It's a Small World Ukulele Tutorial

Our new video “It’s a Small World” ukulele tutorial is truly a great song for ukulele beginners.

First of all, it’s easy to learn. You’ll need only four simple chords and all-down strums. Jenny does show another strumming pattern and a more difficult fingerpicking option if you’re up for the challenge. Otherwise, play with all-down strums and it’s still going to be great.

Secondly, “It’s a Small World” is a very popular tune just about everywhere. It’s the theme song for a Disneyland ride attraction of the same name. The dark attraction features hundreds of doll characters wearing costumes from different countries. And these characters are all singing along to “It’s a Small World”.  With five Disney parks showcasing the attraction in three continents, it’s no wonder the song has been played more than 50 million times.

As previously noted, you’ll  need only four chords for “It’s a Small World” ukulele tutorial. The ukulele chords are C, G7, F and Dm.

Jenny uses a D-DU-D-DU (D-down, U-up) strumming pattern for the verses. Read more here. 

This Land Is Your Land Ukulele Tutorial

This week, we’re featuring “This Land Is Your Land” ukulele tutorial. “This Land Is Your Land” is a very famous American folk song. Woody Guthrie composed the first version of the song in 1940. Accordingly, Guthrie wrote the song because of  “God Bless America”. Guthrie was exasperated and weary of hearing Irving Berlin’s composition on the radio. Actually, he initially entitled the 1940 version “God Blessed America”. However, Guthrie later replaced the line “God blessed America for me”. This became “This land was made for you and me.” Subsequently, he renamed the title as “This Land Is Your Land.”

To play along with “This Land Is Your Land” ukulele tutorial, we’ll need five chords. “This Land Is Your Land” ukulele chords are all open chords, no bars: C, C7, F, Am and G7.

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Hello Madduh Hello Faddah Ukulele Tutorial

With our new video “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” ukulele tutorial, let’s learn a novelty song about summer camp. Alan Sherman and Lou Busch wrote the song, inspired by letters from Sherman’s son while he was in Camp Champlain. “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (also spelled as “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”) was a surprise hit, reaching number 2 on the Billboard charts (Hot 100) in 1963.

Don’t forget to check our blog page for other easy ukulele tutorials featuring different types of songs ranging from folk, rock, pop, blues and even hymns. Also, you’ll find many easy ukulele songs for various occasions such as Christmas, Thanksgiving and 4^th of July.

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Definitely, we’ll need to know a lot of chords to play along with “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” ukulele tutorial: eight chords plus four additional ones for the bridge. The ukulele chords for the first and last part are: C, G7, B7, Em, G, D7, E7, and F. While the chords for the bridge are: Cm, Fm, Eb and Ab.

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How to Play the Eagles' Hotel California on the Ukulele (Hotel California Ukulele Tutorial)

Let’s try a 70’s hit song with our new video – “Hotel California” ukulele tutorial.  The video includes a ukulele rendition of the famous guitar coda. So stick to the end to check out the cool ukulele fingerpicking part.

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We will need a total of seven chords for “Hotel California” ukulele tutorial:  Am, E7, G, D, F, C, Dm. These are fairly easy chords, all open chords with no bars needed. A couple are easy one-finger chords (Am and C).

Jenny transposed the song to A minor because it’s easier on the ukulele. Strumming pattern follows a D-DU-UDU (D-down, U-up) arrangement. Read more here.  

God Bless America Easy Ukulele Tutorial

With this week’s feature of “God Bless America” ukulele tutorial, let us learn another patriotic song. “God Bless America” is another favorite 4^th of July song. The great composer Irving Berlin wrote the song more than a century ago.  

In case you missed last week’s ukulele tutorial for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” check it out here. Or browse through our blog main page  for more ukulele lessons for beginners.

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“God Bless America” ukulele tutorial is easy for beginner ukulele players as you’ll need just four chords. And these are:  F, C, Bb and C7.

The chord shapes for F, C and C7 are fairly easy ones. However, making the Bb chord is a bit tricky. First, you’ll need to bar the lower two strings on the first fret using your index finger. Read more here.