How to Play Over the River and Through the Wood on Ukulele

With Over the River and Through the Wood ukulele tutorial for beginners, we learn an all-around winter holiday ukulele song. First of all, we only need three chords for the sing and strum version. These are C, F and G7. Secondly, we can learn to fingerpick the melody

While Over the River and Through the Wood is originally a Thanksgiving song, it is also a Christmas song. So don’t get disappointed if you’re not able to learn it for Thanksgiving. Let’s replace “Thanksgiving day” from the lyrics with “Christmas day” and we’ve got ourselves a Christmas ukulele song.

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Easy Ukulele Tutorial for Turkey in the Straw

This week, let’s learn a fun old bluegrass number with this Turkey in the Straw beginner ukulele tutorial. Turkey in the Straw is an easy ukulele song that’s great for Thanksgiving. Also, it has an upbeat tune that’s perfect for square and line dancing during gatherings. If you’re looking for a religious thanksgiving song, check out our ukulele tutorial for the Prayer of Thanksgiving (We Gather Together).

For this song, you’ll only need three easy chords: G, D7 and C. First of all, you can strum and sing along the lyrics.

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Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Easy Ukulele Tutorial

With this new Jolly Old Saint Nicholas ukulele tutorial, we get to learn another merry Christmas song which we can add to our list of ukulele Christmas carols. If you missed the Jingle Bells easy ukulele tutorial, check it out here.

You will need only four chords for Jolly Old St Nicholas ukulele tutorial – C, Am, F and G7. Read more here.

Jingle Bells Easy Ukulele Tutorial

Although Christmas is still a few weeks away, it would be great to start with this Jingle Bells easy ukulele tutorial. It takes a couple of weeks or so for ukulele beginners to master songs on the ukulele. So starting on it now will have you ready to strum your ukulele along with Jingle Bells and other Christmas carols in time for the holidays.

So here goes our Jingle Bells easy ukulele tutorial. You’ll need only three easy chords which are C, F and G7. And the strumming pattern is all down strums. First, Jenny and Rebecca shows how to sing and strum the song. Then at the end, Rebecca continues with the all-down strumming while Jenny fingerpicks the melody. Also, Jenny provides some great tips on fingerpicking.

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Ukulele Tutorial for The Army Song aka The Caisson Song

With Veterans Day approaching, we thought we’d bring you The Army Song ukulele tutorial for beginners. Although we’ve intended to feature The Army Song, also known as The Caisson Song, for Veterans Day, the song would also be great for Fourth of July or just any day. Because a soldier wrote the song, the words resonate with military men especially those in the field artillery.

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