I’m visiting Hawaii for the holidays. I secretly bought a ukulele and started learning how to play. I wanted to surprise my girlfriend. I learned this song with your help, and I asked her to marry me after I played it. She said yes!! Your channel basically taught me everything I know. Thank you so much!
So many things about this tutorial that make it better than every other tutorial for any song I've seen so far. For example, she names the strings and fingers instead of numbering them, so we beginners don't have to try keeping track of finger number, fret number, and string number. Then she not only shows us how to finger the chords, she explains a simple method to transition from one to another.
Hi Everyone! I had uploaded this one earlier and I realized the the strumming pattern wasn't showing up correctly. Instead of leaving it, I had to make it right and re-upload it to make sure anyone else that wanted to learn this one would get the correct version. I love you all ... or should I say I lava you all!
Just picked up my first Ukulele, and in two hours, I'm so impressed with how enjoyable this experience was. Thank you so much. I can't wait to keep learning from you.
Hi, I'm 10 and just got a ukulele for Christmas! I have been interested in this beautiful instrument for a while now! Thank you for helping me learn this song!
i started playing this because i had to learn it for music then i begged (asked) my parents to get me one. this is the first song i learned to play and i learned it from you! thank you! have a good night/morning/afternoon
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I am an absolute beginner, and I bought a ukulele for my boyfriend as a birthday gift (he never played ukulele, but he plays the cello and guitar), so now while he is not home I am practicing this song in secret for an extra surprise! I am focusing only on the chorus because it's still too much for me to learn, but I am having lots of fun! I have been watching many of your videos and they have been super helpful (specially for choosing and buying the ukulele). Keep up the great work! Greetings from Portugal!
This is the best tutorial video i have ever seen. i I usually have a hard time memorizing songs, but the way you layed everythimg out was easy to follow. you are a gifted teacher thank you.
Except I'm such a noob that even changing chords quickly enough and just getting the strumming pattern is hard for me, nevermind adding singing to the mix, lol. 😂
thank you so much! my mom has always adored this song, and even though i’m a beginner at the ukulele i’m still able to play it for her! this was such a good lesson, you took it nice and slow and it helped so much! thank you again :) ❤️
Thank you for helping me to learn this song! I got my ukulele about a month ago and I'm still very bad at it. This helped me lean my first song! Much love from Russia.
Thank you for doing this for us. The only thing is it moves from a slower strum to a MUCH quicker one way quickly. I think it would have been better to do the entire song (singing too) with the slower rhythm first, then increase in speed for the finale.
I just picked up the ukulele two days ago and I was looking through a bunch of youtube videos to learn how to play it, and this really was very helpful and easy to follow along! I've had some string instrument experience before (viola) and I also play saxophone so I guess it was easy for me to pick up the ukulele because thankfully I have music experience, but this was a MEGA help I loved this video
I love this tutorial so much! It’s awesome. One thing I’ve started doing is replacing the f chords in this section (7:16 - 7:51) with Am chords to make the section sound more sad. I thought I would share in case anyone wants to try this!
THANK YOU, and I really mean it! I've tried apps like yousician and just tried to learn how to play the ukulele on my own, but none of it made sense but when you put it like this it really makes sense to me now! Thank you so much!!
Hi, I am a bit of a late comer here for this tutorial. I must say this was absolutely wonderful and I loved your performance, your vocals and ukulele playing were delightful and a sheer joy to listen to. Thank you for making this super fun video. I have already started learning it so I can perform it for family and friends in the near future. I also wanted to bring to your attention is that there is a small lyric error you have in this video. At the very beginning of the song in the second line you sing and write it as "He sat high above his bed watching all the couples play..." but the correct line is: He sat high above his BAY watching all the couples play. So there is a rhyme scheme present in every line throughout the song and bed doesn't rhyme with play.
I recently got an ukulele and just found your channel. Absolutely outstanding teaching style and high-quality video production. You got yourself a new subscriber and avid follower. My 5yo daughter loves the Lava song and it will be my second one to learn with the help of this awesome tutorial (first one was You Are My Sunshine with C, F, and G chords). Thank you!
Your my fav ukulele instructor on RU-vid You make it very easy to learn with your pictures of notes and easy strumming following Thank you If you could do an easy no woman no cry or any easy bob Marley song for ukulele please ?
Note to self (or anyone 😊): C chord- finger three on 3rd feet of A G7- finger 1 on 1st fret on E, finger 2 and 3 on 2nd fret of the C and A string F- finger 1 on 1st fret on E, finger 2 on 2nd fret of the G string Verses: C four strums G7 four strums F four strums C two strums G7 four strums Choruses: F four C four G7 four C four F four C four F one G7 two C four
You’re not alone. Many people are in the same boat as you are right now. Don’t give up. The more and more familiar you are with the song, the easier the singing becomes. I couldn’t sing and play at the same time to save my life when I first started 😂. I have made a video about singing and playing, and I’ll link it. I hope it helps. In the meantime, be patient and focus on your progress and not perfection. Everyone starts somewhere, and the fact that you’re starting and trying is amazing. Sing and strum - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-El3F6TOex_c.html
@@OneMusicSchool omg thank you so much!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Edit: btw you are a very good teacher! I just bought uke today and this is the first song i tried to learn and i get it quickly because of the way you taught it. Thank you so much!
I just want to say thank you so much, thank you 100000 times over and over again. This tutorial was perfect for me. You explained it perfectly and it was super easy for me to follow along. (Although the strumming took me a minute to get the hang of haha)
Goshhhh I love you! I took an ukulele for the first time, I dreamed of playing lava and with you and this tutorial I made it for the first step pp, that's amazing, weeeeeeelllll done 👍👍❤️👍❤️❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍
Wow, you are so good. Anyways, this is what I learned after watching this video: This is NOT as easy as what you make it look like. Also, after watching this repeatedly, I finally kinda got it and started sounding good, though, since I was in my grandparents’ room, my grandma got super annoyed and ran out of the room, shutting the door, screaming.
thank you sm. im 12 and i just got my ukelele like 5 hours ago, im going to do this song to surprise my mom tomorow because she loves this song. this is the best ukelele tutorial ive seen right now!
Omg this is so good! Can you please consider doing a tutorial on Cecily Smith from “Fly by Night”? I love that song and it means so much to me. It would mean the world if you did it Katie ❤️. Your tutorials are always so easy to follow too! Thank you 😊.
One Music School, your tutorials are great and your voice is beautiful. I lived there 3 yrs. Unfortunately the Marine Corp had other places they wanted me to see. Lol
That's fine. I slowed down and sped up as I thought fit. You can play it however you'd like. Let me know when you make your own cover and I'll watch it. Maybe I'll like the slower version as you suggested. Thanks for watching and have a great day.
Could you do a tutorial of hostage by Billie Eilish on the guitar and maybe Alcatraz by Oliver riot? (Not many people know that song but I love it so much)
