Eat My Uke
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I am a UK-based music and video creator using the ukulele to explore the world of music. A prolific and versatile creator, my Top 50 albums project saw me arranging, learning and performing medleys of classic albums, one a week for a whole year.
Eat My Uke
1y ago
This beautiful acoustic guitar intro is some of John Frusciante’s best work in my opinion. The chords are pretty straight forward in theory, but his inversions give them a super unique sound. Let’s learn to play it on the ukulele.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post. This is a segment taken from my medley of the Stadium Arcadium album.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RHCP-Slow-Cheetah.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
I’m using a low G for this song but you can easily get away with a high G too.
The chords ca ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
Often regarded as one of the hardest sings in the world to play on guitar…why not take away two strings, and use a much smaller instrument and lets give it a go on the ukulele!
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post. This is a segment taken from my medley of the Stadium Arcadium album.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RHCP-Snow-Ukulele.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
What makes this song so difficult is the sheer speed of it. So i advise learning the fundamentals of it (the chord positions, the picking and the hammer ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
One of the somewhat obscure and often forgotten about tracks from Stadium Arcadium. It’s a shame as it’s got some lovely guitar work by John Frusciante. Let’s learn to play the main riff from Turn It Again on the ukulele.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post. This is a segment taken from my medley of the Stadium Arcadium album.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RHCP-Turn-It-Again.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
A|-------5/8---------|----|-------5/8---------|----|E|-6-6---------6---6-|----|-5-5---------5---5-|----|C ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
One of the standout tracks from the Stadium Arcadium album with its killer bass-line. To be fair though, which RHCP song doesn’t have one of those! Let’s learn to play Hard To Concentrate on the ukulele.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post. This is a segment taken from my medley of the Stadium Arcadium album.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RHCP-Hard-To-Concentrate.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
We are recreating Fleas majestic bass-line for this song. Im using a palm muting technique in the video to give me some ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
Harry Styles hit us again with another sublime album, jam-packed with blissful and thoughtful tracks. One of the standouts being Keep Driving. It lends itself really well to the ukulele so let’s learn play it.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harry-Styles-Keep-Driving-Website.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
Seen as this is a fingerpicking piece, it makes sense to get both sets of fingers prepared before we start playing.
Firstly, the picking hand. Use your thumb on the C string ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
Without a doubt, my favourite song from Harry Styles Harry’s House album. It’s also got a killer intro riff that sounds perfect on the ukulele. So let’s learn to play it.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harry-Styles-Matilda-Website.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
Although it looks tricky and technical in the video, it’s surprisingly easy to play. Each section has a very similar rhythm and the only thing thats changing are the notes we are playing.
For the first sec ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
Harry Styles third album Harrys House follows suit from his previous albums and is another masterpiece. Let’s learn to play Daydreaming on the ukulele.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harry-Styles-Daydreaming-Website.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
We are mimicking Harry’s vocal line for this riff. For the three chords are the beginning, use a down, down, up strumming pattern. Then we have a hammer-on and pull off, if you are unfamiliar with them. Check out the link articles to ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
I just recently arranged the new Arctic Monkeys album The Car and this is one of the standout tracks. It transposes really well on the ukulele and isn’t super taxing to play. So let’s jump in and learn to play it.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Body-Paint.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
Although I don’t do it in the video above, I later realised that this riff is much easier to play if you form a chord at the start.
You need to place your index finger on the 8th fret of the A ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
I just recently arranged the new Arctic Monkeys album The Car and the guitar solo in Big Ideas immediately struck me. It absolutely rips and can be challenging if you are a beginner.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Arctic-Monkeys-Big-Ideas.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
The first part of the solo is relatively straight forward as its all just single notes and kinda slow.
A|---------------5-7-|-7---8-7-------|-8-7-5---------|-------------|E|-5---4-5-6-5 ..read more
Eat My Uke
1y ago
I just recently arranged the new Arctic Monkeys album The Car and this is one of this opening track is outstanding. It lends itself nicely to the ukulele but can be a bit of a challenge. So grab a cup of tea and let’s jump in and learn to play it.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
https://eatmyuke.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Arctic-Monkeys-Mirrorball.mp4
Ukulele Tabs
I’m using a low G ukulele for this song, however, I tested playing with a normal high G too and it works just as good. If you got a low G l ..read more