Songs for my N00B skill level:')

So right now im confident in my ability in playing somewhere over the rainbow and I'm yours in C

Any advice on next song selection?

Gracias in advance

lordlogan said:

So right now im confident in my ability in playing somewhere over the rainbow and I'm yours in C

Any advice on next song selection?

Gracias in advance

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Check out "Richard G's" songs here: http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/

Lots of great songs to play.

There's a link under my signature to a Free songbook, complete with 'practice sheets'.

Hope you enjoy them.

Keep uke'in',

You can also check UU List of Tabs & Chords. You can also check the Ukulele Resources thread for songbooks and other similar sites.

Don't Worry, Be Happy was the first song I ever played. It's pretty simple.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/b/bobby_mcferrin/dont_worry_be_happy_ver2_crd.htm

those are the chords I used! Good Luck!

Thank you all im working on dont worry be happy now

any more advice on memorizing songs?

few days ago i asked basically the same question and got a great list of songs!!!! These are the first songs everyone could sing and play Right now my favorites are Ring of fire and Jambalaya. I really would like to sing and play them all, but lets be reallistic- I cant sing that good... And I just reallised that learning to sing is taking way too much time from ukulele time so I stick with playng, maybe someday...
Yellow submarine
Amazing grace.
"Something" by the Beatles..
Do-Ri-Me
Cash - Ring Of Fire
Cat Stevens - the first cut is the deepest
Jimmy Buffett....Margaritaville. I play these chords....C, G7, C7 & F
Jambalaya - by Hank Williams it's only 2 chords: C -> G
For You Blue - by The Beatles a 12-bar progression, using C, C7, F, F7 and G, G7
My Little Grass Shack.
Five Foot Two
& Eight Days A Week
"This Land Is Your Land"
Way Down Upon the Swannee River
Sloop John B
Island in the Sun by Weezer

ou, ou and Imagine by Beatles is a great song to start with.

Only thing that I dont understand is how can all beginners do Ower the rainbow... it has sooo hard strum, I cant imagine, I could do it anytime soon... i can strum, but as i begin to sing everything falls apart

Aloha Lordlogan,
Choose songs that you like and check them out if they have easy chords....I stick with songs that have 2-4 easy chords first....Good Luck!! MM Stan..

mm stan im an agressive screamo/goth/emo/metal/ Darker music type of guy or piano both of which usually don't translate well to ukulele for me

so im asking for songs people find easy
Thank you for the advice though

Gracias Marihhen I loooooove the beatles i know it contradicts the above ^

I'm thinking Dont Worry, Be Happy, Margaritavile, Ring of fire will be my next attempts.

And by the way i play over the rainbow/Wonderful world with just a down up strum

Oh and today i brought my Uke to school and played it at lunch had about Three 15 year old boys singing along

Aloha Logan
Try and check out this tutorial: Http://www.youtube.com/user/Mav79
go to the right,,,related vidsand scroll down to Learn how to play Somewhere over ther rainbows
Good to learn strumming patterns..
I like beatles tunes with easy chords and fun ..something and imagine
Also if you're up to a happy and feel good island song....Molokai slide...Good luck, Stan...

marihhen said:

Only thing that I dont understand is how can all beginners do Ower the rainbow... it has sooo hard strum, I cant imagine, I could do it anytime soon... i can strum, but as i begin to sing everything falls apart

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I am a beginner playing "SomeWhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" and I think like most other noob's playing it, the strum is customized to my ability. Is it weak, probably. Does it sound good, not as good as Iz. would I like to play like Iz? Heck yeah! Do I practice the Iz strum? yes. Will I ever get it? Probably not. But, it's still fun to play and impresses people that don't know better DAP