When You're Smiling

Written in 1928 'When You're Smiling was an instant hit for Louis Armstrong and subsequently became a jazz standard recorded hundreds of times by artists from Ella Fitzgerald to Louis Prima To Fats Domino over the years. In this ukulele lesson we look at the basic chord structure which uses two common chord progressions: I VI ii V and the Honeysuckle Rose Bridge. Once we have the basic chords under our fingers we’ll try the tune along with the band!

This month on the Magic Ukulele Club we'll be learning Louis Armstrong's Classic 1929 solo, chord substitutions and more using this fabulous standard as a vehicle. Join us today to learn a new jazz standard each month, along with 200+ other jazz ukulele lessons, livestreams, backing tracks, and more for only $7.50 a month