14-year-old Siuta Veaila is the champ of the world's first Ukequest (New Zealand's contest for teen ukulele talent). Siuta was trained by master ukulele player, Sione Aleki, who passed down his pearly white picking talents.
I think I'll learn to play with my fingers first.
It gets good around 40 seconds in:
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Play "Little Grass Shack" on the ukulele in the G key
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Play "Scarborough Fair" on the ukulele
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Perform a simple scale-based ukulele warm-up exercise
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Play "Dust in the Wind" on the ukulele
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Play a muted strum on the ukulele
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Play "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" on the ukulele
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Play "Love Song" by the Cure on the ukulele
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Play "The Charleston" by James P. Johnson on a ukulele
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Use movable 7th chords when playing the ukulele
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Play "Somewhere over the Rainbow" on the ukulele
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Play a Spanish piece on the ukulele
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Play "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on ukulele
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Play "Love Story" by Taylor Swift on ukulele
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Tune an eight string ukulele
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Strum "Hey There Delilah" on the ukulele
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Play classical music on the ukulele
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Play "You Are My Sunshine" on the ukulele
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Play the Beatles' "Octopus's Garden" on the ukulele
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Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" like Jake Shimabukuro on the ukulele
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Play "Lua" by Bright Eyes on the ukulele
How To:
Play "Little Grass Shack" on the ukulele in the G key
How To:
Play "Scarborough Fair" on the ukulele
How To:
Perform a simple scale-based ukulele warm-up exercise
How To:
Play "Dust in the Wind" on the ukulele
How To:
Play a muted strum on the ukulele
How To:
Play "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" on the ukulele
How To:
Play "Love Song" by the Cure on the ukulele
How To:
Use movable 7th chords when playing the ukulele
How To:
Play "The Charleston" by James P. Johnson on a ukulele
How To:
Play "Somewhere over the Rainbow" on the ukulele
How To:
Play a Spanish piece on the ukulele
How To:
Play "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on ukulele
How To:
Play "Love Story" by Taylor Swift on ukulele
How To:
Tune an eight string ukulele
How To:
Strum "Hey There Delilah" on the ukulele
How To:
Play classical music on the ukulele
How To:
Play "You Are My Sunshine" on the ukulele
How To:
Play the Beatles' "Octopus's Garden" on the ukulele
How To:
Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" like Jake Shimabukuro on the ukulele
How To:
Play "Lua" by Bright Eyes on the ukulele
4 Comments
I need to learn to do this...
i bet his girlfriend would feel lucky, lmfao
Yeeeeeah New Zealand :)
He should tour with Jack Johnson
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