Comments on: How to Make Songs Easier http://liveukulele.com Tabs, lessons, and info for 'ukulele enthusiasts Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:03:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tom nelsonhttp://liveukulele.com/songs/how-to-make-songs-easier/#comment-9657 tom nelson Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:20:41 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/?page_id=1083#comment-9657 I found this advice just great. I've read about power chords but nobody said exactly what they were.Thank you I found this advice just great. I’ve read about power chords but nobody said exactly what they were.

Thank you

]]> By: Brad Bordessahttp://liveukulele.com/songs/how-to-make-songs-easier/#comment-7631 Brad Bordessa Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:19:23 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/?page_id=1083#comment-7631 Thanks for sharing Robyn. Playing with other instruments is always hard so the more ways you can think of or understand something the better (in my opinion). Thanks for sharing Robyn. Playing with other instruments is always hard so the more ways you can think of or understand something the better (in my opinion).

]]> By: robynhttp://liveukulele.com/songs/how-to-make-songs-easier/#comment-7629 robyn Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:07:09 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/?page_id=1083#comment-7629 SUGGESTION: Just play guitar chords (the bottom four string positions) and realize you'll be singing 5 half-steps lower than intended.As a guitar player learning Ukulele it confuses me that what to me (in terms of finger positioning) was a "D" chord is now a "G".Then I read you could capo5 on your guitar and practice your Ukulele chords ... um, ok. As I did this, of course, I realized I was playing familiar finger positions with different names. In playing guitar by ear I never really paid any attention to the actual KEY I was in, or the note values of the finger positions, and adjusted the voice range of songs with a capo, or by playing with chords a step or two up or down: if G is too high (G, B, D), I'd play it in D (D, F, A) - thinking only of chord fingerings, not the actual notes of the triads of the chords.So ... if I want a Ukulele song sheet to be easier to play, and I don't mind it being lower, I can play it with Guitar chords - I just call it something else (it's just a 5 step difference note wise). The chords then are familiar.But if I want to play with other UKE players, or have it in the higher key, I have to learn the Uke Keys for the guitar-half-chords I know by other names.It scrambles my brain ... but I'm getting it.Aloha no, Robyn Lihau'ihilani SUGGESTION: Just play guitar chords (the bottom four string positions) and realize you’ll be singing 5 half-steps lower than intended.

As a guitar player learning Ukulele it confuses me that what to me (in terms of finger positioning) was a “D” chord is now a “G”.

Then I read you could capo5 on your guitar and practice your Ukulele chords … um, ok. As I did this, of course, I realized I was playing familiar finger positions with different names. In playing guitar by ear I never really paid any attention to the actual KEY I was in, or the note values of the finger positions, and adjusted the voice range of songs with a capo, or by playing with chords a step or two up or down: if G is too high (G, B, D), I’d play it in D (D, F, A) – thinking only of chord fingerings, not the actual notes of the triads of the chords.

So … if I want a Ukulele song sheet to be easier to play, and I don’t mind it being lower, I can play it with Guitar chords – I just call it something else (it’s just a 5 step difference note wise). The chords then are familiar.

But if I want to play with other UKE players, or have it in the higher key, I have to learn the Uke Keys for the guitar-half-chords I know by other names.

It scrambles my brain … but I’m getting it.

Aloha no, Robyn Lihau’ihilani

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