In this lesson, we dive into a strummed version of George Harrison’s iconic song — inspired by Jake Shimabukuro’s expressive strumming technique, not his chord-melody version.

How to Strum “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on Ukulele (Jake Shimabukuro–Inspired Technique) “ While My Guitar Gently Weeps ” is one of George Harrison’s most emotional and harmonically interesting Beatles songs — and it sits beautifully on the ukulele. Most players know Jake Shimabukuro’s famous chord-melody  version, but today we’re going in a different direction. This tutorial focuses on a strummed  approach inspired by Jake’s incredible right-hand technique , using flowin