BEATLES MONTH One-Take Tutorial -- play "Imagine" by John Lennon (on ukulele)

Streamed live August 28, 2026 Thanks for watching! One-Take Tutorials are chatty, casual "workshop" videos filmed live and unedited. I'll put timestamps down below so you can skip around to the parts that interest you most. Feel free to leave suggestions for songs/topics you'd like to see me teach next. ----- In honor of our September celebration of Beatles Month, this month I'm sharing my arrangement of John Lennon's 1971 song "Imagine" Get the chords and arrangement here:   / copy-of-new-one-170745133   My cover of this song:    • Ukulele Practice 2026: “Imagine” (John Len...   My Beatles songs on uke playlist:    • Beatles Binder - Ukulele   More Beatles content (public and Patreon):   / beatles-for-you-135861920   ----- PATREON: Want to support me as I lead monthly jams and share chords and tutorials? Consider joining me on Patreon for a month or more. Patrons get access to exclusive content. Links: Support/Subscribe/Get Bonus Perks:   / newukenewyork   Online Tip Jar/Other Links:   / faq-helpful-80384009   Sample Patron Lesson:   / saturday-25-5pm-56408860   Download my arrangements and songbooks here: https://www.newukenewyork.com/p/chord... All my One-Take Tutorials (more to come!):    • One-Take Tutorials!   The NUNY Song Index (all my content on a fun spreadsheet!): https://tinyurl.com/NUNYIndex TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Video starts - Introduction to me and the "One-Take Tutorial" series 1:04 Beatles Month and this month's tutorial song: "Imagine" by John Lennon 03:30 Structure of the song -- is that a chorus or a bridge? Spoiler: I'm going to change my mind 5:15 Chords in the song 7:00 I change my mind: Okay, maybe it is a chorus, not a bridge. 7:45 How do the chords progress through the song? - Verse 11:00 How do the chords progress through the song? - Chorus My free video on barre chord tips and tricks:    • One-Take Tutorial -- Barre Chord Tips and ...   13:29 Single-strumming through the 2nd verse (count-in at 15:48) My free video on intuitive strumming: https://www.youtube.com/live/knBX-Qk7... 17:00 Sidebar on drama vs. timing 17:58 Single-strumming through the last line of the 2nd verse, into the 1st chorus 19:40 Strumming options built around D-D-D-D (4 beats) 22:00 Could Island Strum D-Du-uDu work? 24:55 The picking notation I use (NOT the same as string notation) and the picking pattern I use here: (134)-2 (134)-2 26:30 Picking a verse and chorus (count-in at 27:17) 29:35 The riffs -- how to fit in the [C]* riff -- timing 33:59 Picking plus riff 34:45 Fitting the riff in when strumming -- some options 37:41 The walk-up 40:43 Transitioning from picking to walkup to picking 41:10 Transitioning from strumming to walkup to picking 41:30 Transitioning from picking to walkup to strumming 42:00 The intro 42:27 Playthrough with chords on the screen, a little slower, with riff but all strumming (count-in 43:46) 49:12 Playthrough with chords not on screen, a little faster, with riff, and both picking and strumming (count-in 50:18) 53:00 Final thoughts, wrap-up and thanks!