Teaches ʻUkulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro is a virtuoso ʻukulele player and composer. He welcomes you to his class and shares what you’ll learn. 

Meet Your Instructor: Jake Shimabukuro

Learn how to pronounce, select, and tune your ʻukulele.

OO·koo·LEY·ley Basics

Jake demonstrates the proper way to hold your ʻukulele.

Holding Your ‘Ukulele

Jake introduces you to fretboard navigation with his “elevator and floor” analogy, which he’ll reference throughout this class.

Navigating the Fretboard

Discover strumming techniques and how to get the best sound out of your ʻukulele.

Strumming Techniques

Jake introduces you to chord grouping. You’ll learn how to play one-finger chords, two-finger chords, three-finger chords, and stair chords.

Demystifying Chords

Jake teaches you advanced chord groupings, barre chords, the E-major chord, and higher-level techniques.

Playing Advanced Chords

Learn about melody, rhythm, and dynamics in ʻukulele playing.

Melodic and Rhythmic Dimension

Jake shares tools and techniques for developing your personal sound.

Finding Your Sound

Find out Jake’s techniques for playing vibrato.

Mastering Vibrato

Learn more advanced strumming techniques and how to achieve tremolo picking. 

The Magic of Tremolo

Watch as Jake performs “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

Tremolo Performance: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

Jake demonstrates how to learn a song by breaking it down with one of his signature covers, “Hallelujah.”

Breaking Down the Classics: “Hallelujah”

The Classics Performance: “Hallelujah”

Explore Jake’s techniques for capturing harmonics. 

The Beauty of Harmonics

Harmonics Performance: “Dragon”

To help you learn how to arrange your favorite songs, Jake walks you through his arrangement of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Arranging “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Watch as Jake performs “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Arranging Performance: “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Jake creates an original song, in real time, just for this class. He takes you on a song creation journey from start to finish, showing his process, tricks, and inspiration.

Creating an Original Song

Jake explains the meaning of this Japanese saying and encourages you to share what you’ve learned with others. 

Okage Sama De

Jake Shimabukuro Teaches ʻUkulele

membership

Non-Member

region

CCPA

country

GDPR

$opt_dummy_attribute

Optimizely-Generated Audience for Backwards Compatibility

Teaches The Art of Performance

Usher

Teaches The Art Of Performance

Usher Teaches The Art of Performance

Teaches Singing

Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera Teaches Singing

Teaches Electronic Music Production

deadmau5

deadmau5 Teaches Electronic Music Production

Teaches Country Music

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire Teaches Country Music

Teaches Jazz

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock Teaches Jazz

Teaches Dance Music

Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren Teaches Dance Music

Teaches Electric Guitar

Tom Morello

Tom Morello Teaches Electric Guitar

Teaches Songwriting and Producing

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys Teaches Songwriting and Producing

Teaches the Art and Soul of Guitar

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana Teaches the Art and Soul of Guitar

Teaches Producing and Beatmaking

Timbaland

Timbaland Teaches Producing and Beatmaking

Teaches Violin

Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman Teaches Violin

Teaches Drumming and Percussion 

Sheila E.

Sheila E. Teaches Drumming and Percussion 

Teaches Creativity and Songwriting

St. Vincent

St. Vincent Teaches Creativity and Songwriting

Teaches Film Scoring

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer Teaches Film Scoring

Teaches Music for Film

Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman Teaches Music for Film

Teaches Music Curation and DJing

Questlove

Questlove Teaches Music Curation and DJing

Teaches Hip-Hop Storytelling

Nas Teaches Hip-Hop Storytelling

Teaches Music and Connection

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma Teaches Music and Connection

Teaches Being a Band

Metallica

Metallica Teaches Being a Band

Teaches Drumming & Creative Collaboration

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr Teaches Drumming & Creative Collaboration

Teaches the Voice as an Instrument

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey Teaches the Voice as an Instrument