Gentle On My Mind - Ukulele Tutorial with Tips and Techniques!
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- This video covers how to play the classic Gentle On My Mind on ukulele. I go through how you can add different "layers" of techniques to enhance/change the sound of an arrangement. These techniques can be used on many songs.
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Check out a fingerpicking version my friend Rich Davis has been working on lately. • Gentle on My Mind. Pl...
Great tutorials can’t understand why you haven’t many thousands of subscribers many thanks.
Thanks very much - I'm glad you are enjoying them!
Kelly
Thanks Kelly, this tutorial is brilliant , the subtle layers you've given are great to play around with. I'm very grateful as it's going to take a lot longer to perform well on banjo. Cheers from Australia
Thanks so much Kelly. This video and your toolkit tips are so useful. You really deserve much more subscribers. Yours videos are so accessible and clear. All best.
Thanks Lisa - glad you're enjoying them!
Kelly
I just love, love, LOVE the way you teach! Thank you so much for giving us your time and knowledge of the ukulele! Fondly, from Florida.
Thanks SO much Shammy!! Much appreciated! Please feel free to join our new Facebook chat group - you'd be very welcome!! Kelly
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You deserve way more thumbs ups than this. I think if you had started out with playing the song first? That way you hook them into wanting to learn it because you do it so well. You did a great job of instructing how to play it also though. Thank you. It's a keeper. Btw I just subscribed. Excellent content. Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge
Thanks for your comment - probably a good idea to do a play through first as you suggest. I'll keep it in mind for future videos for sure!
Great tutorial. Loved that. Thank you.
Thanks Sergio - glad you enjoyed it!! Kelly
Hi only been playing for a couple of years since look down started really,found this vido very helpful lots of tips that are going to work on many songs big THANK YOU .
You're welcome Rob! Glad you enjoyed it.
Kelly
Excellent! Great instruction. I really like your style of playing. You make it look so smooth & easy. Very happy that you're posting more videos. Thank you!😊🪕
Thanks very much. Glad you are enjoying the videos!
Kelly
Great instruction and nice tips. Thank you!
Thanks - glad you enjoyed it!
Kelly
Thank you for the listening suggestion to figure out the strum.
Hey Rob! Hope it helps you out! Kelly
This is in fact a song written and played by John Hartford, it was later sung by Glen Campbell. You should listen to Hartford doing the song it will give you some great ideas about strum patterns. Regards AL
Hi Al thanks - ya I've seen the John Hartford version as well (noted him as the writer at :10 in the video). He was a very talented guy - gone too soon! There's a video of him at a big awards show - might've been the Bluegrass Awards? and he's playing the banjo with a bunch of the award winners - a real who's who of Bluegrass. It's fantastic! Thanks!! Kelly
Yes, amazing banjo & fiddle player been struggling with the banjo myself for years since the nineties he was an inspiration, RIP John. Regards AL in UK.
@@clawmann haha I hear you Al - he (and others like him) make it look so effortless don't they? Have you ever seen the video of Carl Jackson and Ashley Campbell (Glen's daughter) do that song? They have a really nice version with him playing guitar and her on the banjo - closer to John Hartford's original version I'd say. Carl Jackson - another guy that can really play - banjo and guitar!
Been enjoying your channel and way of teaching, thanks. What brand is your uke? It sounds great.
Sorry for the late reply - I just noticed this! It's a Kamaka tenor. I really like it.
Excellent!! Quite a bit above my capabilities at this point, something to aspire to 🤞🏻
Hi Wanda - thanks so much! If you're more of a beginner take a look on the channel for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (there are 2 - one for a regular uke and one for baritone) or maybe "500 Miles". You may like those ones. Thanks!
Kelly
Brilliant
Hey Steve- thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. Kelly
On your UA-cam site you have close up of a ukulele bridge at the top ..... are you trying to see if I have OCD?🤣
The strings are tied off in different directions at the bridge. 😱
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Seriously though I love your videos.
Don't look too closely Barry...there's some dust there that will also play with you! Hahaha!
@@fourstringstrummer Where! Damn! I didn't notice that 🤣🤣🤣
really nice do you like wound or unwound strings thanks kelly
I prefer the unwound strings on the ukulele. Not sure they sound that much different - its more of a feel thing and the fact that there's no "squeak" when you slide up and down the neck.
Hello, I decided to pop on over the ring that Bell from the kudos that rich Davis gave you. I like the pop-up chords you've got going here, a real help for the beginner. I've got a baritone gcea and a baritone dgbe and was wondering if you could show a few chords with the same finger placement that play on both? Just so I can strum a few bars without having to give it too much thought, that would be much appreciated 👍
Hi there. For the GCEA tuned baritone the chords would be the same as what are shown in the video. For the DGBE to play this song you would use the finger positioning from the GCEA for F (which would give you C), Gm (which would give you Dm) and C7 (which would give you G7). Does that help? I also have a couple of videos specifically for Baritone Ukulele as well.
Thanks - Kelly
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Is It possible you share the lirics and chords in PDF for print, please?
Hi Sergio - I dont have them BUT if you look up "Gentle on my Mind uke chords" there is a site called "Jim's Ukulele and Guitar Songbook" and all the chords and lyrics are right there. Thanks! Kelly
I really like this one. You have so many songs for me to work on. I’m still stuck in beginner mode but I don’t mind. I just like playing along when I can Was wondering what strings you prefer on your ukulele. I have the same strings my Ohana came with. Some people talk about changing them. I have heard worth clear or worth browns are good. Any thoughts ?
Hey Bonnie. I haven't tried the Worth strings yet. I've had good luck with Aquila - Super Nylgut and Reds - so far those have been my "go to" strings. Alex on the Southern Ukulele Store channel did a really good video on all of the various strings, differences in material etc a couple of years ago. He got into a fair amount of depth without going overboard. I found it really interesting and well done.
Thanks for the nice comments on the song/video. Just let me know if you ever want to do that zoom call we talked about. No pressure at all but the offer remains open!
@@fourstringstrummer. Thanks Kelly. I’ll check it out. Alex has a good you tube
@@fourstringstrummer I am still thinking about it. Somehow I got myself so overbooked lately. Trying to visit some friends before winter ! I am hoping life calms down in November. That’s a very nice offer and I think it would be fun. I’m not as confident as I sound on line. So I’m trying to get up the nerve to do it 😂
@@bonniedavidson936 no problem - anytime Bonnie!
I just cant get that strumming. Keep breaking in to island strum. Do I have the number of beats wrong?
Hi Steve - have a look at the strumming lesson in this video. This is how the strum works. ua-cam.com/video/U1r7aoLjxvA/v-deo.htmlsi=6Sg0Wab75XqYSNd5
Also if you're available next Saturday at 3pm Eastern we're doing a live jam session and lesson and this will be one of the songs we cover. Just email me at fourstringstrummer@gmail.com and I'll send you the link and info for the jam. Hope that helps! Kelly