Blues on Ukulele?

Another Ukulele · Mar 11, 2020

Well,
As far a I vi IV V
Stand by Me
Octopus Garden
Sherry. (sheeee-eee-eeeeee-reee bayyyy-ayyyy-beeeeee)
Teenager in Love
Runaround Sue

Late at night and I’ll have to think about ALICES RESTAURANT progression.

I’ve got a buddy who always says he wants to learn 5 songs to play by heart. I keep trying to tell him......

Jerryc41 · Mar 12, 2020

ukuileletricks.com recently began a course in the blues.

https://ukuleletricks.com/mini-lesson-series/blues/lesson-1/

flailingfingers · Mar 12, 2020

TaoCat said:
https://www.amazon.com/Kevs-QuickSt...?keywords=Blues+ukulele&qid=1583617563&sr=8-5

Pretty helpful to get going quickly.

Yep. Good book. Has a CD too which i find very helpful. Essential really.

Bill Sheehan · Mar 12, 2020

PetalumaRescuke said:
"You gotta pay your dues if you wan'a sing the blues"

There you go again, Petaluma... ever the Ringomaniac!!!

Bill Sheehan · Mar 12, 2020

Ukecaster said:
You too can be a bluesman! Many blues tunes are just 3 chords, I IV V. An easy blues pattern to strum on uke is E7 A7 B7. Here's a blues tune I did an while back on uke, using those same 3 chords: https://youtu.be/TPypluOMCWQ

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Nice job on that, John!!

actadh · Mar 15, 2020

TaoCat said:
https://www.amazon.com/Kevs-QuickSt...?keywords=Blues+ukulele&qid=1583617563&sr=8-5

Pretty helpful to get going quickly.

Thanks - mine came yesterday.

WebParrot (s2) · Mar 15, 2020

bretterb said:
My favorite ukulele Blues player/teacher is this guy:

daddystovepipe
https://www.youtube.com/user/daddystovepipe/search?query=ukulele[

He does guitar too, but the above link should take you to his uke content.

I've tried working on some of his tutorials, but I just can't get my thumb to keep the beat independently. It's one of those "pat your head and rub your tummy" kind of things. I'll keep working at it, but for now it seems impossible. Wonderful stuff tho! It looks deceptively simple when he does it.

-Brett

Wow. Thanks for this. I'm loving "DaddyStovePipe"

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