Killing Me Softly With His Song Ukulele Tutorial
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Here's how to play Killing Me Softly With His Song on the ukulele! You'll need these ukulele chords: Eminor, Aminor, D7, G, A, C, C Maj7, F, E7 and B7.
Check out the time stamps below to jump around as needed - I give a complete chord overview at the end of the video (24:40). I also give you several strumming options so you can mix and match to your creative heart's content!
There's a whole song play along as well for when you're ready to do the entire song.
PDF Chord & Lyric Chart: Coming soon!
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Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:07 Overview
1:40 Song form
2:07 Chorus chords
3:51 Chorus run through
5:12 Interlude
5:53 Verse chords
7:30 Verse run through
8:18 Counting
8:37 Strumming pattern 1
8:57 Strumming pattern 2
9:50 Verse w pattern 2
11:08 Strumming pattern 3
12:53 Wine Break!
13:54 Starting pitch
17:54 Whole song prep
18:31 Whole song play along
24:40 Chord overview
The most well known versions are sung by Roberta Flack and The Fugees (Lauryn Hill) and I recommend checking out both if you haven't already! Did you know? "The version by Flack won the 1974 Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and the version by Fugees won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal." (Thanks Wikipedia!)
There wasn't room to put the C major 7 chord diagram on screen, but I go over it in the chord review at the end, so check that out at 28:40 if you need it!
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My grandson loves this tune....
It's a great song!!
Thank you for another amazing and detailed tutorial! I really appreciate when you play and sing slowly first. You sing this so beautifully!
Aww thank you Mingus107, you are awesome!! Good to hear it's helpful when I do the sections slowly - it is great feedback for me on how to keep improving my videos. 💕
Gracias , aunque no sé inglés pude entender tu explicación, muchas gracias !!!
De nada, lo siento!! Quizas algum dia yo puedo hacer un video en español.... necesito practicar mas! :)
ahh such a blessing, thank you for this detailed tutorial!
You are very welcome, so glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you for this new tutorial : I appreciate a lot to play and sing this iconic song ! Hope to make a video of my rendition ! 🤞🏻
You're so welcome!! Yes please let me know if you make a video, I'd love to check it out! 💞
Beatiful! thank you and cheers!!
You're so welcome! Cheers! 💕
Excellent tutorial, Kathryn. I mixed and matched the strumming patterns. Fun to play. A big thank you.
Love to hear it! That's using your creative musician brain. Keep going! 🙌
Great tutorial even for beginners. Thanks a lot.
Ciao from Italy 🇮🇹
I hope you are drinking Italian wine🍷. 😉
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it. Ciao! 🎵💕
@@claudiabertolini69 Haha yes, I need to try more Italian wines - I will look for one for my next video! 🍷😊
Groovy !
Hey thanks! ✌🎵
Thank you! 👏👏👏
In my opinion, C sounds better than С7 at the end of the chorus
Нowever, harder to perform
Nice lesson could compare these two version with the original Lori Lieberman version
Robert! I have to say a gigantic thank you - I had not heard the Lori Lieberman version, and just went down a rabbit hole reading about it and her role in the song's creation. Thank you for sharing this essential info - my mind is blown!!
@@UkuleleWineTime no problem i absolutely enjoyed this lesson
I have to give a huge shout out to Robert Phelps who hipped me to the original version of Killing Me Softly - from Lori Lieberman. Thanks Robert!! I had always thought the Roberta Flack version was the original - you can read more about the songwriting story here: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/she-sang-killing-me-softly-before-roberta-flack-now-she-just-wants-you-to-hear-her-side-of-the-story/2020/01/23/9d9dcc7e-3b9d-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html
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It’s nice to hear you sing. Do you have any performances I can view?
Thanks Tom! I love to sing. I don't perform as much as I used to, I miss it! I do have an album on Spotify, you can search Kat Selman. Or actually here's a link - open.spotify.com/album/2H2DDzguYsKg12cVBy9YW5?si=Qw12X6MATOy2NPtTe960Sg
Wow your voice too
Thank you so much! 😊 I love singing
Loved the chords thank you for your time it was a good tutorial just a constructive advise maybe was too slow and that made it too long and I am a beginner. Thank you x
Thank you so much! So happy you enjoyed it. This is one of my earlier videos, I have dialed in my tutorials a bit since then, but I always appreciate hearing feedback, thank you! Also I include the chapters to hopefully help with that too - for folks that want to jump ahead. ☺
What a lovely Tutorial. And you have a really sweet voice. Thanks "y'all".(cute)
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Thank you so much!! Haha I grew up in Texas, some things just stick. 😊🎵
@@UkuleleWineTime ... and that's a good thang. ✌️🦋
It totally is! True to my roots. Plus it's such a useful word!!
@@UkuleleWineTimeI tend you use it often myself. ✌️❤️
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❤ the song but I can’t find in the PDF collection on Patreon. Am I missing it?
I just checked my files and I don't think I actually made one for this song, this was back in the very early days of my channel. I will add this chart to my to-do list, and will post on Patreon when it's available. Thanks Ellen!
Beatiful! thank you and cheers!!
Thanks Flavia! Cheers to you as well! 😊