Whispering: a ukulele swing technique review

4 July 2024
https://vimeo.com/976845079

Hi there!

If you’re reading this, then it’s because last week we met in Greifswald and had SO MUCH FUN (at least I did!) playing “Whispering” on the ukulele. We went over a lot, and I mean A LOT! in an hour and a half, so I wanted to give you the chance to review and revisit what we played together.

In this video, I go through the techniques we spent an hour playing together, in person. I hope this gives you a solid reminder of everything we did together, so that you can use these fun techniques again in this song, and play them in other tunes as well.

Outline: what we learned in this workshop

In the video, I review everything that we went over in the workshop, including:

  • the chords themselves (there’s some challenging ones in there!)
  • swing shuffle strum
  • the island strum
  • triplets
  • thumb arpeggios
  • stops
  • general tune arrangement possibilities

Download the chords/lyrics

You got these charts in the workshop, but in case you don’t have them anymore, you can download them here:

Listening examples

Listen to these great recordings of the tune!

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