and mention how thankful I am (and possibly thousands of players are) for your insightful and easy-to follow videos! You are one of my top 3 picks when I would like to actually understand how the fretboard works.
I'm soooo glad I found this. You're an incredible teacher. These songs might be considered out of date but that doesn't matter at all since they are perfectly suited for teaching and for learning all about chord-melody, soloing, using the circle of 5ths and fingerboard memorization. Used in conjunction with your play-alongs makes this a tremendously important gift for learning how to become a great uke player. I switched from guitar (over 20 yrs playing for a hobby) to uke while traveling the last 4 years (easier to carry). This was a fantastic find!
That was great Phil, thanks. It put a lot of the theory I have been absorbing into understandable practice. Have you done a lesson on playing the triple strum? So far, I haven’t mastered that and it frustrates me no end!
Loved this lesson so much I signed up for your patreon page. Thanks for a great lesson. I will be pointing my ukulele buddies towards this one so we can play it in our club.
Fantastic video thank you Phil. I know what it feels like not to be heard as I recently played your Count Basie ending at the end of Blueberry Hill, in my uke group and I know they wondered, what was that! Ha! Anyway I love the idea of improvising and a favourite part of this video is at 20:35, the timing demo. I’ve learned loads here, and now lots of practice is needed. Thank you for this quality lesson.
