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Teaches ʻUkulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro is a virtuoso ʻukulele player and composer. He welcomes you to his class and shares what you’ll learn. 

1. Meet Your Instructor: Jake Shimabukuro

Meet Your Instructor: Jake Shimabukuro

Learn how to pronounce, select, and tune your ʻukulele.

2. OO·koo·LEY·ley Basics

OO·koo·LEY·ley Basics

Jake demonstrates the proper way to hold your ʻukulele.

3. Holding Your ‘Ukulele

Holding Your ‘Ukulele

Jake introduces you to fretboard navigation with his “elevator and floor” analogy, which he’ll reference throughout this class.

4. Navigating the Fretboard

Navigating the Fretboard

Discover strumming techniques and how to get the best sound out of your ʻukulele.

5. Strumming Techniques

Strumming Techniques

Jake introduces you to chord grouping. You’ll learn how to play one-finger chords, two-finger chords, three-finger chords, and stair chords.

6. Demystifying Chords

Demystifying Chords

Jake teaches you advanced chord groupings, barre chords, the E-major chord, and higher-level techniques.

7. Playing Advanced Chords

Playing Advanced Chords

Learn about melody, rhythm, and dynamics in ʻukulele playing.

8. Melodic and Rhythmic Dimension

Melodic and Rhythmic Dimension

Jake shares tools and techniques for developing your personal sound.

9. Finding Your Sound

Finding Your Sound

Find out Jake’s techniques for playing vibrato.

10. Mastering Vibrato

Mastering Vibrato

Learn more advanced strumming techniques and how to achieve tremolo picking. 

11. The Magic of Tremolo

The Magic of Tremolo

Watch as Jake performs “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

12. Tremolo Performance: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

Tremolo Performance: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

Jake demonstrates how to learn a song by breaking it down with one of his signature covers, “Hallelujah.”

13. Breaking Down the Classics: “Hallelujah”

Breaking Down the Classics: “Hallelujah”

14. The Classics Performance: “Hallelujah”

The Classics Performance: “Hallelujah”

Explore Jake’s techniques for capturing harmonics. 

15. The Beauty of Harmonics

The Beauty of Harmonics

16. Harmonics Performance: “Dragon”

Harmonics Performance: “Dragon”

To help you learn how to arrange your favorite songs, Jake walks you through his arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

17. Arranging “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Arranging “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Watch as Jake performs “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

18. Arranging Performance: “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Arranging Performance: “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Jake creates an original song, in real time, just for this class. He takes you on a song creation journey from start to finish, showing his process, tricks, and inspiration.

19. Creating an Original Song

Creating an Original Song

Jake explains the meaning of this Japanese saying and encourages you to share what you’ve learned with others. 

20. Okage Sama De

Okage Sama De

Jake Shimabukuro Teaches ʻUkulele

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