• Home
  • About
  • Ukulele Basics
  • Beyond the Basics
  • Blog
  • Uke Can Change the World
  • Lessons
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Ukulele Basics
  • Beyond the Basics
  • Blog
  • Uke Can Change the World
  • Lessons
  • Contact

Waltzing Matilda: Easy Ukulele Chord Melody Solo

2/11/2016

 
I've always loved the song "Waltzing Matilda" and feel very sentimental when I hear it, which makes me think I was an Aussie in a former life. I've never known what the song meant and so for the purpose of this post I tried to figure it out.  I read the entry for Waltzing Matilda on Wikipedia and am still not quite sure what it means, except very roughly, it's about a swagman (itinerant worker in the bush) who dances with his "matilda," a rucksack with all his belongings, who is then arrested, and eventually commits suicide or is murdered beside a water hole--or something like that. I guess it doesn't matter--the melody is beautiful and the song seems to have universal appeal.

 I play the easy arrangement of Waltzing Matilda (free tab available)  by Al Wood, who created the Ukulele Hunt website. This might be a good song to learn before you tackle more complicated fingerstyle songs. There's no fancy fingerpicking--the right hand is played with the thumb only.

Comments are closed.
    Playing fingerstyle ukulele, with information about the songs and where to find the ukulele tablature so that you can  play these songs yourself.

    Archives

    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    February 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016

    Categories

    All
    All I Have To Do Is Dream
    Amazing Grace
    Ash Grove/Let All Things Now Living
    Ashokan Farewell
    Blackbird
    Brahms Lullaby
    Chord Melody Songs
    Chord Progressions
    Chord-progressions-i
    Christmas Songs
    Danny Boy
    Down By The Salley Gardens
    Edelweiss
    Freight Train
    Für Elise
    Greensleeves/What Child Is This
    Here Comes The Sun
    IV
    Jingle Bells
    Let It Be
    Moon River
    O Hanukkah
    Sakura
    Sakura Sakura
    Silent Night
    Simple Gifts
    Sleepers Awake
    Stairway To Heaven
    Take Me Out To The Ball Game
    Till There Was You
    V)
    Waltzing Matilda

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.