Ukulele Lesson for Seniors - Basics for Beginners

(Second Lesson coming soon! And if you have any song requests, please put them in comments). LITA Bridging thru Music coordinator Rob Thomure hosts a beginner's ukulele lesson for seniors showing you the basics- parts of the ukulele, how to hold it, names of the strings, how to pluck a string, how to strum, and how to play a simple song.

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  • @directorbhones
    @directorbhones5 ай бұрын

    I am not a senior, I'm 18 years old, but this is the best tutorial I have found yet. The material is presented in an easily digestible way, and the tutorial goes slower than most I've found, which makes it much simpler to follow along. Thank you!

  • @joanmanzella8740

    @joanmanzella8740

    3 ай бұрын

    I just watched and did this first lesson. It is amazing! You are an excellent teacher and teach a bit slower than others and I was about to follow and learn the 2 chords. I hope you have more lessons but I am not finding them. You are an EXCELLENT instructor!

  • @rachelreyes6691
    @rachelreyes66912 ай бұрын

    My son is 10 he has been trying to learn how to play ukulele by watching online videos. He is a lefty and has trouble following along to other videos. He loved this video so much. Your calm demeanor and the way you teach is perfect. My son and I wish you had more lessons to follow up

  • @melissarupe8168
    @melissarupe81682 ай бұрын

    I'm 67 and learning ukulele for the first time and I LOVED your tutorial. You went at my pace and explained in the most simple terms from the parts of the ukulele, the placement of fingers on the fretboard and how to strum. Thank you so very much.

  • @waynebooker498
    @waynebooker4986 ай бұрын

    I'm a 54yo woodworker, and I just finished building my first musical instrument, a concert ukulele. I've been looking for a good beginner tutorial and I think I've found the one that works for me. This lesson was so simple I know I can remember it. Easy practice and it'll stick. Thanks so very much for doing this.

  • @betspath
    @betspath2 ай бұрын

    My dog has fleas is how I learned as a child!

  • @joanmanzella8740
    @joanmanzella87403 ай бұрын

    I commented under another post (oops) but want to say a bit more. Rob I am 62 years old and always wanted to play a musical instrument. I bought a couple Ukuleles so am using the concert size since I have arthritis pretty bad but really want to play. I found you today and did my first lesson today. I am excited because I do believe I can learn to play the Ukulele after your lesson. Thanks so much! You do not know how encouraging this was to me! I look forward to your posting more lessons.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for kind comments- glad it helped. I have another video in the works, but I have been so busy I am really behind. In the meantime, if you are interested in a private lesson online, feel free to reach out. Best-Rob

  • @martybontumasi5058
    @martybontumasi505811 ай бұрын

    Thank you so very much, Rob!! I'm 64 and just learning to play the ukulele. So fun! And, you make it easy. I appreciate your deliberateness. That way we can learn by finger memory. Love that! Looking forward to the second lesson. :)

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ferretlady187

    @ferretlady187

    7 ай бұрын

    ​ ❤@@litaloveistheanswer1620

  • @mwpoppy7162
    @mwpoppy7162 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Rob…….love is the answer…..totally

  • @Harlowerayne
    @Harlowerayne2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for posting this video. I appreciate the easy slow rate the material is presented. The video takes the frustration out of following along.

  • @uppiahserge8683
    @uppiahserge8683 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much ! Very patient tutor ! God bless you for sharing your knowledge ! Best regards, Serge Uppiah from Mauritius, small island in the Indian Ocean !!!

  • @Ealasaid11
    @Ealasaid11 Жыл бұрын

    GREAT video. Helped a kid, who has been discouraged by other instruments, get started on the Ukulele and he LOVES it! Really appreciate that the video covers how you hold the Uke, proper finger position, and strumming technique.

  • @freddie1471
    @freddie147111 ай бұрын

    PLEASE do a lesson on Here Comes The Sun! And PICKING! And Arpeggios! PLEASE!

  • @anagraffik24
    @anagraffik246 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your lesson. I'll be practicing and keep watching.

  • @mwpoppy7162
    @mwpoppy7162 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely calm and grounded approach………I’m gonna go check out some more of your videos and lessons 🙏

  • @lawrencesilverious8382
    @lawrencesilverious8382 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rob 👍 it was a pleasure learing my 1st lesson from you, can't wait for more, thanks once again 😊

  • @loiskubota9111
    @loiskubota9111 Жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to learn how to practice on my new ukulele!

  • @Marybellebrown1
    @Marybellebrown1 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this first lesson. I am just starting out and it was extremely helpful. I look forward to your next video. Best wishes to you.

  • @joannepeyton1654
    @joannepeyton165410 ай бұрын

    Hi Rob: Thank you for the lesson. I’m 68, and this is my second attempt at playing my Kala uke. Hope this will help my fingers from hitting other strings. Will definitely check out your videos. 😎🇺🇸

  • @robspeaker3677
    @robspeaker3677 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful! Thank you

  • @valerieng6721
    @valerieng6721 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making lesson easy to folloe

  • @toni2606
    @toni2606 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this lesson! I'm a senior-beginner and the way you did this first lesson was perfect - from how to hold the instrument to first chord practices showing positioning on frets. It seems the action needs to be at the wrist while strumming. Can't wait for more, thank you! 😊🎶

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks- glad it was helpful. The action should mainly be from the wrist, but it is ok if your arm moves a bit. Just don't do the Pete Townsend thing!

  • @deborahkhoury534
    @deborahkhoury5343 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sooooo much! My mom who is very musically talented now has dimentia and she is playing along with you. You have an incredible teaching method, at a perfect pace for her (and me too!).👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear! Thank you for your kind comments

  • @doncatch1
    @doncatch1 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, Thanks.

  • @johnabrahamson1940
    @johnabrahamson19409 ай бұрын

    Thank you for that lesson, I am a complete beginner with my Ukulele arriving in about a week. Your lesson has given me confidence that i will succeed in my endeavour to learn to play a stringed instument at aged 80.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    9 ай бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @gdc.d.6726
    @gdc.d.6726 Жыл бұрын

    Great attitude and good patience:)

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @mwpoppy7162
    @mwpoppy7162 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Rob …I can’t seem to find any more lessons and I’m hoping you’re considering doing some more…..I really enjoyed this video…🙂

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I am going to do another video shortly. I teach in a school music program besides working for LITA so have been super busy.

  • @mwpoppy7162

    @mwpoppy7162

    Жыл бұрын

    @@litaloveistheanswer1620 …..that’s good news looking forwards to it 🙏

  • @samsdaughterdehaven9990
    @samsdaughterdehaven999011 ай бұрын

    I'm thinking real hard about getting a ukulele! A concertina was way tooooo hard!!

  • @sharmainelee2213
    @sharmainelee22139 ай бұрын

    Thank you LITA, I just discover your video, you are the Best Tutor of beginner Ukulele. Please please when will the 2nd tutorial be ready. Blessings, and much appreciation.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    8 ай бұрын

    Working on it! Sorry for long delay!

  • @michaelholbrook4401
    @michaelholbrook44019 ай бұрын

    My grandkids call me G. I'm gonna use the string memorization phrase of G Can Equal Awesome. :)

  • @julietabrown7549
    @julietabrown7549 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this.already subsribed your channel.

  • @MrMelmyland
    @MrMelmyland9 ай бұрын

    Great video, thank you for posting. Can you show us the cords for Bob Dylans Lay Lady Lay?

  • @KellenAdair
    @KellenAdair10 ай бұрын

    Well, that was fun. I should grab my Tenor but gearing up for cello lessons, if I remain ultra brave. ... A new sub tho. Musicality, or not. Looking more for Jazz, Blue Bossa, etc.

  • @saturn9jopillo836
    @saturn9jopillo836 Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @willie2333
    @willie23338 ай бұрын

    Very good explanation we use G good Children E eat A apples.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    5 ай бұрын

    With my young students I often have them make up their own funny ones

  • @freshhoperefugeshelter7853
    @freshhoperefugeshelter785311 ай бұрын

    I know you all must be having a great time

  • @jamesflynn560
    @jamesflynn560 Жыл бұрын

    Great stuff!! any more vids to come?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I am planning on doing some more in the future.

  • @seattlesteveukulele
    @seattlesteveukulele Жыл бұрын

    How interesting! Where is Moran?? State? I run a senior learning uke class outside of Seattle. This semester our theme is LOVE, and we have a different category each week. I arranged an ensemble piece to play….and added words….AND decided that a little Here Comes the Sun riff at the start and end would be cool…..soooooooo, your intro caught my attention! I will send the several beginners I have your way.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Steve- thanks! We are in Marin County, California. That's great that you run a senior uke class.

  • @linblin2540
    @linblin25406 ай бұрын

    Hi Rob... I loved this as a first lesson.... just don't know how to find #2...??

  • @carolinejameson3038
    @carolinejameson30383 ай бұрын

    Hello from the UK Rob. Thank you for this video which I will share with newcomers to our volunteer ukulele band. We are all retired and eager to learn more UKE skills. We entertain residents in local Nursing Homes which is a joy. How do we access your other videos on u tube please? Thanks, Caroline.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    3 ай бұрын

    That's great- I did this video through the nonprofit LITA, which has a music program I run sending volunteer musicians into senior care facilities

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    3 ай бұрын

    I have another one in the works, but I'm really behind as I am busy teaching guitar and uke at a school and privately

  • @ferretlady187
    @ferretlady1877 ай бұрын

    Is there a chapter two for uke learning also? I'm on a roll! Thank you

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    5 ай бұрын

    Working on it!

  • @tammyperryman270
    @tammyperryman270 Жыл бұрын

    Was this the only video? I love his style of teaching and actually learned the two chords (this was my sixth video and I could actually follow this one) I don’t see any further lessons 😢 maybe I just don’t see them

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    That's on me, but I am planning on doing some more this summer! I have been very busy teaching in a school music program and have gotten behind!

  • @joanballaris9490
    @joanballaris94903 ай бұрын

    when is the next lesson going to be and how will we know

  • @mgunde
    @mgunde Жыл бұрын

    You should of covered how to tune the Ukulele, type of strings, and how to change strings. Otherwise pretty good lesson, I think I'll go out and buy one.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for comment. There are actually plenty of videos on those subjects, but if there is enough interest I might do a separate video

  • @erindoyle135
    @erindoyle135 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, Rob. Are you a Todd Rundgren fan, by any chance? Love is the Answer is what made me ask that question....

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    The nonprofit LITA is over 40 years old- not sure the origin of the name but thanks for pointing out the Rundgren song!

  • @suzannealotta7779
    @suzannealotta77798 ай бұрын

    This is just what I need, but I don’t see a lesson two?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    8 ай бұрын

    Me bad! I'm almost done with the second lesson. I do this for a nonprofit so my time has been limited

  • @Me2UChannel
    @Me2UChannel3 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks for the lesson I'm a beginner and I love it👍😁🙏SUB 😁

  • @kevanclarkson4703
    @kevanclarkson47035 ай бұрын

    when will lesson 2 be available please ?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    5 ай бұрын

    I am working on it- thanks for patience. (I got into an auto accident awhile back and got behind on a lot of things - fully recovered now).

  • @valeriecady8070
    @valeriecady8070 Жыл бұрын

    Your Ukulele looks nice and country if you don’t ask me asking where did you buy it from thanks

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a Kala Resonator Tenor. You'll be able to find it online or at a music store.

  • @jimcummings4712
    @jimcummings4712 Жыл бұрын

    Can a baritone uke be tuned to the same tuning as the smaller models?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your question. I wouldn't suggest doing that. There would be way too much string tension.

  • @utubebp1
    @utubebp110 ай бұрын

    Plese tell me Rob, what notes did you play after "dream" at the end of row your boat?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    10 ай бұрын

    It's just a G chord followed by a C chord

  • @chrishigginbottom4045
    @chrishigginbottom4045 Жыл бұрын

    Can u show the Cmajor scales

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, on my list!

  • @user-cm8ec2iz2g
    @user-cm8ec2iz2g11 ай бұрын

    Where do I find lesson 2 love lesson 1

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    11 ай бұрын

    Working on it! I'm about halfway through

  • @maryjanedandeno4209
    @maryjanedandeno4209 Жыл бұрын

    I found this video to be very helpful….where do I find your 2nd lesson?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm working on it! I do this for a nonprofit and I've gotten a bit behind

  • @JoJo-fi7nq
    @JoJo-fi7nq Жыл бұрын

    i see that you are using a 'kala'? it is gorgeous. is that a design on either side or do they have a function? i can't find one like that.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a Kala Resonator ukulele (with F sound holes)

  • @JoJo-fi7nq

    @JoJo-fi7nq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@litaloveistheanswer1620 thank you so much for these great helpful videos and for taking the time to reply.

  • @dorissim6409
    @dorissim64092 жыл бұрын

    Hi I want to learn Ukulele but can please advise what is the type of instrument for beginner & not expensive. 🙏Thank you.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    2 жыл бұрын

    Doris- I would suggest a soprano or a concert size ukulele (soprano is the smallest). Kala makes some good inexpensive ones.

  • @dorissim6409

    @dorissim6409

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@litaloveistheanswer1620 Thank you. Stay safe. 🙏

  • @martybontumasi5058
    @martybontumasi505811 ай бұрын

    How do I find your second and subsequent ukulele lessons, Rob, please?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    11 ай бұрын

    I am working on Lesson 2 right now- about halfway through. I'm just very busy for an "old guy"!

  • @martybontumasi5058

    @martybontumasi5058

    11 ай бұрын

    @@litaloveistheanswer1620 , thank you!!

  • @waynebush6870
    @waynebush6870 Жыл бұрын

    This really works for me lesson 2??

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, working on it- just got behind between giving lessons and nonprofit duties,

  • @martybontumasi5058

    @martybontumasi5058

    11 ай бұрын

    @@litaloveistheanswer1620, have you create more beginning ukulele lessons yet? I hope so!! :)

  • @1955boxer
    @1955boxer10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the lesson. I'm 68 and playing now at care homes. I like your uke. What is that please and thank you

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    10 ай бұрын

    It's a Kala Resonator

  • @user-bs8ke3nq8j
    @user-bs8ke3nq8j9 ай бұрын

    How do I get to lesson 2? Can’t seem to find it

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    9 ай бұрын

    It's halfway completed. It's a slow process because I do this for a nonprofit and have another job teaching guitar and uke so time is limited

  • @jimcummings4712
    @jimcummings471211 ай бұрын

    Aren't baritone ukes tuned DGBE?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes, but I'm not playing a baritone uke.

  • @jimcummings4712
    @jimcummings4712 Жыл бұрын

    What type is that uke?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    Kala baritone resonator

  • @kombikid01
    @kombikid015 ай бұрын

    Rob must have won Lottery and gone to the moon, never to be heard of again.

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    5 ай бұрын

    Too funny! Don't I wish. Actually what happened was I got into an auto accident awhile back and got behind on a lot of things (I'm fully recovered now).

  • @jimcummings4712
    @jimcummings471211 ай бұрын

    Isn't that a G cord on a baritone uke?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm playing a tenor uke. The C on a tenor uke fingering would be a G on a baritone

  • @barbaralinebrink7819
    @barbaralinebrink78192 жыл бұрын

    Is there other lessons?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not yet, but I am planning on doing some follow up lessons! Thanks- Rob

  • @JillJesshope

    @JillJesshope

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you still hoping to add follow ups Rob?

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JillJesshope Yes! Apologies- my teaching schedule plus working for a nonprofit keeps me busy, but I still want to do additional videos

  • @sandiebock8035

    @sandiebock8035

    10 ай бұрын

    You are great so waiting for more lessons!!! @@litaloveistheanswer1620

  • @TheDarklady28
    @TheDarklady287 ай бұрын

    Or Gotta Catch ‘Em All is easier for me

  • @litaloveistheanswer1620

    @litaloveistheanswer1620

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh I like that!