Hey UUndergrounders! In our super special Uke Lesson today, Aldrine brings to you the ukulele take on Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight.” Check it out, get it down, connect with some people, and bring it around town! Then show us what you did over at the Forum.

Special thanks to ALL the awesome people who entered last month’s “Oh, the Places Uke Will Go!” Tenor Kala Ukulele Give-Away Contest! (Catch all the awesomeness HERE in the forum, and HERE). We’ll be announcing the Winners next week Fri (05/09/08) and hopefully the winner is YOU! Check back for the results!

This is UU – wishing you a wonderful tonight, tomorrow, and day after that.
Aloha.

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19 Responses to “Uke Lesson 5 – Wonderful Tonight”

  1. Indy on May 7th, 2008 1:22 pm

    Hi there !
    Greetings from Belgium (Europe) ;-)
    I just bought my very first ukulele (but I’m a guitar player) and I just want to thank you for your wonderful website and this wonderful lesson of wonderful tonight !
    I really like the way you play. Thanks again for sharing your experience…

    Indy.

  2. Kao Seumu on May 13th, 2008 1:11 am

    Man I got to tell you guys that you’re awesome!!!!!
    I love to learn more ukulele songs and to be better player, you guys make it possible. You guys break it down easy and appear to be patient as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Love the website.

  3. Charlie Trotter on May 20th, 2008 3:16 pm

    I hope to be getting a Ukulele next month for my birthday, but I’m still trying to figure out what size to get first. What size Ukulele are you playing in this video?

  4. Tommy Yu on May 21st, 2008 6:09 pm

    Hey Aldrine…
    That was great!!!! You’ve made it so plain and simple to learn this song…but, I was wondering what you were playing at the opening of this segment. Sounds like something I would love to learn. Do you have the tabs for it.

  5. kahea on May 23rd, 2008 1:51 am

    man u are awsome man.

  6. J-Hob on May 25th, 2008 6:12 am

    Thanks Aldrine, that was a great lesson! My playing had certainly improved since adding the ‘chuck’ to my repertoire! I never thought I’d be able to get the picking part on first hearing it, but waddayouknow – with your patient explanation I actually made a reasonable fist of it – thanks again!

  7. ukeman on June 5th, 2008 8:59 pm

    Thanks for the great video. For some reason I am having trouble with the strumming still. First, whats the order of the chords throughout the song. Most importantly though, should i play the strum sequence exactly once for each chord? i think thats where I am getting messed up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  8. Cesar on October 19th, 2008 10:58 pm

    hey this is a great video and tutorial. but i have a question on how the chords go to the song at what part of the strumming please get back to me xD

  9. Bernard on December 27th, 2008 10:47 pm

    hey,
    I just got a ukulele for christmas and im working hard at it. Im a guitar player and learning the ukulele is very fun! Im just wondering what was the best way to do a “chunk” sound. Seems to me like my strumming is my biggest weakness right now. Im strumming like I would normally strum a guitar. Thanks so very much for the awesome video.
    Mahalo

  10. Koen on January 31st, 2009 11:54 am

    Hey,

    awesome vid:) you play really good. But I’ve got 1 question: when to change the chords while strumming? Do you have the tabs or something?

    Koen

  11. James on March 30th, 2009 9:57 am

    This was really helpful but I am also confused on when to change the chords during the strum pattern. Can you help?

  12. Benny on April 3rd, 2009 11:24 am

    Big ups from NYC…this lesson was great.

  13. kash on September 24th, 2009 1:26 pm

    I found Uke lessons for Podcasts, and I was able to download only three of them. Is there a way that allows me to have the back numbers? It is helpful for me to have on iPod.

  14. Ernie on November 4th, 2009 9:51 am

    Aldrine and UU company,

    What a great site. I’ve had my Kala tenor for a year or two and picked it up here and there, but since I found this site I can’t put it down.

    Thank you.

  15. Andrew on November 6th, 2009 6:49 pm

    Hey Aldrine–
    Thanks so much for posting this!
    I’m wondering if you can post a full-length play-along video for this song like you do for a few of the later songs. I can play all the individual parts, but I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out exactly how it all fits together.

  16. Lynyrd on December 29th, 2009 7:17 am

    I appreciate the video. I really enjoy learning playing and learning new songs. I was hoping that the video would play along the full length of the song. I am very new and not sure how to arrange the chords throughout the rest of the song.

  17. Uke Lesson 25 – Change The World on January 2nd, 2010 12:01 am

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  18. rose on January 26th, 2010 9:35 am

    its awesome that you guys broke it down….and like all the others, i've been practicing the individual parts but now how does the whole song come together as you have done so in the beginning of the video….please help thanks…

  19. Mike Novak on February 1st, 2010 6:07 am

    Same comment as rose could you provide the sheet music maybe a download? Thanks mike

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