Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
For a relaxing-on-the-beach kind of ukulele vibe, give this beginner-friendly Hawaiian-style ukulele chord progression a try! I like to use a calypso or "Island Strum" where you play down, down-up, up, down-up. The major chords in combination with the seventh chords, as well as the strumming giving this a Hawaiian ukulele feeling.
For a relaxing-on-the-beach kind of ukulele vibe, give this beginner-friendly Hawaiian-style ukulele chord progression a try! I like to use a calypso or "Island Strum" where you play down, down-up, up, down-up. The major chords in combination with the seventh chords, as well as the strumming giving this a Hawaiian ukulele feeling.









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