jinny
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I know Aldrine's Kamaka has got the same name as this guy, but I don't think Aldy's girl has got blue eyes... or ANY eyes for that matter.
anywho, I've been digging this Mika song. It's got a serious Paul Simon feel and a general Island vibe to it. Just a fun tune and the repetition in the chorus/melody makes it very catchy. A rough facsimile of the the guitar and/or piano (depending on version) intro/riff was pretty easy to puzzle out for picking, but my less-than-perfect ear is not great at pulling out chords. I've tried a few chord progressions that seem to work for me... but maybe something's not right. I blame my ear. I usually steal some guitar chords for this kinda thing but i couldn't find any.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
edit: adding tab for guitar riff and chords that I use...
Oh... and here's my quick uke tabs of the guitar riff.
something like that. It's not exact... for one thing I think his is keyed at C and mine is a little higher to accommodate the whole riff... I think... I'm just guessing here. Remember, bad ear.
this goes on thru most of the song... and I suppose I can do that, but sometimes strumming chords sounds fuller to me when ukeing alone.
sometimes I will use two chords for this song... not sure if there's anything better, but the chords I use are... I think... Gb (or F#) and G#m
I'm okay with what I got but I feel there might be something better out there... you never know... someday Aldrine will do a tutorial on it and have it worked out all good and I'll just run to a dark corner and weep.
thanks again for any input you guys might have.
anywho, I've been digging this Mika song. It's got a serious Paul Simon feel and a general Island vibe to it. Just a fun tune and the repetition in the chorus/melody makes it very catchy. A rough facsimile of the the guitar and/or piano (depending on version) intro/riff was pretty easy to puzzle out for picking, but my less-than-perfect ear is not great at pulling out chords. I've tried a few chord progressions that seem to work for me... but maybe something's not right. I blame my ear. I usually steal some guitar chords for this kinda thing but i couldn't find any.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
edit: adding tab for guitar riff and chords that I use...
Oh... and here's my quick uke tabs of the guitar riff.
Code:
A |---------4--------------------------------4---------------------------]
E |-------6-----6---------1--4------------6------6----------4--7---------]
C |--6------------6----1-------------6--------------6----1---------------]
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------]
A |---------6----------------2--6-----------6----------------------------]
E |-------7-----7---------4---------------7------7----------2-----1------]
C |--8------------8----3-------------8--------------8----3-----1---------]
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------]
something like that. It's not exact... for one thing I think his is keyed at C and mine is a little higher to accommodate the whole riff... I think... I'm just guessing here. Remember, bad ear.
this goes on thru most of the song... and I suppose I can do that, but sometimes strumming chords sounds fuller to me when ukeing alone.
sometimes I will use two chords for this song... not sure if there's anything better, but the chords I use are... I think... Gb (or F#) and G#m
Code:
A |--1------2----]
E |--2------4----]
C |--1------3----]
G |--3------1----]
I'm okay with what I got but I feel there might be something better out there... you never know... someday Aldrine will do a tutorial on it and have it worked out all good and I'll just run to a dark corner and weep.
thanks again for any input you guys might have.
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