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Who Can it Be? Men at Work (Patreon)

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This was a big hit for the Aussie pop group and was actually released as a single before third debut album was released. The song has an E chord, so you'll need to be able to play that as well (Click Here for E Chord Help) You are also going to see chords changing on the off beat, the change to the B in the verse took me a while to master, especially once you add the singing to it. The saxOphone lick is very easy to play and a tone of fun to play too, making this a great song to play with other friends, too. There is also a saxophone solo later in the song but it is just over a one chord vamp with a bass note that is moving between the E and the D. Figuring out how to solo over this was tricky but I started to look at it as a E to E7, and if we are just over a static E7 chord, Mixolydian. This is the major scale with a flat 7 in stead of 7, meaning a major scale with a D note instead of a D#. Good luck, it is tricky but fun to play!

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E chord
Scratch strum
Changing on the &
Quick chord changes
Mixolydian Mode
Modal Harmony

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Who Could it Be Now? - Men at Work - Ukulele Tutorial with Play-Along

New Ukulele tutorials every Wednesday and Saturday. Today we are going to learn how play "Who Could it Be Now?" on the ukulele. This was a big hit for the Aussie pop group and was actually released as a single before third debut album was released. The song has an E chord, so you'll need to be able to play that (here is some extra work with your E https://youtu.be/69LWLKXVVno) You are also going to see chords changing on the off beat, the change to the B in the verse took me a while to master, especially once you add the singing to it. The saxOphone lick is very easy to play and a tone of fun to play too, making this a great song to play with other friends, too. There is also a saxophone solo later in the song but it is just over a one chord vamp with a bass note that is moving between the E and the D. Figuring out how to solo over this was tricky but I started to look at it as a E to E7, and if we are just over a static E7 chord, Mixolydian. This is the major scale with a flat 7 in stead of 7, meaning a major scale with a D note instead of a D#. Who Could it Be Now? - Men at Work - Ukulele Tutorial with Play-Along New Ukulele tutorials every Wednesday, technique and theory and Saturday, where we play a new song. We also teach guitar on Monday as well, from technique to song tutorial