GEORGE FORMBY - When I'm Cleaning Windows - EASY UKULELE TUTORIAL!

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Here's an EASY ukulele tutorial to play When I'm Cleaning Windows by George Formby - the Godfather of the ukulele! Word of advice: start off SLOW! And if you want to sound more like George, try tuning your uke to A, D, F#, B (or put a capo on the 2nd fret) instead of the usual GCEA!
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  • @sophiem4939
    @sophiem49398 жыл бұрын

    YES MY FAMILY ALWAYS WANT ME TO PLAY THIS! Could you make a '10 facts about me' video? Love your channel!

  • @AlexGreenwoodUkulele

    @AlexGreenwoodUkulele

    8 жыл бұрын

    +pianosexual Don't learn this way, this is incorrect to how George played it. Sub to me, and I'll make a video to show the proper way it should be played, as in, correct chords. These chords are WAY out, these are nothing similar to how George Formby would have done it. I use the George Formby songbooks and I am a member of the GFS, so I learnt this song pretty fast. (Pst, check out my channel just to prove I know how to do George's songs.)

  • @graceperryman9481
    @graceperryman9481 Жыл бұрын

    Going to try playing this for my grandad tomorrow - thanks for the great tutorial!

  • @PAUL-ge1kl
    @PAUL-ge1kl6 ай бұрын

    You nailed it there, son

  • @TheUkuleleTeacher
    @TheUkuleleTeacher8 жыл бұрын

    How to play THE ultimate ukulele song, by the Godfather of Uke - enjoy!

  • @herofaxri003

    @herofaxri003

    8 жыл бұрын

    +The Ukulele Teacher make a tutorial for The Last of The Mohicans or Requiem for a Dream! there are absolutely no tutorials on the internet and im eager to learn the song! hope you will see this! :( BTW love all your videos! your great! keep up the good work!!

  • @user-tq1gv2qe5c

    @user-tq1gv2qe5c

    8 жыл бұрын

    +The Ukulele Teacher can u teach us Tangled - I've Got A Dream!!!!!!!!pls!pls!pls!pls! disney!

  • @thenoobsta99

    @thenoobsta99

    8 жыл бұрын

    Omg I requested this a year ago 😄😄

  • @TheUkuleleTeacher

    @TheUkuleleTeacher

    8 жыл бұрын

    +thenoobsta99 Ha, sorry it took so long to get round to it! Got there in the end though :)

  • @johnbell5165

    @johnbell5165

    8 жыл бұрын

    Chris Ramos- the break up song

  • @IanDenchasy
    @IanDenchasy7 жыл бұрын

    Love this version on my banjolele. More George Formby songs, please!

  • @Mel-rd3bp
    @Mel-rd3bp8 жыл бұрын

    Best and easiest tutorial on this song, thankyou!

  • @JamesGeraldEckertJr
    @JamesGeraldEckertJr7 ай бұрын

    Thank you! That's amazing! 😁

  • @Aboz
    @Aboz2 жыл бұрын

    Just got my banjolele last week and wanting to learn the Formby repertoire. Think I'll stick with this strum for a while; George's method is bit difficult at this point.

  • @stuartwilliams7371
    @stuartwilliams7371 Жыл бұрын

    A lot of people don’t know that George only knew a couple of positions on the uke and had a different tuned uke for different keys for other songs .

  • @zaccrogers
    @zaccrogers2 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff thanks my friend

  • @MOliveira1001
    @MOliveira10018 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I was anxious for some George Formby. Thank you!

  • @ItsUkeAndMe
    @ItsUkeAndMe8 жыл бұрын

    I always had that old-movie feeling when listening to this song. Great tutorial!

  • @imogenpeckham6686
    @imogenpeckham66868 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU ! I have always wanted to learn this song, great tutorial ^_^

  • @theflukeyukey6979
    @theflukeyukey69796 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love this ! Thank you so much !!

  • @vagabondbus
    @vagabondbus6 жыл бұрын

    #Thankfull4uke John.. I'm learning this on my George Formby banjo uke!! Very slowly lol !!!

  • @mattjackson4041
    @mattjackson40418 жыл бұрын

    absolutely love it mate!!! I love playing it, I play a different version but this is just as good!!!! +The Ukulele Teacher 😊

  • @Asimov16
    @Asimov166 жыл бұрын

    I have the strumming really well, until I start to sing, and then I lose the strumming. I can't sing and strum at the same time. It is annoying LOL

  • @margaretshepherd9983
    @margaretshepherd99838 жыл бұрын

    This is great John ,I love playing it,

  • @niamaria09
    @niamaria097 жыл бұрын

    You are brilliant! I love your channel - good work!

  • @ericnoon6664
    @ericnoon66645 жыл бұрын

    Could you do more George Formby lessons ?

  • @justinsamuel2320
    @justinsamuel23208 жыл бұрын

    YOU CALL THAT EASY!! I mean i thought the strumming pattern wouldn't be that fast after you said easy and you literally blew my mind

  • @AlexGreenwoodUkulele

    @AlexGreenwoodUkulele

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Justin Samuel Wait till you see my channel. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I do fairly fast George Formby solos from his songs.

  • @lizziebeggimbo
    @lizziebeggimbo8 жыл бұрын

    Loveee this, singing along

  • @paulmcmillan6010
    @paulmcmillan60102 жыл бұрын

    Loved the lesson thank you 😄👍👍

  • @ctmale1956
    @ctmale19567 жыл бұрын

    thank you ----- i enjoyed your lesson very much.

  • @marksmusic3612
    @marksmusic36128 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this big help

  • @FaithTake2
    @FaithTake28 жыл бұрын

    Hi!! I love your tutorials 😊 youre so amazing! I was wondering if you could make a tutorial on paris tokyo by lupe fiasco! Its one of my favorite songs and it has sentimental value to me 😊 and it seems like a really fun song to play. I cant find any tabs or tutorials anywhere though. Thanks!

  • @abigailmarke4769
    @abigailmarke47698 жыл бұрын

    YESSSS! I've always wanted to play this song but it looked too complicated. Thank you! :)

  • @Pandashii
    @Pandashii8 жыл бұрын

    The gambler by Fun.? It reminds me of people I love. I like how this is like old fashion when u played it!

  • @detoast1197
    @detoast1197 Жыл бұрын

    thanks mate , this is the best progress iv ever made . i almost sound like im doing a tune :) ace

  • @TheCobberK
    @TheCobberK8 жыл бұрын

    That is such a user-friendly interpretation - others get bogged into split strokes and fan strokes which I can't do - yours I can. Thanks.

  • @niilsaa
    @niilsaa8 жыл бұрын

    I love you and your channel! Thank you so much! Also, could you try a Queen song?

  • @spicerat8433
    @spicerat84338 жыл бұрын

    Hi ukulele teacher! can I request you to do a tutorial of "God only knows" by the beach boys?

  • @user-zk4js8nz5d
    @user-zk4js8nz5d8 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, as always! ;)

  • @LukeMerola
    @LukeMerola3 жыл бұрын

    I’m just learning some Formby stuff, because I wanna learn some of the classics on the Ukulele

  • @darynvoss7883
    @darynvoss78834 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the strumming pattern

  • @willondrums
    @willondrums3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @andreguy535
    @andreguy5358 жыл бұрын

    Hey teach first of all i wanna thank you for all your videos. They were so helpful in learning the uke, YOU'RE THE BEST!! Also i would like to ask if you could do a tutorial on "Everything is Sound", by Jason Mraz. I could only find covers on the song but no tutorials. It would be really helpful if you could do one :)

  • @samtheawesome123
    @samtheawesome1238 жыл бұрын

    i did this for my music exam last year and this is exaxtly how i played it

  • @Megnyates
    @Megnyates8 жыл бұрын

    Woooo thank you!!!

  • @laurajanewales
    @laurajanewales8 жыл бұрын

    my dad bought me my first ukulele last year as long as I jokingly promised to learn this by christmas. that didn't really happen, maybe I should get around to it now

  • @TheUkuleleTeacher

    @TheUkuleleTeacher

    8 жыл бұрын

    +laura You definitely should! :)

  • @cristinacastellano5456
    @cristinacastellano54568 жыл бұрын

    I really want to learn how to play, "Better Place- Rachel Platten." Pleaaaase and thank you! I've learned how to play several songs by watching your videos! Thank you for being a great ukulele teacher!

  • @sulley119
    @sulley1198 жыл бұрын

    I know you did Screen recently but I would love to learn Holding Onto You by Twenty One Pilots. It's one of the songs they do most often on Uke and I'm sure a lot of people would love to learn how to play it with your tutelage. Thank you so much for continuing to make these amazing lessons.

  • @ZenSymphonia

    @ZenSymphonia

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yesss!

  • @MrMasterx33

    @MrMasterx33

    8 жыл бұрын

    Chords:Am, G, F, C. Strum Pattern: D-D mute U-D-U.

  • @MrMasterx33

    @MrMasterx33

    8 жыл бұрын

    Watch videos of Tyler playing it to get a feel of the rhythm.

  • @firecrackerberry7833
    @firecrackerberry78333 жыл бұрын

    New to the ukulele but this is a great video!

  • @irenegelinas3615
    @irenegelinas36158 жыл бұрын

    Would love love love to learn Cliff Edward's "What a night for spoonin"

  • @MartinRodriguez-xb3is
    @MartinRodriguez-xb3is8 жыл бұрын

    Hi!! I started learning ukelele a few months ago and all i know i owe it to your tutorials Could you please do Alone Together by fall out boy?

  • @charliehoward9088
    @charliehoward90888 жыл бұрын

    Can you pls do a tutorial/lesson on how to play always by panic! At the disco pls

  • @tylerlee4387
    @tylerlee43878 жыл бұрын

    Please do the tutorial for I Thought I Was An Alien by Soko!!

  • @journellelou178
    @journellelou1788 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, as always that's really nice! Could you show us how to play *World Map ~ Sea of Serendipity* from the Rayman origins soudstrack, pleeease? That would be awesome too!

  • @7jv2n
    @7jv2n8 жыл бұрын

    hello The Ukulele Teacher, can you do another version of the 'how to tune ukulele' please. tq

  • @Asimov16
    @Asimov166 жыл бұрын

    Is this in the same key Formby played it because I have watched other videos playing in a different key

  • @Russellye5man1
    @Russellye5man18 жыл бұрын

    It'd be brilliant if you could do Formby's "Mr Wu's a Window Cleaner now" :)

  • @ondine9723
    @ondine97238 жыл бұрын

    Hi ! Can you do "talk to me" by yodelice ? By the way I'm french and your video really help me so thank you

  • @archventures2648
    @archventures26488 жыл бұрын

    Hello Ukulele Teacher! Please do a tutorial of Adele's Send My Love (To Your New Lover)...Thank you very much

  • @josephoreillyjr2244
    @josephoreillyjr22448 жыл бұрын

    it would be super awesome if u could put the cords in the description!!!! I love all your tatorials thank you

  • @aunica4857
    @aunica48578 жыл бұрын

    can you do a tutorial of northern downpour by panic! at the disco please

  • @martincamprubi7179
    @martincamprubi71798 жыл бұрын

    I learnd a lot with your videos!! They are amazing to begin with the uke. Greetings from switzerland :3 ps: can you do more green day songs?

  • @TheUkuleleTeacher

    @TheUkuleleTeacher

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Just Martin Thanks for the kind words... and thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely think about it! :)

  • @GretchenLowman

    @GretchenLowman

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, more Green Day would be so very cool!

  • @joshuavanbramer2204
    @joshuavanbramer22048 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do into the mystic by van Morris

  • @maddieturala5659
    @maddieturala56598 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a tutorial for sweet Caroline by Neil diamond

  • @charliegordon352
    @charliegordon3528 жыл бұрын

    @the ukulele teacher can you please do sound of silence by disturbed because it is the best song!

  • @nicolewsays
    @nicolewsays8 жыл бұрын

    Please show us how to play Lost Boy by Ruth B. I love the song and NEED to know how to play it! Thanks for reading!

  • @devaneejohnson6253
    @devaneejohnson62538 жыл бұрын

    Please make a tutorial for Chelsea Dagger by the fratellis? :)

  • @maddieadam7770
    @maddieadam77708 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do a tutorial of any My Chemical Romance songs! I love your videos, they help me learn the ukulele so much faster then any other KZreadr!❤️

  • @tristanwheeler2602
    @tristanwheeler26028 жыл бұрын

    Could you do Classic by mkto please! That would be awesome!!

  • @deanallenjones
    @deanallenjones8 жыл бұрын

    awesome, but now I want to here you play the Banjolele! You and Mr. B making the most awesome duet ever :) (played AC/DC Back in black on one in the shop last week, it sounds most cool)

  • @aliceroth4099
    @aliceroth40998 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do a tutorial of Little Lion man or There will be time by Mumford and sons? That would be awesome, i Love you

  • @dorothykelly8924
    @dorothykelly89247 жыл бұрын

    How did you get the old fashioned look on your video. Fab

  • @claritta01
    @claritta018 жыл бұрын

    Pleaseeeee do a tutorial of grace kelly - Mika! thank you

  • @annieulbrich6398
    @annieulbrich63988 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do "American pie" by Don McLean 😊 thank you so much!

  • @seansween30
    @seansween308 жыл бұрын

    I've never heard this song before, but I'm thinking that it will sound good on my banjolele. Thanks!

  • @TheUkuleleTeacher

    @TheUkuleleTeacher

    8 жыл бұрын

    +seansween30 It will sound AWESOME on a banjolele! When I get mine this will be the first song I play on it!

  • @seansween30

    @seansween30

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised to hear that you don't already own one. I've got a Luna Ulu that I picked up cheep and it has quickly become my favorite time killer. It's different to play because of the elevated bridge on the base, but I'm sure that it won't cause a problem for you. I look forward to seeing you play one in a future video. Cheers, and thanks for all the great content.

  • @mollyanders1827
    @mollyanders18278 жыл бұрын

    You should do Ophelia by the Lumineers!!

  • @PorkHelicopter
    @PorkHelicopter8 жыл бұрын

    Could you please teach us "Never Forget Where I'm From" like the guy plays it in the movie Shallow Hal?

  • @kellyhancox7298
    @kellyhancox72988 жыл бұрын

    Ukulele teacher!! Can you make a tab for Sour Patch Kids or anything by Bryce Vine? I feel like it would be super easy to fingerpick, but I can't figure it out.

  • @valerytinajero281
    @valerytinajero2818 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering if you could do Be good or be gone by Fionn Regan?

  • @coryparris9726
    @coryparris97268 жыл бұрын

    Hey again i dont know if youll ever read these or even if theyll do anything but i think ill keep asking until it happens or until you tell me to stop or something but i think the song snaggletooth by vance joy would be awesome. there arent any youtube tutorials and i mean its pretty much originally played on the ukulele anyways

  • @JenoahKers_
    @JenoahKers_8 жыл бұрын

    This really reminds me of the "Wishy Washy" game in eyetoy on PS2... Is it or am i wrong?

  • @SapphOfLesbos

    @SapphOfLesbos

    8 жыл бұрын

    YES!!

  • @AlexGreenwoodUkulele

    @AlexGreenwoodUkulele

    8 жыл бұрын

    +UnitedGamesNL YES! That's how I found out about this song! I'm happy SOMEONE remembers that game!

  • @JDMJack-S

    @JDMJack-S

    7 жыл бұрын

    YESS!!!! Its been ages since i last played that game, all i can remember of that game was the Wishy Washy game and the intro with the old lady.

  • @dumptyful

    @dumptyful

    7 жыл бұрын

    UnitedGamesNL 5odsnm,./-kjhkhkjhkjhkjhkjhkh

  • @luce1914

    @luce1914

    6 жыл бұрын

    UnitedGamesNL YESS THAT GAME IS AWESOME 😂

  • @4llowyourdream
    @4llowyourdream8 жыл бұрын

    Can you make a tutorial on On my own by Ashes remain?

  • @wendyedkins6668
    @wendyedkins66683 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous tutorial. I have found a much easier way to play B7. Bottom string fret4, C string fret3, E string fret2. Sounds good to me. What do you think?

  • @jessicaflikkema3070
    @jessicaflikkema30708 жыл бұрын

    I know you get a lot of requests but these are the three songs that I really want to learn. - "Rivers and Roads" by The Head and the Heart - "Ophelia" by The Lumineers - "Snaggletooth" by Vance Joy If you could do any of these three I would be so happy.

  • @TheUkuleleTeacher

    @TheUkuleleTeacher

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jessica Flikkema Can't make any promises but I've had a LOT of requests for snaggletooth so I do plan on doing it one day 😃

  • @TheFlash2812
    @TheFlash28128 жыл бұрын

    You should do a tutorial for the song "this magic moment"

  • @harusmith9738
    @harusmith97388 жыл бұрын

    HOLDING ONTO UUUUUUUUUUUU BY TOPPPPP

  • @tostad.a
    @tostad.a8 жыл бұрын

    Hey can you make a tutorial of how to play around the world by nat king cole?

  • @jayeewong5739
    @jayeewong57398 жыл бұрын

    Hi ! :) can u play truly madly deeply but the savage garden ?

  • @mimig962
    @mimig9628 жыл бұрын

    Can you play 'Let it go' by James Bay please?

  • @julias.1137
    @julias.11378 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do Hit Me With Your Best Shot?

  • @mel-lx4sb
    @mel-lx4sb8 жыл бұрын

    can you play parachute by sean lennon next?

  • @chromenarwhal7521
    @chromenarwhal75218 жыл бұрын

    Hey, could you do Machines by Biffy Clyro please?

  • @laceybarsottini4881
    @laceybarsottini48818 жыл бұрын

    could you please teach us how to play Faith by George Michael. it's so beautifully cheesy and fun. would be a blast to play at a bonfire.

  • @hannahconda3990
    @hannahconda39908 жыл бұрын

    FINALLYYYY

  • @dan_soy3623
    @dan_soy36238 жыл бұрын

    Hey ukulele teacher can you teach us to play the "our first song" by-joseph Vincent thank you ☺😊

  • @irenegelinas3615
    @irenegelinas36158 жыл бұрын

    When your strumming like a maniac :) ..... Do you use your index finger or thumb or do you support one with the other?

  • @carlbordumhansen7430
    @carlbordumhansen74308 жыл бұрын

    Would love to learn Hey Julie by Fountains of Wayne or Gold Rush by Ed Sheeran, sadly there are no tutorials online :( Can you help out?

  • @eva-mariemarson1296
    @eva-mariemarson12964 жыл бұрын

    Please could we have Paradise by Coldplay! Thanks.

  • @erickcastillo6901
    @erickcastillo69018 жыл бұрын

    Pleeeaasse, do Billionaire by Bruno Mars! It's the perfect summer vibe!

  • @cjwaywell
    @cjwaywell3 жыл бұрын

    Playing is really good the singing is very good but you need to use some stops or split seconds of silence to make it sound even better otherwise it drones on for too long not that I can say anything as I wouldn't even attempt to sing or play it as well as you do. If you listen to George his timing is what makes him so good, those little pauses mean everything.

  • @orionjohns2866
    @orionjohns28668 жыл бұрын

    Can you do die a happy man by Thomas Rhett

  • @henrycolts
    @henrycolts8 жыл бұрын

    I swear he looks at my internet history, as whenever I start to learn a song he posts a video on how to play it xD

  • @danielferrer2556
    @danielferrer25568 жыл бұрын

    Can you do: "she had the world" by panic at the disco

  • @ashleyvanginkel2832
    @ashleyvanginkel28328 жыл бұрын

    could you do the song of james bay fast car?

  • @thesasksquad6870
    @thesasksquad68708 жыл бұрын

    can you please learn fortunate son by clear water revival

  • @lan2198
    @lan21988 жыл бұрын

    can you please do Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots? like the way he plays it on Hamish and Andy

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