I'm a 66 year old beginner, this is my very first song and one of my favourites, my mother used to sing it. Excellent tutorial and I'm happy with my progress. I'm working on memorizing it. Thank you so much for sharing.
Love this, thank you Abigail! I learnt from your old tutorial before discovering this, but love both versions! The only problem is, I need to sing it in F. I've made a pretty valiant effort of working out the right chord shapes for it but oh mannn its making my left hand hurt! Should I just persevere and will the LH tension go away? (it's from pressing the strings down sufficiently creating a real strong thumb press on the back - I think I must have a double jointed thumb) No worries if you don't have time to reply, I'm mainly just venting. Chords hurt! X
Oh man, I totally agree chords hurt!! In my experience, it’s just a matter of time before I get comfortable with the chords and my hand sort of recalibrates how much pressure it needs to make the chord work. I always try to be careful with the notion of “pushing through pain” because pain is there as a warning sign. But I definitely experience discomfort as I’m acquiring a new skill, and with time it subsides. Just make sure to practice the tough stuff in sort of short bursts, keep gently stretching your hand and wrist, and in the back of your mind hold on to the goal of reducing tension/effort over time. Another thing is to make sure you’re sitting and holding the uke in an efficient way. Sometimes shifting my position can make a big difference!
You start with G here and then Gmaj 7; but on the play along you go G and then I think D7. Very confusing when someone is trying to learn. Overall, ur an excellent teacher.
What a brilliant lesson and you did the circle of fiths too. You have an amazing voice as well!
A fun song to play. Thank you, Abigail.
I'm a 66 year old beginner, this is my very first song and one of my favourites, my mother used to sing it. Excellent tutorial and I'm happy with my progress. I'm working on memorizing it. Thank you so much for sharing.
the "next chord" is super helpful!
Thank you for watching and for the feedback!
Greetings, another good one, well taught. Clear and understandable. Thank you. pax, PL
Great job. Off to do the play along video.......
Terrific as ever Abigail. Thanks so much for your generosity in posting these. Yes, I also like to see the ‘next chord’ very helpful. Take care.
Thank you so much!! So glad it’s useful to you 😊
Beautiful. Keep sharing
Thank you Nana!!
Love this, thank you Abigail!
I learnt from your old tutorial before discovering this, but love both versions! The only problem is, I need to sing it in F. I've made a pretty valiant effort of working out the right chord shapes for it but oh mannn its making my left hand hurt! Should I just persevere and will the LH tension go away? (it's from pressing the strings down sufficiently creating a real strong thumb press on the back - I think I must have a double jointed thumb)
No worries if you don't have time to reply, I'm mainly just venting. Chords hurt! X
Oh man, I totally agree chords hurt!! In my experience, it’s just a matter of time before I get comfortable with the chords and my hand sort of recalibrates how much pressure it needs to make the chord work. I always try to be careful with the notion of “pushing through pain” because pain is there as a warning sign. But I definitely experience discomfort as I’m acquiring a new skill, and with time it subsides. Just make sure to practice the tough stuff in sort of short bursts, keep gently stretching your hand and wrist, and in the back of your mind hold on to the goal of reducing tension/effort over time. Another thing is to make sure you’re sitting and holding the uke in an efficient way. Sometimes shifting my position can make a big difference!
You start with G here and then Gmaj 7; but on the play along you go G and then I think D7. Very confusing when someone is trying to learn. Overall, ur an excellent teacher.