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DrNick
Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 161 Location: Stockport, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: Playing the ukulele |
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In a moment of madness at the weekend I bought a ukulele, despite the fact I have no musical ability whatsoever.
I was at the Green Man Festival and intoxicated by the folk music, so that I temporarily lost all sense of reason. And there was a ukulele stall and a cheap one was only twenty pounds....
Anyhow, now I've bought the thing I am determined to learn how to play it. So far I have mastered two chords (C & F) but G is proving a bit trickier.
Has anybody got any tips on starting to learn an instrument? Or can you suggest any (very easy) songs that might sound good on a uke?
Here's the song that made me commit this act of folly - it was absolutely excellent live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV8Po-APdpo _________________ http://www.myspace.com/arhythmicnick |
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jack fe
Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 865
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: |
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Learn G and Aminor next. Then Eminor. You have all you really need there.
Just keep strumming. Not like practice, but get comfortable with the thing. That's all its about. Everyone starts off spazzy, but once you find your groove with an instrument its all good.
Keep at it. _________________ myspace.com/frozymusic |
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Dav Site Admin
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 2890 Location: Rennes, France
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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i can play guitar but i can't play ukulele, very hard to play, for me. _________________ http://uberaffe.bandcamp.com |
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joeletigre
Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 95
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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i guess it depends on how you tuned it but if you do it like mine which is in GCEA and if you know how to play guitar then it's basically like the 4 last strings on the guitar with a capo on #5.
so the chords are pretty easy to figure out, you just have to transpose
for example:
a A played on a guitar with capo on 5th goes like: 022100 (like an E chord without capo), so an A on the uke will be 2100
using the same method you get (i put full guitar chords and the [uke chords])
C 32[0003]
D x0[2220]
E x2[4442] (can be played [4447])
F x3[2010]
G xx[0232]
A 02[2100]
B 24[4322]
else:
Dm 2210
Em 4432
Gm 0231
Am 2000
Bm 4222
those are like the main ones, i guess there might be an easier way to play the E and B chords though i don't really know it so...
i hope i've been clear with all those weird explanations, i'm not really sure actually
anyways, if you don't play guitar, everything i said is totally useless
whatever... _________________ http://www.myspace.com/lapinmachin
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moe
Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 326 Location: Liechtenstein
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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jack fe wrote: | Learn G and Aminor next. Then Eminor. You have all you really need there.
Just keep strumming. Not like practice, but get comfortable with the thing. That's all its about. Everyone starts off spazzy, but once you find your groove with an instrument its all good.
Keep at it. |
number of the beast!!!! _________________
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DrNick
Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 161 Location: Stockport, UK
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info above, unfortunately I have never played the guitar but it's still interesting.
I can now play 'This Land is Your Land' very slowly and badly. Which pleases me because if I had heroes Woody Guthrie would be one of them. _________________ http://www.myspace.com/arhythmicnick |
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joeletigre
Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 95
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