Tyler Austenfeld

Something - The Beatles

Today we are going to learn how to play "Something" by The Beatles on the Ukulele. The song is a jazzy style song with an AABA style chord progression format, something that you would see from song...

Make Your Blues Jazzy

Today we are going to learn how to take a 12 bar blues in the key of F and transform into a jazz based blues in the key of F. To do this we are going to start in the key of F and strum through a 12...

Sunny - Bobby Hebb

Make sure you download the backing tracks. One is just the bass and drums, the other has the melody to play along with.

Today I am going to teach you how to play "Sunny" by ...

Soul Rhythm like a Professional Session Musician

Today we are going to play some soul music. I am going to take 5 basic chord progressions that you are familiar with and transform them into professional sounding soul rhythm, the kind of session w...

Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder/Red Hot Chili Peppers

Today we are going to learn how to play "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder and covered masterfully by Red Hot Chili Peppers. This particular tutorial combines both versions and really focuses on the ...

No, You Are Not Tone Deaf - Beginner Ear Training

In addition to the PDF there is another attachment of empty tabs. The first page has two measures a stanza and the second page has 4. Print these out and take them to your ukulele ...

The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

Today we are going learn how to play "The Gambler" as performed by Kenny Rogers. "The Gambler" was written by Don Schlitz and besides Kenny there have been numerous other artists that have recorded...

Coolest and Most Fun Groove For Baritone... of All Time!

Today we are going to learn how to play a shuffle, not just any shuffle, a full blown chord shuffle, and not just any chord shuffle, a chord shuffle that has riffs mixed in, chromatic movements, as...

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Beginner Tutorial with Riffs

This is designed as a beginner lesson but the riffs and melody will keep intermediate players entertained, too. Today we are going to learn how to play The Lions S...

How to play a Gospel/Country inspired Blues Shuffle

Today we are going to do a rhythm tutorial based in fingerpicking, but a very different fingerpicking than just arpeggiating a chord, it is a shuffle. A shuffle is fingerpicking that has some movem...

Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

Today we are going to learn how to play "Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra. I've been wanting to teach this song for a long time and I am happy to have finally done it, but in fair w...

Ragtime Fingerpickin' Doc Watson Style

Today we are going to play some ragtime style jamming that was influenced by the great Doc Watson. You can use this exercise just as a fun fingerpicking exercise, the base for a country blues in A,...

The Offspring - Gone Away

Download the backing track to practice the intro riff!

Today we are going to learn how to play "Gone Away" by The Offspring. This song is just 4 chords that go in a circle fo...

Advanced Piano to Ukulele Transcription

Today I am going to show you how to take sheet music that is written for the piano and turn it into an Ukulele arrangement with tabs. After this lesson you will be able to play piano music on the u...

Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful - Song and Melody

Today we are going to learn how to play the song Daydream by Spoonful of Lovin' on the Ukulele. The song might not have the name recognition but just about everybody knows the melody and knows how ...

Baritone - Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles

Today we are going to learn how to play "Hit the Road Jack" a standard made famous and written by Ray Charles. The song has only four chords but the distinctive walking bass line is what makes it s...

Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft

Today we are going to learn how to play a summer classic, Summer Breeze, written by Seals and Croft with a lovely cover performed by the Isley brothers. The song has an iconic riff in the intro tha...

5 Djanjo Style Gypsy Jazz Licks

5 Django Reinhardt Style Gypsy Jazz Licks on Ukulele and the theory behind them. Every single lick in this one is pretty elaborate, leaving the standard scales that you may use to create melody and...

Alice in Chains UNPLUGGED - Down in a Hole

Today we are going to learn how to play "Down in a Hole" by Alice in Chains on the Ukulele. This particular tutorial was built after the acoustic version from the MTV unplugged album, if you have n...

In My Life - The Beatles

For today's song we are going to learn how to play In My Life by The Beatles with tabs and the lovely intro riff. The song is basically a large chord progression that repeats three times with the s...

The Hawaiian Turnaround

I know it is Friday not Wednesday, I am in Hawaii and I just haven't had good enough internet thanks to the tremendous storm in Hilo that had left me without power. Apologies. 

Saturday'...

Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Hey eveyrone, I am on vacation with my family and traveled all day yesterday and I wasn't able to get this up, sorry for the delay. 

Today we are going to learn how to play "Lookin' Out ...

You VERY FIRST Solo - Blues Ukulele

Make sure you download the backing track with this lesson, too. 

Today we are going to learn how to play an easy solo on the ukulele, but don't be fooled, it may be easy...

Louie Louie - Easy Beginner Rock'n'Roll Ukulele

Today we are going to learn how to play a classic and one hit wonder from The Kingsmen written and recorded by Richard Berry before that. The song only has 3 chords and it is very easy to play, tri...

How to Make Fills Using Chords

Anybody like the thumbnail? I drew it myself. Very close to getting a new computer, still fighting this slow one thank you for the patience, everything tak...