Hey man this is awesome, do you have a tab for this? Everywhere i look they get taken down for this song for "legal reasons"... i want to learn my favourite song
Wonderful tutorial! Thanks Bram! We are working on getting a ukestra to do the riffs, along with a Christmas version done by an Australian cover band - it's pretty funny!
Hey man! LOVE the video. Super informative and you made it so much simpler to learn the basics of the melody and not the most difficult version possible in the most obscure chords. Greatly appreciated. Just subbed! But also, I'm a videographer for about 8 years and a video editor for almost 15 years. If you don't mind I'd like to give you some feedback on this video that I think could greatly improve your production value. But I'm doing it because I respect you as a content creator and would love to see you made some really cool, super clean videos, not because I think you're doing anything "wrong". This is also much more involved than I was intending (I was planning to be done by about this point lol), but I PROMISE there's good information you can take away if you don't know a whole lot about shooting video and lighting. And if you do, I genuinely apologize for criticizing your work unprompted. - at 00:15 - you're focused at an empty part of the board. If you rack focus down just TINY bit and focus on the fingers, that would make a subtle but huge difference to the viewer. It makes the video more engaging without them noticing. - 00:20 - same thing. You're focused on the boring part of the fretboard. For that shot specifically I would focus on the finger picking specifically. - 00:22 - really good shot - One note about these 3 shots as well. If you fix the focusing you can edit that section in a way to sort of paint a picture of the entire instrument without showing the full instrument because in the edit you're moving your way down the ukulele. To explain, we see the left hand hold chords with the fretboard in the foreground. Then you cut to the opposite angle highlighting your finger- plucking. Again, with the freboard in the foreground. So what this does when we're watching it is, because you framed your shots the way you did (and more importantly, edited it well), our eyes naturally start at the fingers and notice the fretboard but not consiously noticed because 1. it's not what you want us to look at, and 2. It creates a sort of runway to lead the eye to the next shot. Ok? So, our eyes are fixed on the right side of the screen for the chord progression and the fretboard leads our eye away out and of the frame left. Then it cuts to the opposite angle. Now, our eyes are still fixed on the right side of the screen since were just looking at the chords being played, so the brain tells us to follow the fretboard to the soundhole where we're going to find the right hand playing. Which is exactly what happens. So even though we don't ever get a full shot of the ukulele being played, we don't need one. Because our brain stitches those shots together and outputs to our thought as one cohesive unit - 00:27 - Pan up on the drummer a bit. You generally want the subject's eyeline to follow the rule of thirds -- ie: his eyeline should be about 1/3 from the top of the frame (wiki has a great writeup on it. Read up on it, look up YT videos on it. It's a cruciail crucial piece of knowledge to have) - 00:34 - your left hand is blocking your right hand which result in a confusing image that the eye doesn't know what to pay attention to - 1:07 - Your shot is a bit too low and your fingers get cut off at the top of the frame (rule of thirds info) - 1:10 - same here. All I could really concentrate on a was a random knuckle - 1:38 - your camera is point up at a bit of a weird angle result in both your strumming hand and chord hand being obstructed and out of focus. If it were me there helping you, I would have you turn to your left about 15 degrees and raise the tripod up so it's at least eye level with your fretboard, if not angling down a little0 - at 4:44 Just in case you didn't notice, right above the 14th fret, the brown stripe on your shift is tack sharp focused. Same with your watchband. Because of that that I noticed, and assuming yuo're not using a Red Komodo dragon with cinema lenses, I suspect you're using the tried and true 50mm lens set somewhere between f/1.8 - f/3 (otherwise known at "The Nifty Fifty" and is everybody's first lens. I've had my $150 one for over 8 years and still use it regularly As a viewer we're much better at processing information when it's clear and concise. So in this video, while the information is clear and concise (and surprisingly helpful and easy to pickup), the fact that the focal point of your image is blurry. It doesn't make it a bad video, it just kinda of subconsciously tell the brain, "we're learning a lot here, but something's off". Not to say it's going to make or break your ability to communicate lessons, but it you'd be surprised how little changes like that can really make a HUGE difference in the quality of video. ANyway, that's all. If you made this far down to the ened of my comment, why? This is just the psychobabble of a dude who knows far too much about his field. But I do appreciate it. I'm not trying to like sell you on anything or network my way into work, but if you have any questions about video recording, techniques, troubleshooting, advice, LIGHTING is a big one (far more important than people realize), I would be more than happy to give you any knowledge i have. And since I can't support you monetarily, this is the next best thing I got. lol CHeers! Keep up the good work! I'm learning a lot.
Yeah! Rock on! Song request in the comments plz. Dont forget to subscribe! Cheers
Hey man this is awesome, do you have a tab for this? Everywhere i look they get taken down for this song for "legal reasons"... i want to learn my favourite song
yes i have! what is your email?@@connorbennett5116
I never thought I’d live to see the day.
Hier was ik naar op zoek, rocken op mijn uke!
So impressive i like the cover
Wonderful tutorial! Thanks Bram! We are working on getting a ukestra to do the riffs, along with a Christmas version done by an Australian cover band - it's pretty funny!
Thnx very much!
I've heard so many versions of this song on ukulele. Your's is the first I didn't turn off after 30 seconds! Very well done!
Thnx for your kind Words!! I want at least be respectful to the original song.
Hey man! LOVE the video. Super informative and you made it so much simpler to learn the basics of the melody and not the most difficult version possible in the most obscure chords. Greatly appreciated. Just subbed!
But also, I'm a videographer for about 8 years and a video editor for almost 15 years. If you don't mind I'd like to give you some feedback on this video that I think could greatly improve your production value. But I'm doing it because I respect you as a content creator and would love to see you made some really cool, super clean videos, not because I think you're doing anything "wrong". This is also much more involved than I was intending (I was planning to be done by about this point lol), but I PROMISE there's good information you can take away if you don't know a whole lot about shooting video and lighting. And if you do, I genuinely apologize for criticizing your work unprompted.
- at 00:15 - you're focused at an empty part of the board. If you rack focus down just TINY bit and focus on the fingers, that would make a subtle but huge difference to the viewer. It makes the video more engaging without them noticing.
- 00:20 - same thing. You're focused on the boring part of the fretboard. For that shot specifically I would focus on the finger picking specifically.
- 00:22 - really good shot
- One note about these 3 shots as well. If you fix the focusing you can edit that section in a way to sort of paint a picture of the entire instrument without showing the full instrument because in
the edit you're moving your way down the ukulele. To explain, we see the left hand hold chords with the fretboard in the foreground. Then you cut to the opposite angle highlighting your finger-
plucking. Again, with the freboard in the foreground. So what this does when we're watching it is, because you framed your shots the way you did (and more importantly, edited it well), our eyes naturally start at the fingers and notice the fretboard but not consiously noticed because 1. it's not what you want us to look at, and 2. It creates a sort of runway to lead the eye to the next shot. Ok? So, our eyes are fixed on the right side of the screen for the chord progression and the fretboard leads our eye away out and of the frame left. Then it cuts to the opposite angle. Now, our eyes are still fixed on the right side of the screen since were just looking at the chords being played, so the brain tells us to follow the fretboard to the soundhole where we're going to find the right hand playing. Which is exactly what happens. So even though we don't ever get a full shot of the ukulele being played, we don't need one. Because our brain stitches those shots together and outputs to our thought as one cohesive unit
- 00:27 - Pan up on the drummer a bit. You generally want the subject's eyeline to follow the rule of thirds -- ie: his eyeline should be about 1/3 from the top of the frame (wiki has a great writeup on it. Read up on it, look up YT videos on it. It's a cruciail crucial piece of knowledge to have)
- 00:34 - your left hand is blocking your right hand which result in a confusing image that the eye doesn't know what to pay attention to
- 1:07 - Your shot is a bit too low and your fingers get cut off at the top of the frame (rule of thirds info)
- 1:10 - same here. All I could really concentrate on a was a random knuckle
- 1:38 - your camera is point up at a bit of a weird angle result in both your strumming hand and chord hand being obstructed and out of focus. If it were me there helping you, I would have you turn to your left about 15 degrees and raise the tripod up so it's at least eye level with your fretboard, if not angling down a little0
- at 4:44 Just in case you didn't notice, right above the 14th fret, the brown stripe on your shift is tack sharp focused. Same with your watchband. Because of that that I noticed, and assuming yuo're not using a Red Komodo dragon with cinema lenses, I suspect you're using the tried and true 50mm lens set somewhere between f/1.8 - f/3 (otherwise known at "The Nifty Fifty" and is everybody's first lens. I've had my $150 one for over 8 years and still use it regularly
As a viewer we're much better at processing information when it's clear and concise. So in this video, while the information is clear and concise (and surprisingly helpful and easy to pickup), the fact that the focal point of your image is blurry. It doesn't make it a bad video, it just kinda of subconsciously tell the brain, "we're learning a lot here, but something's off". Not to say it's going to make or break your ability to communicate lessons, but it you'd be surprised how little changes like that can really make a HUGE difference in the quality of video.
ANyway, that's all. If you made this far down to the ened of my comment, why? This is just the psychobabble of a dude who knows far too much about his field. But I do appreciate it. I'm not trying to like sell you on anything or network my way into work, but if you have any questions about video recording, techniques, troubleshooting, advice, LIGHTING is a big one (far more important than people realize), I would be more than happy to give you any knowledge i have. And since I can't support you monetarily, this is the next best thing I got. lol
CHeers! Keep up the good work! I'm learning a lot.
absolutely epic
Thank you!!!
Wauw! Geweldig! Eentje die ik ook eens ga moeten proberen. 🥰 Goed gedaan!!
Dankjewel!! Hopelijk gaat t je lukken!
Dude !!! Wicked. !!
Thank you!!
Grrrrrrrreat !
Amazing vid!
Thank you thank you!
Cool 😎
Thnx
FU I won't do what you tell me!!! ;-)
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