| In this ukulele lesson you will learn to play an easy | | | | Oh my darling, oh my darling |
| American melody. You will not need to know sheet | | | | 12 12 12 03 01 01 01 12 |
| music but instead you will learn to use easy ukulele tab | | | | Oh my darling, Clementine |
| notation. I will show you how to put your fingers on | | | | 12 01 31 31 11 01 32 |
| your ukulele! | | | | Thou art lost and gone forever |
| Ukulele tablature will help you to put your fingers on the | | | | 32 01 11 11 01 32 01 12 |
| right frets in order to play a melody or something else | | | | Dreadful sorry, Clementine |
| on your ukulele. The ukulele tab notation I will use in this | | | | 12 01 32 03 02 32 12 |
| lesson are based on numbers. Every note is | | | | I guess the best way to learn this melody on your |
| represented by two numbers. The first number telling | | | | ukulele is to practice one line at a time, learning it by |
| you which fret to play and the second number | | | | heart. |
| indicating the string. | | | | If you are interested in learning two easy chords that |
| We will start with the first line of lyrics and the | | | | you can use if you want to sing the melody or play it |
| corresponding ukulele tablature notation: | | | | together with someone else I suggest that you use the |
| In a cavern, in a canyon | | | | F-major chord and C7 chord. I will show you the |
| 12 12 12 03 01 01 01 12 | | | | chords by using the same notation as I used previously. |
| 12 means, play the first fret on the second string. The | | | | The only difference is that you are to strum the four |
| strings are numbered from the string with the highest | | | | notes after the chord name: |
| pitch which will be the bottom string when you play. 03 | | | | F-major: 24 03 12 01 |
| means that you play the open third string, that is, play | | | | C7: 04 03 02 11 |
| the third string without pressing down a fret. | | | | You can start with the F-major chord as you sing the |
| Let us continue with the melody:excavating for a mine | | | | lyrics and change to C7 when you come to the word |
| 12 01 31 31 11 01 32 | | | | "mine". Then you change back to F-major when you |
| Try to use your left hand index finger to play the notes | | | | come to "tine" in Clementine. |
| on the first fret, your middle finger for the notes on the | | | | The name of the chords depends on how you tune |
| second fret and your ring finger for the third fret. This | | | | your ukulele but this does not matter as long as you |
| will maybe feel a bit awkward at first but will help you | | | | do not play together with other instruments. |
| a lot when you get used to it. | | | | If you want to tune your ukulele according to the chord |
| Time for the next line of lyrics | | | | names your first string should be an A, your second |
| Dwelt a miner, forty-niner | | | | string an E, the third string a C and the fourth string a |
| 32 01 11 11 01 32 01 12 | | | | G. |
| And his daughter Clementine | | | | When you play the chords you can use the same |
| 12 01 32 03 02 32 12 | | | | fingerings that I mentioned for the melody. |
| In the refrain you will use the same melody so you | | | | If you could find someone else to play ukulele together |
| only need to repeat the melody above. I will notate the | | | | with you I guess you will have a nice time! |
| melody for your convenience: | | | | |