The “Island Strum” for Ukulele

I asked ChatGPT for a description of the “Island Strum” for Ukulele. This is what I got: “The Ukulele Island Strum is a fun, upbeat strumming pattern commonly used in tropical, Hawaiian-style music and many beginner ukulele songs. The classic Island Strum follows this pattern: Down – Down-Up – Up-Down-Up (or written as: D –

Ode to Joy – Chords+

Here is an outline of chords and notes for Ode to Joy in G. On the left it is all chords. On the right some chords are replaced with individual notes. The notes are indicated in lower case, e.g., “b1”. Here I walk thru “Ode to Joy” very slowly to give you a better idea

Adding Bass Note to Strum

In this video I add a bass pattern to the accompiament of “Waltzing Matilda”. I use all downstrokes in this example, but you could just as well use down-up strokes. The initial pattern is Bass-Strum-Strum-Strum (1-2-3-4). I then introduce variations like this: Bass-mute-Strum-Strum, and Bass-mute-Strum-mute. “Bass-mute” and “Strum-mute” actually amounts to holding the note for