Archive for the ‘Ukulele Videos’ Category
Uke Minutes 100 – How to Play the Ukulele in 5 Minutes!
Hey UUers! Can you believe it!? Uke Minutes … Episode 100!! For this very special weekly installment of Uke Minutes, we go back to basics. Are you a brand new ukulele player who just picked up your first ukulele? Great! In this episode, Aldrine takes you from unboxing your uke to tuning it up to [...]
FREE Live Ukulele Lessons Today! WED (9/15)
Hey everyone! After a two week break, the live lessons have returned. Tune in at 2pm HST (5pm PST and 8pm EST) for some free ukulele lessons. Also, if you want to seriously step up your uke game, UUU starts up again in a few weeks. Just $15/class! visit school.ukuleleunderground.com for more info. FREE Ukulele [...]
Uke Minutes 99 – 1st Beat Emphasis Strum
Hey UUers! It’s another Saturday & another episode of Uke Minutes! Much like last week’s episode, Aldrine employs the “emphasis” strum, this time on the 1st beat, to create a strumming pattern to add a little variety to your songs. Try it out, experiment with other strumming patterns, and show us what you come up [...]
Uke Minutes 98 – 2nd Beat Emphasis Strum
Hey UUers! Are you ready for another weekend!? Ready or not, it’s here – along with another episode of Uke Minutes! This time Aldrine shows you an interesting strumming technique in the “2nd Beat Emphasis Strum.” The main concept involves slowing down a particular strum for emphasis, which can dramatically change the style and feel [...]
Uke Lesson 33 – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Play along with Aldrine on the PLAY-ALONG! Got a question? Join the discussion about this song here. Hey UUers! The summer has come and passed & we’re now headed headlong into fall! September is here and with it, a brand new episode of Uke Lessons – this time it’s Green Day’s “Good Riddance” (aka “Time [...]
FREE Ukulele Lessons today (Wednesday)! 2pm HST
Join us again for another FREE ukulele lesson with Aldrine. 2pm HST, 5pm PST, 8pm EST. See you there! Ukulele lessons with Aldrine Guerrero
Uke Minutes 95 – How to Figure out Strumming Patterns 2
Hey UUers! It’s another beautiful Saturday for some good old-fashioned ukein’. This week on Uke Minutes, we pick up where we left off in “How to Figure Out Strumming Patterns 1″ and add in rolls and chunks to create strumming patterns. There are a few rules to abide by, but for the most part, making [...]
Uke Lesson 32 – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
Play along with Aldrine on the PLAY-ALONG! Hey UUers! Hooray – it’s the first day of the month and that means another episode of Uke Lessons! This time it’s “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” by The Script! This song has got a pretty sweet picking pattern that runs all the way through it so [...]
Wednesday FREE Ukulele Lessons 2pm HST
Join us again for another free ukulele lesson with Aldrine Guerrero. 2pm HST (5pm PST 8pm EST) Free Ukulele Lessons with Aldrine Guerrero Also a bit of a side note, if you have emailed us since Tuesday, our contact form seems to have broke when we made the site upgrade. We got all of your [...]
Uke Minutes 94 – How to Figure Out Strumming Patterns 1
Hey UUers! Here in the Underground, a fairly common question we get is “What is the Strumming Pattern for this song?” Most strumming patterns can be pretty easy to figure out as long as you know the basics. In this week’s episode of Uke Minutes, Aldrine introduces Part 1 of “How to Figure out Strumming [...]
