Chords for OVER THE RAINBOW - UKULELE STRUM EXPLAINED - UKULELE LESSON / TUTORIAL by "UKULELE MIKE"

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[Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Hi, _
[C] _ _ Ukulele Mike here.
Last [N] summer when I had Music Teacher 2009 channel,
I did a video lesson on Over the Rainbow, What a Wonderful World.
When YouTube took that down several weeks ago,
I was nearly 100,000 views.
It was a very popular lesson.
And yet I failed to adequately explain the strum.
And so I'm making amends now that I'm a Music Teacher 2010,
turning over a new leaf and I'm going to go back
and just try to explain the strum a little bit better.
First of all, it's in the [C] key of C.
_ I'm doing a little [G] different strum than what Iz did
in his original recording of it.
I'm essentially doing a couple of things.
One basic thing I'm doing is a Calypso Strum.
And the Calypso Strum goes like this.
I'm going to take a C chord.
Down, down, up, up, down, up.
Try that with me.
Down, down, up, up, down, up.
So there's two downs, two ups, and then a down, up.
So when I pick up the tempo of it, it becomes like this. _
_ _ _ _ And even more rapid.
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_ [C] Now the other thing I'm doing, _ _ _ [G#] hear that little accented beat?
When you [C] pick up the tempo, _ _ _ you accent that back beat.
It gives it a forward energy to it.
The other thing I'm doing is just a straight shuffle.
I kind of alternate it with this.
_ _ _ Just simply down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] So you can [C] essentially do either of those two strums.
A straight shuffle, [C] or down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up.
[N] Or as I like to do, I blend them.
I go back and forth.
I think that's probably why some people have been questioning what the strum is.
Because they think they have it, and then all of a sudden they're saying,
no, Mike's not doing it that way.
Oh, maybe he is.
So I'm explaining it now.
I'm basically doing a calypso strum, alternating with a straight shuffle.
And put that accent on the back beat.
The back beat accent gives it that kind of forward feeling to it.
And it makes it more interesting, gives it a lot of energy, and a lot of fun.
What else do I want to say about this?
Nothing [B] actually.
Although I will recommend that if you haven't done this yet, check out my Beatles channel.
It's all Beatles ukulele lessons.
It's called Beatles Ukulele Mike.
It's on YouTube, of course.
Go check it out.
Subscribe.
And hope to see you over there.
I've got lots and lots of lessons planned in the coming weeks and months.
So stay tuned.
I've got all kinds of good things with [C] fingerpicking, _ [B] solo instrumental pieces.
I just posted the Charleston.
It's a little more advanced for some people.
But for those who are ready to get to that step, it's great for them.
So have fun with it.
And as always, happy [A] strumming.
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