How to play Postcards From Italy by Beirut on the Ukulele
September 2, 2010 by baritone ukulele
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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 …
Postcards From Italy Ukulele
August 4, 2010 by baritone ukulele
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Ok so I finally got round to doing Postcards from Italy by Beirut. It took me 20 attempts to get a good video ’cause I was nervous when I was talking and didn’t know what to say and I’m not the best with words when it comes to this so I kept making mistakes which I’m not very forgiving with. WHICH brings me on to my next point. I thought a lot about doing requests so if you have a particular song you’d like me to play send me a message or leave a comment. Anyways hope you enjoy 
