Monday, October 29, 2012

How to play Postcards From Italy by Beirut on the Ukulele

How to play Postcards From Italy by Beirut on the Ukulele Video Clips. Duration : 10.00 Mins.


www.ukulala.com This is a tutorial video on how to play Postcards From Italy on the ukulele. It goes over the tuning, chords, hammer-ons, strumming, and timing. The song has two very distinct parts, and it switches from one part to the next in about the middle of the song. This is a tutorial for beginners, but it is a somewhat advanced song that will take a beginner (like myself) a long time to learn and requires a lot of practice. Of course, the song is awesome and was originally played on a uke, so it's a FUN kind of practice where the better you get the more it sounds exactly like the Beirut version. This is my entry for the play it forward ukulele video contest ukulelereview.com The chords, tabs, and lyrics are at http The breakdown of the video is: 0:00 - Intro 0:12 - Tuning (standard GCEA) ======== 0:21 - Part 1 ======== 0:29 - Chords (F and A) 0:58 - Hammer-on (top string, second fret) 1:30 - Strumming pattern (hammer-on, pause, up, down, down, repeat) 2:25 - Timing (3 loops of hammer-on) 2:40 - top string melody (3rd fret, 2nd fret, open, 2nd fret) 3:21 - Demo of F chord strumming and melody 3:33 - Description of A chord (same as F, index finger moves up one string) 4:10 - Advice on practicing Part 1 5:30 - Part 1 Review (and, of course, some encouragement!) ======== 5:48 - Part 2 ======== 5:48 - Chords (Bb add 9, F, Dm, C) 6:55 - Chorder (chord order--those four chords loop) 7:17 - Strumming pattern (up, miss, up, down, pause, up-down, up, down) 8:23 ...

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