What a Wonderful World : Ukulele Sing-along

Posted by on April 15th 2021 @ 7:37 pm

I created this ukulele sing-along for What a Wonderful World as a reference for my Happy Valley Ukes players … I LOVE this song, and though I don’t sing it with the gravel of Satchmo, I hope you enjoy my version anyway.

I’ve put in chord diagrams for LOTS of ‘up the neck’ inversions of chords … if you know your root position chords, go ahead and substitute; I arranged with the thought of more than one player singing and strumming together, with some on the roots and some on the inversions.

Also, I’m playing this in a very staccato jazz-like manner … if you are playing in a group it would be nice to add some people on fingerpicked arpeggios to get that 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 groove going that really makes this song a 12/8 rather than a 4/4 song. Using string numbers in a pattern, you would do 3 2 4 1 4 2 3 2 4 1 4 2 to get an ascending/descending arpeggio (I usually just alternate my thumb and first finger on this pattern).

Nicely legal copies of the sheet music can be purchased at http://bit.ly/wonderfulworldukulele

Ryan's favorite starter ukulele: The Enya Nova U Concert Ukulele 23” on Amazon sounds great, is easy to play, in tune and nearly indestructable. "I left it in the car through the heat of summer to see what would happen, and it still plays beautifully."

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