Ukulele Mele Lesson | My Little Grass Shack | F-11 chords with I Wanna Rest Strum (revised)

Описание: Mele Fong teaches how to play the hapa haole song My Little Grass Shack. Learn how to form on and off-base ukulele chords in the key of F with 11-chords, and how to strum the unique I Wanna Rest Strum. In this revised video, see images of the ukulele chords on the video as Mele teaches how to form them and as she sings and plays the song. Plus, an end screen was added to the original video published on 10/9/2022 with 603 views as of 9/8/2023 when it was unlisted. Play along by downloading the song sheets below.

If you want to skip the ukulele lesson and jump to listening and/or playing along to the song, click on the timestamp for “watch a close-up of Mele’s hands as you play along.”

Timestamp:
Learn the strum
Learn the chords: 1:06
Watch a close-up of Mele’s hands as you play along: 3:44

This hapa haole song (Hawaiian style music with English words) was composed by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, and Johnny Noble in 1933. The song tells of a homesick Hawaiian wanting to return to Hawaii Island, where Hawaii’s state fish, the Humuhumunukunukuapuaa goes swimming by.

PLAY ALONG WITH MELE FONG – Get the song sheets for My Little Grass Shack with I Wanna Rest Strum for ukulele, chords, lyrics, and more at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kyv0...

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Native Hawaiian Mele Fong from Maui is an experienced educator and professional entertainer with over 50 years experience playing the 'ukulele - Hawaii's official instrument. Are UKE having fun yet? Watch. Listen. Play. The Ukulele Mele Way!