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Handmade in Philly and shipped worldwide, The Original Hug Strap® is a Ukulele strap that requires no strap buttons or hooks and fits any size waisted Ukulele! They are available in three sizes ( kids, petite, and adult) and come in fun patterns and colors! After attending festivals, the hug strap was reinvented to be more traditional! The All in One Hug Strap® works with or without strap buttons as well as on banjoleles, and U-Basses!
Thirteen Big Star Ukulele Tutorial Beginner Fingerpicking
Learn how to use a simple fingerpicking pattern to play Thirteen by Big Star. Melissa is using a Four Finger Forward Roll pattern which she explains in this video.
Free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Pnwb9fECPJN9tcAYpUaBNR41Tl2nnwWu/view?usp=sharing
Hey! I am Melissa and I used to run this channel because I was promoting my e-commerce business, The Hug Strap (which is a ukulele strap I invented to bypass the need for strap buttons.) I have closed that business down, but I am still putting up ukulele tutorials for the fun of it. I like to do tutorials you can't find for the ukulele, so feel free to let me know if there's a tutorial you would like.
A brand new Patreon page is here for those of you who want to learn more with Melissa and unlock exclusive content: patreon.com/user?u=83360088&u...
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Melissa aka Meg Cratty, is one half of the garage rock/punk duo The Margaret Hooligans. You can check out their music here: @the
Free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Pnwb9fECPJN9tcAYpUaBNR41Tl2nnwWu/view?usp=sharing
Hey! I am Melissa and I used to run this channel because I was promoting my e-commerce business, The Hug Strap (which is a ukulele strap I invented to bypass the need for strap buttons.) I have closed that business down, but I am still putting up ukulele tutorials for the fun of it. I like to do tutorials you can't find for the ukulele, so feel free to let me know if there's a tutorial you would like.
A brand new Patreon page is here for those of you who want to learn more with Melissa and unlock exclusive content: patreon.com/user?u=83360088&u...
Please subscribe so you don't miss anything!
Melissa aka Meg Cratty, is one half of the garage rock/punk duo The Margaret Hooligans. You can check out their music here: @the
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Drowned Acoustic AUK 2024 - Melissa Performs The Who at The Allegheny Ukulele Soiree 2024
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Watch Melissa's performance of Drowned from Quadrophenia by The Who on her Koaloha ukulele at the Allegheny Ukulele Soiree. Hey! I am Melissa and I used to run this channel because I was promoting my e-commerce business, The Hug Strap (which is a ukulele strap I invented to bypass the need for strap buttons.) I have closed that business down, but I am still putting up ukulele tutorials for the ...
Book of Love Magnetic Fields Fingerpicking Baritone Uke and Guitar Tutorial
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Learn how to play The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields/Stephin Merritt on your Baritone Ukulele and/or guitar. The Book of Love was originally recorded on the baritone ukulele and sounds great on it. If you want the simplified version for the standard tuned ukulele, please check this video out: czcams.com/video/Ew-UqRMsEsI/video.htmlsi=1y3PFiwq8hNc_W54 Free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.g...
Crawfish - Elvis Presley ukulele tutorial
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Learn how to play Crawfish by Elvis Presley from the King Creole movie. Uses chords Dm (2210) and Gm (0231). Follow Melissa for more tutorials!
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying Labi Siffre Ukulele Tutorial
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Learn how to play Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying by Labi Siffre on your ukulele with Melissa. This song was on the end credits of the movie The Holdovers with Paul Giamatti. This song features a rhythmic strumming tutorial as well as a fingerpicking pattern. Free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1C5tEU-Rk4U1HAc83bXhoDct2y4onCXZz/view?usp=sharing Hey! I am Melissa and I used t...
Oh Yeah (On the Radio) Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music ukulele tutorial
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Learn to play Oh Yeah by Roxy Music on the ukulele with Melissa. Free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1m0xfxS2F7xV2VXMMyhx_ymAZWFNuO-qP/view?usp=share_link Hey! I am Melissa and I used to run this channel because I was promoting my e-commerce business, The Hug Strap (which is a ukulele strap I invented to bypass the need for strap buttons.) I have closed that business down, b...
Why I Closed The Hug Strap and Future Plans For This Channel
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Hey! I am Melissa and I used to run this channel because I was promoting my e-commerce business, The Hug Strap (which is a ukulele strap I invented to bypass the need for strap buttons.) I have closed that business down, but I am still putting up ukulele tutorials for the fun of it. I like to do tutorials you can't find for the ukulele, so feel free to let me know if there's a tutorial you woul...
Lady Marmalade Ukulele Tutorial Patti LaBelle
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Learn how to play Lady Marmalade by Patti LaBelle on your ukulele. Want a Hug Strap like Melissa's? She invented it and sews them herself. Buy The Hug Strap at www.thehugstrap.com Get your free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1bGuO52BI7Mud9oawk6AkGjlGdGsWS-Pu/view?usp=sharing How to Chunk or Palm Mute Video: czcams.com/video/ICsmbGgMq0w/video.htmlsi=a_3prq4X9b-E0B6r Melissa i...
Ukulele Tutorial Dancing Barefoot by Patti Smith
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Learn how to play Dancing Barefoot by Patti Smith on the ukulele. This song was recently featured on Daisy Jones and the Six while the credits played in the show's intro. Want a Hug Strap like Melissa's? She invented it and sews them herself. Buy The Hug Strap at www.thehugstrap.com Get your free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1QhzHQHyEGyYnWdKZfMvBnCBABZvrjAX_/view?usp=shari...
More Fun to Miss Daisy Jones and the Six Ukulele Tutorial
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Learn how to play More Fun to Miss on your ukulele from Amazon Prime's Daisy Jones and the Six series! Want a Hug Strap like Melissa's? She invented it and sews them herself. Buy The Hug Strap at www.thehugstrap.com Get your free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/19lL0GN56xwEz5J6TFmMRPEtLiOA86ZaU/view?usp=sharing How to Chunk Tutorial: czcams.com/video/ICsmbGgMq0w/video.html Me...
Ukulele Tutorial She Don't Use Jelly The Flaming Lips
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Learn how to play She Don't Use Jelly by The Flaming Lips with Melissa on your ukulele. Want a Hug Strap like Melissa's? She invented it and sews them herself. Buy The Hug Strap at www.thehugstrap.com Get your free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Q6VSLENWP5gYKj75OyY_lCYTBgq1JYuy/view?usp=sharing Melissa is not just a chick who teaches you how to play the ukulele. She is also...
Melissa Nannen performs on her electric ukulele 2023 Allegheny Ukulele Soiree
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Melissa Nannen performs some Margaret Hooligans tunes on her Joyner electric ukuleles at the 2023 Allegheny Ukulele Soiree. Want a Hug Strap like Melissa's? She invented it and sews them herself. She is using an All in One Hug Strap as well as a trad strap in this video. Buy The Hug Strap at www.thehugstrap.com Set List: Soulfather czcams.com/video/WpkF4EZbkfk/video.html Lucy Ewing (upcoming re...
Modern Girl by Sleater-Kinney ukulele tutorial
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Learn how to play Modern Girl by Sleater-Kinney on your ukulele with this tutorial. Want a Hug Strap like Melissa's? She invented it and sews them herself. Buy The Hug Strap at www.thehugstrap.com Get your free downloadable PDF tab here: drive.google.com/file/d/1i359cChscML10zJpNvxRqpklrM1zfHn3/view?usp=sharing Melissa is not just a chick who teaches you how to play the ukulele. She is also a p...
Iko Iko Dixie Cups ukulele tutorial Mardi Gras songs
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Moonage Daydream David Bowie Ukulele Tutorial
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How to Use a Trad Strap on your ukulele
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Blue, Red, and Grey The Who Ukulele Tutorial
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How to Convert your All in One Hug Strap - From No Strap Buttons to One Strap Button
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Growing Up by Bruce Springsteen ukulele tutorial
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How to Use Your All in One Hug Strap if you don't have strap buttons on your ukulele
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How to Use Your All in One Hug Strap if you don't have strap buttons on your ukulele
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Angela The Lumineers Ukulele Fingerpicking Tutorial
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Bellissimo, grazie mille ❤😊😊😊😊
Just added this song to my repertoire. Thanks for this...
Agreed with the sentiment that it's difficult to drone on without flair on an otherwise simple song. <3
It's crazy to me that the E is still so annoying to play on the uke. 😅 My pinky sucks. lol. Thank you for this. <3
@angrytourist lol. Some chords suck...do you do any finger warm ups like scales or the caterpillar? Also check your thumb position. Sometimes just popping it on the back of the uke is all it takes to open up the hand a bit.
Love this! Any chance of a September Gurls tutorial? They do so much! 🤣 Thanks again!
@@timwilson9243 I will check it out when I get back from vacation. :) I am still road tripping. Ziggy Stardust, Drowned, and September Gurls is the list so far right?
@@TheHugStrap Oops, didn't mean to bug you on the road!!! I also left a note at Patreon requesting Pure and Easy but that's all, I swear! Take a year to get to these! Enjoy your vacation! Ignore me! I'll just be over here practicing the intro to Growing Up! 🤣
@@timwilson9243 lol, no worries. I appreciate your enthusiasm. Just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you.
Good stuff. You rock.
@@angrytourist thank you!
In today's episode of "Melissa Teaches Tim's Holy Grail Tunes".... 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks so much for this! Happily adding this to my list, and diving into the goodies at Patreon!
@@timwilson9243 glad to share it with you!
And since you asked for requests, can we flip the platter to side 2 for the song Ziggy Stardust? Another strummy one that would sound great on ukulele! Ziggy played the uke! 🤣 Thanks again!
This was astounding!!! I'd LOVE a tutorial for this! And it's a sneaky tutorial for 5:15 too! 🤣
Oh thanks, I found out Pete does smush it 5:15 in there when he performs it live sometimes. I was thinking I would do it this summer, probably on Patreon, so stay tuned now that you're a member. :)
Holy cow! This is one of my holy grails! I've kept searching for it since I started playing in 2020 (yep, another old man who picked up the uke in quarantine LOL), and never found it, until this time I did! Thanks so much! I found some other holy grails on your channel, so I've subscribed and will be joining your Patreon too!
Thanks so much. Yes, the ukulele has been good to a lot of us during the pandemic which was when I started doing a lot of tutorials for this channel. Now I teach more in person and have less time because all my young students want to learn Taylor Swift!😂
@@TheHugStrap I'm okay with Taylor, and have a couple of hers on my to-learn list, but she falls into the category of "plenty of tutorials available online already!" And yeah, teaching youngsters in person, you pretty much gotta!
Exactly. I try to reserve the videos on this channel to stuff I wanted to learn and couldn't find. :)
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Is there a Way to put the Ukelele under Power and create Sounds like on a E-Guitar for Example with an VOX/Orange amp?
Yes, but if you want to use any gain staging like overdrive, fuzz etc you are better off searching for a solid body electric. Reverb, chorus, delay and other effects typically used down the pedal chain will sound good though. But if you have a built-in pick up in your amp and pedals, I say give it a shot and see what works. I play Joyner electric body ukuleles with my band, The Margaret Hooligans. But Risa and Flight offer them as well.
@@TheHugStrap Thank you for the Answer! 👍
Brilliant ❤
Fun to play. A big thank you, Melissa.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ah! While on my little laptop which is logged in on a secondary account, I had not seen this update vid. It is a joy to learn Melissa's Baba O’Riley tutorial and tabs. My little guitarist mind and fingers are trying to adjust to the Ukulele's string layout and tuning. Melissa made it effortless to learn the first cover on a little Soprano Ukulele. Thank you! 🌸
Thank you for the tutorial. My 1st beginner's Ukulele. Was bitten when listening to Kristján kristjánsson playing The Who's Baba O'Riley on a loved series call Sense8. I had goosebumps!
Tiny inquiry... I just went to look at the Ukulele straps site you shared. Do you have another site where you are selling them? I have a small Soprano Ukulele. Thanks again!
Hi, thanks for watching. My store closed at the end of last year, I am just doing tutorials when I can. :)
This is by far the very best strumming tutorial anywhere for The Magnetic Fields version of The Book of Love. Excellent job ! Thanks so much for posting and teaching me how to play it. ❤☮🎵
So glad to hear it was helpful!
Super!
Really nice thanks
Love this song. I wish I could do the scream 😂
Well done, thank you.
Really good and great version of the Who songs that you wouldn’t think would work on a Ukulele but you smashed it well done 😊
This is a beautiful song to sing and play. Thanks so much, Melissa.
Glad you like it, thanks for saying so.
I enjoyed playing the song. Thanks so much, Melissa.
Anytime!
Nice to get out the baritone. I usually don't come across much material for it. Thanks so much, Melissa.
Anytime. I have plans to do more bari tutorials.
I'm a big fan of fingerpicking. So I really enjoyed this. Nice singing on your part. Thanks so much, Melissa.
No problem, I need to find some more songs to demonstrate fingerpicking on!
Thank you! Your channel needs more algorithm. You are wonderful and a good teacher. Thank you
Thanks, I appreciate you saying so. The comments do help boost the algorithm, but I took a long hiatus which I think hurt me a little. Glad you found this tutorial!
Great fun to play. Thanks so much, Melissa.
No problem, thanks for watching!
Love to learn Urge for Going by Joni Mitchell. A big thank you, Melissa.
I will check it out!
Great fun to play. A super workout. The fast parts seem above beginner level.. Thank you, Melissa.
They may be - I am never sure how they determine levels. I figure if you can make those chords that places it at an advanced beginner level based on what I have seen from festivals where I teach. But, as always, slow it down where needed and if it is too hard, come back to it when you're further along.
Thanks! Great singing too!
You're welcome. And thank you!
Just found you in your channel!! Thank youuu
You are great can you tell me what ukulele and strings you are using?
Thanks. I play a Koaloha Opio made of Sapele wood. The strings haven't been changed in awhile! I believe they are D'addario Fluorocarbon strings, and my E string is an Aquila because I busted one but didn't want to change the whole set.
Thanks for making this tutorial! I’m not quite ready for this song yet, but definitely bookmarking for-hopefully a few weeks from now-when I am!
No problem! Baby steps. Always go slow and practice your chord transitions first to help with that awkward pause between changes.
Are you in a hurry you talk to fast
I'm smitten! Great stuff.
Thank you!
Great job again of the best WHO ukulele performer !!! Thank you Melissa. Greetings friom Belgium.
You're welcome and thank you! Thanks for watching!
Love what you do - especially your tutorials for The Band. This is gold!
Oh thank you so much!
Good to see you playing a Bari, Melissa I’ll have a go at this after I get through my list🤗🎶 I have to admit tho’, I’ve never picked with my ring finger. With only four strings, I use my thumb for both D&G then I only need index and middle for B&E 🌷
Just gives you a little more versatility, but whatever works. Look at how Richie Havens played the guitar 😋
Very good lesson. Kind of fast though.
Thanks for watching. I will keep that in mind for the future.
Just stumbled upon this and thought it was great! I struggle with that Gm, not sure why…. Maybe my arthritis. Was thinking of transposing to Em, Am,B7, what do you think?
If it suits your singing voice, I say go for it!
Hi Melissa, I was delighted when ‘King Creole’, was first shown, it looked like the start of a decent film career for Elvis too. We all know how that ended😰 I think I still have the LP, ‘Loving You’, as well. Thank you for reminding us of this cracking song🎶😍🌷
Someone requested it ages ago and I finally got around to posting it. Love that the movie is set in New Orleans, one of my favorite places. :) Good to hear from you!
All the best!
Mr. Waits would be chuffed!
Oh, I hope so. Thanks for saying that!
I'm not being rude but sound quality of the video is a little on muddy side I don't know if it's intensional
Hi Peter. It's definitely not intentional, but it sounds ok to me so I am wondering if there's something wrong with the sound settings on the device you are listening on?
Also, are you watching this on a TV? The sound processors in our phones/tablets/computers tend to compress the sound, but on a TV the depending on what you have hooked up to it - sound bar, stereo speakers may make it sound more muddy.
Really fun to play. A big thank you.
No problem. Thanks for watching!
I think we all know that the "squeezebox" in this song is NOT a musical instrument. LOL
Wink wink
The original is written and performed by The Magnetic FIELDS, not the Magnetic ZEROES. I personally much prefer the beautifully simple Magnetic Fields' original version of the song rather than the heavily orchestrated with washed-out lyrics Peter Gabriel cover. I can't find a guitar tutorial that teaches how to play that original version. So if anyone out there knows how to play the original on guitar, kindly post a tutorial. Thanks.
Thank you for the correction - I got this awhile back and somehow when I went to correct it, I wrote Zeros instead of Fields. Obviously, there are two bands with similar names. Btw, have you seen this of Stephen Merritt playing it on a ukulele? czcams.com/video/XoAydx7Anuc/video.htmlsi=O-X1e-or1ZxhSqey. Also, I found this fingerstyle version for guitar that might help you: oldwhtman.awardspace.us. Look under the tab section until you find the tab for Book of Love.
I had not found either of these vids. Thank you so much !! ❤🧡@@TheHugStrap
@mjholiday557 now I am obsessed. I can't believe there isn't a good version. In fact, whipped out my guitar to see if I could figure it out for you but it is hard to find videos of him playing it and while the chords are the same, it sounds detuned on the recording.
Wow. Thanks for your help. Please keep me posted if you figure it out and post a lesson. -I've only been playing for about 6 months, so I'm not really that good at figuring out how to play songs without being shown. I really love this song but the more I listen, the more I think that it's possible that it's being played in an alternate tuning (not standard). Anyway, thanks again. -Just checked out the rest of your channel & subscribed & liked.@@TheHugStrap
@@mjholiday557 I have been listening since you posted this and considering he's a multi-instrumentalist I am thinking the recorded version may not be on guitar. That being said, I would be happy to do something that's close on the guitar.
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Uh oh! You'll summon him! 🤣
Very cool I loved it thank you