“Wildwood Flower” (or “I’ll Twine ‘Mid the Ringlets”) was written by Joseph Philbrick Webster and Maud Irving in 1860. The Carter Family popularized the tune, led by Maybelle Carter on their 1928 recording, utilizing her famous Carter Scratch technique. The song has also been recorded and performed by artists including Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, the Stanley Brothers, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Pete Seeger, and many more.
This video is filmed on a tenor ukulele, though you could also play this arrangement on a concert or soprano ukulele. I developed this fingerstyle arrangement using different inversions, or voicings, which I use to move the melody up the neck. This way I can still maintain chord shapes, giving the tune a chord-melody feel. If you’ve been looking to get started playing acoustic arrangements or popular tunes on your ukulele, give my channel a follow! I offer both cover videos and tutorials at different levels.
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00:00- Intro
00:33- Chord Voicings Used
00:42- Rolls & Hammer-ons
05:39- Slow Play-Along
06:19- Up-to-Speed Play-Along