@ricknewman6939

4 years ago

Okay, simply the best Ukelele teacher and video ever. Let's go over why. The video is smartly done. There's no annoying background it's sparse which lets you concentrate on the teacher. One annoying thing about most tutorials is that they don't work out what they want to say so you're flooded with a lot of " uhh" and "uhhh" and " umm" and worst of all repeating what they just said five different ways. Bernadette explains everything like a knowledgeable teacher without blithering her way through it. Her teaching method is fantastic. She doesn't just show you what chords to play but HOW to play them! She shows you what finger to use on each chord explaining WHY(which is invaluable to any person wanting to properly play an instrument) you should use that finger. Her teaching style is great in that she breaks down every sequence of the song, shows the chords, plays through it and then you can play along with her as well. She breaks down each part and goes over it. No part of the video is wasted by stupid meandering where you say to yourself, " GET ON WITH IT!!!" The next part is the blocking of the video. To the right she shows finger tablature of each chord and continues it throughout the video. Forgot how to finger that chord? No problem it's right there!! What chord to play at what point? No problem it's on the bottom of the screen! These are two important tools to help you learn to play better and she has them on the screen! Other videos will have somebody explain the chord and put their fingers on the neck as that's all you need to see. They will also go through what chords to use once and that's it. Can't remember what chords to use or how to play them? Better get a pen and paper and write it down cause you won't see it again in the video. Sadly the style of the video that she does shouldn't be groundbreaking but she knows it and incorporates it all in a way that makes learning much easier than about any tutorial out there. It's obvious that she DOES teach btw. The level of expertise in teaching is there to see. I also like the bit of whimsy in the video with the blue crepe on the head of the Duke. She doesn't explain it nor does she need to( I have a plastic pink pig wedged in between the strings at the head of my bass(I'm a Pink Floyd fan). She just leaves that there as a person that has fun teaching music. Sorry I wrote a book for a comment but it is so very rare to find good, well thought out tutorials on YouTube on ANY subject and such quality should be noted...and praised. I haven't watched any of her other tutorials yet but I have high hopes( please dont disappoint me Bernadette!!) For anybody out there wanting to make a tutorial about ANYYHING AT ALL this makes for an excellent tutorial on how to make an excellent tutorial. Okay my fingers are hurting from typing so much so I gotta go...peace.

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