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Apr192020 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Chord voicing and fingering for tenor ukulele

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The chord voicing which textures Jake Shimabukuro’s fascinating arrangements—including covers of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and The Star Spangled Banner—has dubbed this Hawaiian native the Jimi Hendrix of ukulele. Here, he takes time to share left-hand techniques that lend his tenor ukulele its signature voice. Taking Advantage of Tenor Ukulele Tuning Shimabukuro plays a four-string, tenor ukulele. His is a handcrafted instrument by the Kamaka Company in Hawaii. The ukulele may look like a tiny guitar with four strings, but its tuning requires a completely different approach to chording. The strings of a tenor ukulele are tuned G, C, E, A starting from the string closest to the player’s head. Unlike a guitar where strings go in order of pitch, the lowest pitched string on a teno...

Apr42020 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Tips to play Ukulele in double drop D tuning

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A ukulele player may quickly find that some tunings can make it quite a bit easier to play the instrument than Standard Tuning (EADGBE). For instance, in Double Drop D Tuning (DADGAD), many chords can be played with a single finger. Note: Dropped D tuning comes in two forms: DADGBE and its variation DADGAE. Double Drop D tuning has two forms because of the two forms above, i.e., DADGBD and DADGAD. What is DADGAD Tuning DADGAD tuning is also called D suspended 4th tuning since the ukulele is tuned to the D suspended 4th chord. A player who strums all the six open strings of the guitar when tuned to DADGAD is strumming a D suspended 4th chord (notes: D, G, A). DADGAD (pronounced: “DAD”…”GAD”) tuning opens up a new avenue for ukulele playing and song composition. A player can ...

Mar152020 by HarryNo Comments

What is the Best Music for Working Out?

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Music can influence our lives, moods and behaviors in various ways, and many people will certainly agree that it’s especially true in the case of working out. The very first research on the topic was conducted as long ago as in 1911, and there have been many more since; all of them concluded that the right choice of music can significantly boost our athletic performance. It’s no wonder that a great part of active people constantly looks for the best Bluetooth headphones for working out. How to choose the right music for exercising? Of course, it’s impossible to provide you with one true answer, as they will differ depending on a person’s taste, choice of exercise, mood and probably other factors. However, there are some things that you can keep in mind while you’re looking. It’s much eas...

Jan212020 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Kids learn 5 ukulele songs in the key of C

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These five new ukulele tunes are all in the key of C and stick to the chords C and G7. Just like the songs parents learned with their kids in the articles Parents and Kids Play Their First Ukulele Song and Play Ukulele Tunes With Two Chords: C and G7, these are great traditional campfire tunes everyone’s likely to know. They’re a little trickier though, because the chords change more than one time per song. If parents continue to strum on the downbeats with their child, it’ll make the increased amount of chord changes easier to handle. As in parts 3 and 4, the downbeats are noted by the syllables in all caps. In the next part of this article, provided parents and kids feel ready, they’ll get to throw in some strumming embellishments. Hush Little Baby (To find the first note, paren...

Jan142020 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Chordie – Best source for learning 1234 ukulele chords

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1234 ukulele chords - Chordie offers the Top 100 most popular songs which are changed periodically according to what artist or song is most searched by their members. After the user decides on an artist or song to work on by looking through the list or searching the browser, what will come up is the song in guitar chords or acoustic guitar tablature. Chordie uses stars to indicate how easy or hard it is to play 1234 ukulele chords. The more stars the more difficult the arrangement is to play 1234 ukulele chords. As in this song by john Denver. Chordie Makes It Easy To Learn Ukulele Songs- Country-Pop-Gospel & Christmas Guitar Tabs It will show the song in an easy to read format of 1234 ukulele chords with the lyrics and coordinated together to play the song. The features on th...

Dec212019 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Guitar soloing techniques and how to play the instrument fast

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An arpeggio is simply the notes of any given chord played separately and distinctly. Actually, ever chord can be played as an arpeggio just by playing one note at a time, in any order (arpeggiated picking). Many songs have been created that just use arpeggios. Arpeggios are great for: Improvisation Creating a melody Finger picking styles Sweep picking Fretboard tapping Check out Guitar Space How to use Arpeggios When a guitarist solos over a chord progression, they may use arpeggios as a way to bridge the gap between chords. One trick a guitarist can use is to play an arpeggio over a chord that does not quite fit in the key they are playing in. Instead of staying with a particular scale(s) over all the chords, a guitarist can switch to the chords arpeggio, and then come ba...