Here is another tab of mode scales. Lydian mode is a major scale with a #4. Very pretty, but challenging to use. Lydian Scales
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July 2009
Here are some of the songs that readers have requested tabs or chords for lately. White Sandy Beach by Bruddah IZ – Chords: http://www.ukulelestrummers.com/Songbook/Whitesandybeach.html Tab: http://dominator.ukeland.com/Images/white_sandy_beach.pdf Down To Earth by Peter Gabriel (Wall-e soundtrack) – Chords: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/peter_gabriel/down_to_earth_crd.htm Tewe Tewe – Chords: http://www.tropicalstormhawaii.com/music/hm/tewetewe.txt. Black Magic Woman by Santana – Tab: http://liveukulele.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/black-magic-woman.pdf
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I just tabbed out the mixolydian scales. Mixolydian is a mode – you can think of it as a major scale with a flatted 7th (b7), or as a major scale started from the 5th note (If you use the C scale, you would start and end on G – G mixolydian.). It’s kind of [...]
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For all of the Facebook people out there, I have created a Live ‘Ukulele page. Become a fan, say hi, and tell your friends. Live ‘Ukulele on Facebook
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‘Ukulele Boogie is a very catchy song that Brittni Paiva performs quite a bit. It is off of her Hear… album. The song is in C, but Brittni uses a minor pentatonic scale throughout (hence the Bb and Eb). Watch out for the crazy run over E7, beyond that, it’s pretty straightforward, just work on [...]
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Bad news everyone. The Grass Valley, CA community radio station KVMR is trying to cut Michael Keene’s “Kani Ka Pila” Hawaiian show by an hour. This is by far the best (and maybe only) selection of Hawaiian music on the air in this part of California. Michael has been working at KVMR for 16 years. [...]
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Pedal steel guitars are heard a lot in country music. They make up a good part of the fills in many of the popular country songs. The reason for the distinct sound lies in the pedals and knee levers that raise or lower the pitch of the strings. So, in a nutshell it’s the string [...]
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