Learn The Ukulele Fingerboard Quickly & Easily
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
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I was sitting at the computer. Your program came on without me doing anything about learning the Fretboard. I am a pianist, organist and play accordion and lastly ukulele. I am running out of time am 78 yrs of age but keep music ongoing. I have always wanted to know the names of the keys on the fretboard. After Listening for the first time ever your wonderful presentation sent the light bulb to my brain and I caught the things everything and I was on cloud nine for this info that for many years bothered me not knowing and this will stick the rest of the time God keeps me here. It all clicked and I am just ecstatic and am going to tune in on all your lessons I am a new follower. I just loved your presentation you use words that make concepts stick. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD ABOUT THE UKE I have never had formal lessons on like the other three instruments. All I have to say it is never to late.
Thank you Virginia!
I was in the same position and just could not get my head around notes on a fretboard. I a keyboard player to but this tutorial has really helped 🙏good luck with your playing
The man's a wizard!
Many, many thanks!
I agonized over memorizing the whole fingerboard several times
and finally just gave up on the whole business.
Now it suddenly makes sense.
This is one of the most useful youtube videos ever.
Thanks, I'm really glad it helped!
You have a gift of explaining complicated stuff to something interesting, fascinating, simple and logical. Thank you so much, Phil.
Great Video very helpful!🙂
could you explain me what he was talking about at 13:37 i am beginner with uku i didnt get that c chord part
@@anasahmad5415 Sorry, I didn't see this post until now! All I'm doing at that point is playing lots of different combinations of the notes C, E and G, because those three notes make a C chord wherever you play them.
THANK YOU! I've been playing uke for over 20 years and not knowing the notes has always been my shame. This was extremely helpful.
In a sea of UA-cam content where a whole lot of stuff is click bait or a waste of time, every once in a while you come across a video that you watch the whole way through on the first go and it just plain makes things **click.** This video was that for me…! You are a very talented teacher with a knack for making things simple, but not oversimplifying them. Bravo! 👏 👏 👏
Thank you!
I'm gonna be watching this video several times because the whole video is very informative. And, you've answered many questions I've had about playing the Ukulele. I've often wondered if there was a pattern such as the one you have more or less "uncovered" and shown to us, here. TYSM for explaining all this to us. Hope you're still making videos. 👍
Mr Doleman, you are a genius!
Also helps that the fifth fret and seventh fret are whole notes, so you can create a mnemonic for those starting with the letters. Like for eg "Cheer For A Deer" and "Don't Go Before Evening"
Yes, good one!
This is without doubt the most sense and easiest way to learn the fretboard imo,this is the first video ive seen breaking it down simply,it surprisingly made it so more interesting to learn this way,thanks.
Thank You ! I was getting frustrated with others complicated explanations
Thank you Sir, I am a young student of 56. I am very much fascinated with your lesson. This is UA-cam who helped me to get a great teacher like you. Thanks a lot.
Oh my !!! Ive been learning the uku for a couple of months and had never realised this before !! Thank you so much it was really enlightning ❤
Coming late to the Uke (60) this was really informative.
All of a sudden it makes sense. Thank you so much.
Oh my goodness! By George I got it!! Thank you😊
You changed the way I aproach the ukulele in under 17minutes, well done
Thank you sooooo much! My ears were starting to bleed from my x teaching me this!
You explained it beautifully.
Phil Doleman your my hero
Phil there are many excellent teachers around but personally I find your teachings the best
Thank you David!
Learning basic piano theory makes this so much easier. But this video helped clarify stuff
You have no idea how much help you’re giving me. So many lightbulbs lighting up at long, long last!
the best teachers are effective teachers… and you sir are effective… thank you!
A masterclass ! What a great teacher Phil is.
Good video, I didn't want to be stressed and I was able to remain calm, breathing easily and keeping the heart rate down. I wondered what the noise was and I realized I was snoring.
Glad I helped you get some rest ;-)
I love the CLARITY with which you present your tutorials, along with your personality. Thank you!
Thank you!
I’m truly a novice when it comes to the Uke…i picked it up last year as part of me “ trying to deal with the pandemic” . I can play tons of notes and tunes now but honestly, I haven’t a clue about the fret board or chords. After watching this…I feel like another world has been opened up for me. Truly a master class for dummies ( talking about myself here 😬✌️) . Thank you for providing the “ key” I was missing and for making “ music theory” so digestible. Looking forward to putting theory into practice! 👏👏👏👏🇨🇦
Thanks Phil for teaching so simply so us newbies can understand x
@@hazelmacgregor4355 Wondering why you attached your comment to Kathleen's comment...
OmG has a guitar teacher for 2 years never explained it to me all make sense penny drop mate you just changed music for me get on it
Omg! You are the best teacher 😭👏💚Thank youuuuuu !!👏💚
My mind is blown 😱😱😱😱 This is exactly what i needed
This is so helpful. Thank you for explaining it so clearly🙏😊
This is utterly amazing.🎉 Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! ❤
Thank you so much! You’ve opened up a whole new world!
Been trying to understand my uke's fretboard for a while but all the diagrams I find online are overwhelming. This video is brilliant !! So well explained and fun to follow. You've got a new subscriber here, I'm off to watch more of your videos xx Thank you :)
Thanks!
Wow - this is literally BEST tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thank you!!!!
Brilliant!!! So glad you popped into my feed! Thanks!
I loved the video. You are the only one that mentioned fun. Thanks.
Thank you ! Brilliant ! Sheila
This was a brilliant lesson! I've not seen it presented this way before and I have no idea why! It's so easy! Thank you for making it so!
Thanks it really helped
Thanks Phil, very informative and just what I need at the moment
thanks for the ukulele lesson you made it easy. now I can play three songs... you are "great".
That's brilliant!
Best lesson on this subject, guitar or ukulele, thank you...🍺
Beautiful job! Thank you. A few mnemonics to help find your way about: The 2 notes at the 4th fret are BEfour (B and E on the fourth fret). The notes at the 5th fret are Cats Fight All Dogs(CFAD) -and- at the 7th fret are DoGBonE (DGBE). This helped me.
I like those!
A couple more I came up with that at least work for me (though admittedly bizarre, but that tends to help memorizing mnemonics): All Dogs FisstBump twice (Fiss = F#; twice for 2nd fret); 10 FAissDoGs (Aiss = A#; 10th fret).
@@dorktwat Cool, often the more bizarre ones are the best, much easier to remember!
I will need to watch this several times but a very useful lesson.
I just started learning ukulele and have no musical background so this helped so much - especially equating the #/b gaps with black piano keys! Thank you so much!
Best explanation I’ve seen! 🙏 Thank you!
Here's another trick that helps me know the notes at the dot markers on the fretboard. Ukuleles almost always have dots at frets 5, 7, 10, and 12. As Phil explained, the notes at fret 12 are the same names as the open string notes but an octave higher, so you don't need any mnemonic to remember them. If you know the arrangement of chord names on the Circle of Fifths around C, then you can easily remember the notes at dots 5, 7, and 10. The note to the left (counter-clockwise) of C is F and to the right of C is G. The Circle is constructed so that the note to the left of a root note is "a fourth" higher, which is musical lingo for 5 frets higher in pitch. The note to the right of a root note is "a fifth" higher, which is 7 frets higher in pitch. So starting with C on the open 3rd string, the note at fret 5 dot on the 3rd string is F and at fret 7 is G. Fret 10 is 2 times 5 frets higher than the root note C, so fret 10 on the C string is two places to the left of C on the Circle, which is Bb. Applying this to all 4 strings gives you the note names at each of these 3 dot markers. This may seem cumbersome at first, but if you have a mental image of the Circle of Fifths around the C note, it comes quickly to mind. If you don't know the Circle of Fifths, which has so many other uses in music, watch a video about it, such as the one by Phil ua-cam.com/video/abVbEA0tRnI/v-deo.html .
Thank you so much. So easy to understand.
I've played guitar for over 30 years and never knew the fretboard - this tip is inspiring and gives me a better idea of navigating my way; who knows where this might lead. Thanks Phil.
could you explain me what he was talking about at 13:37 i am beginner with uku i didnt get that c chord part
@@anasahmad5415 a chord is made up of a series of notes played together. Some or none or all of those notes might be fingered. He is going on to show the same notes played on different strings, each of which are variations of a C chord. These are called inversions. As a beginner this is not essential but if you wish, it is useful to know.
THANK YOU!
Honestly the first video I’ve watched about the fret board that actually made sense to me
Love the way you explained this
Wow i have been playing ukulele mostly just chords for 8 months. this opens up do many more possibilities! Thanks
This is sooooo helpful! Thank you so much, Phil!!!
Love the way you explain everything! Thanks a million.
Brilliant! Thank you. Will be watching all videos!
thank you Phill, easy when so well explain
OHHHHHHHHH!!! I got it now!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!!
Subbed. Let the learning begin.
thank you, thank you, thank you!!!❤
Thank you so much!!!! I just learnt it!!
Thanks Phil
What a great teacher! WOW!! ❤❤❤
I started the ukulele 4 years ago THANKS to my wife. SO much fun!
Subscribed, and thanks for the lesson!
I've been looking for this! thank you. Very helpful.
This is incredibly useful. Thanks so much
Thank you!
Thank you very much for the very thoughtful lesson.
perfectly explained, thank you for that!
best lesson ever for this new born ukelele player.
Excellent video!!!
‘A’ lad this is ‘F’ing ‘G’nius - Why didn’t I ‘C’ it till now? I am ‘D’lighted’ Who knew it could ‘B’ made so ‘E’zee.
Thanks brother. 👏🏻🇺🇦☺️
Thank you so much for this great lesson. I want to understand this to better play with others, I have no formal music training.
This was the best lesson ever. You’ve used what I already knew and added so much information without making it difficult. Just WOW!
Awesome, I'm really glad I came across your channel, thanks Phil !
Phil, I’m SO GLAD to have come across your video! You did a brilliant job of untangling and simplifying what has been my nemesis - learning the ukulele keyboard. Besides it looks like a lot of fun to do so. Thanks!!!!
Thank you so much sir. This is what I needed. 🙏
Clearest info I have found so far on learning the fretboard and I looked at a lot of other videos. Thanks so much for distilling this down to the most needed focal points.
Outstanding video, thank you for making it! Very well done!
Great lesson, as usual! Thank you!
I've been very lazy with learning my uke fingerboard because I'm fairly familiar with the guitar and the bass guitar fingerboards. I didn't want to mix them all up. This 16 minute lesson has given me the kick I needed. Thanks a lot, Phil.
I think I'm finally learning the notes on my soprano fretboard. Thank you, Phil!
Took me long enough to realize that this is what I needed to do.
Can’t believe I’ve only just discovered your videos, firstly slide chords and now this, exactly what I want/need, and both explained so simply so even I can understand. Thank you so much? 😃
wow Phil, very well explained, love the way you show it, thanks
Thanks a lot!!
Marvellous Phil, thanks so much!
This was very helpful! Thank you.
Thank you Phil for this wonderful sharing. That helps a lot. Can’t agree more on ‘learning it in a music setting’ 👍
Fascinating and beautifully explained. Thanks for this, Phil, and all your other tips and tricks.
💡!!! Thank you!
I can tell that you are an excellent and patient teacher. Unlike all the commentors here I don't follow. I will come back to this another time. I have been trying to learn the uke for the last 4 months and figured it would be good to learn picking and fretboard early on. They are difficult for me. I will be back. Thanks.
SOOO helpful!!! thank you!
Well - for any guitarist there is a shortcut: the standard tuned uke has the same notes as the standard tuned guitar starting from fret five - the upper four strings. If you see it this way and already have an idea about how the guitar is tuned - this might help.
Holy cow. I have been desperate for this information. THANK YOU
Man, you are a ukulele GOD! Thank You for making this note spagetty make sense. I will play this over and over and try out all of that.
Brilliant lesson - thank you so much
This was super informative and easy to understand, thank you for sharing!
Thank you Phil for this much easier to understand system of learning the notes on the fret-board! :)
Thank you so much, I've never seen a lesson before that made learning the indvidual notes on a fretboard fun, but you nailed it