For some time, I have been intrigued by the campanella style. From what I have listened to and read about, it seems this style works best with re-entrant (high G) tuning. Just recently, I found Jonathan Lewis on Youtube and his Irish arrangements make the ukulele sound like an Irish harp! He has a book of arrangements of Irish pieces in this style as he plays them on Youtube. I bought these at only $15 for 18 arrangements, a bargain as far as I am concerned.
My Kamaka Ohta-San really rings like a bell with these tunes. I want to really understand and "think" in this style to both do more Irish tunes myself and possibly apply this approach to other tunes instead of straight chord melody style, since campanella is so beautifully flowing. My Kamaka is perfect for this material, so I am fired up and ready to go.
On the guitar, this style is called "cross string" or "harp style", and is most often associated with open tunings such as DADGAD. The main idea is to play the melody across, rather than along, the strings, taking advantage of open strings as much as possible for that open ringing sustain. It is a different way of thinking about where to play various notes.
Does anybody else play in this style?
Tony
My Kamaka Ohta-San really rings like a bell with these tunes. I want to really understand and "think" in this style to both do more Irish tunes myself and possibly apply this approach to other tunes instead of straight chord melody style, since campanella is so beautifully flowing. My Kamaka is perfect for this material, so I am fired up and ready to go.
On the guitar, this style is called "cross string" or "harp style", and is most often associated with open tunings such as DADGAD. The main idea is to play the melody across, rather than along, the strings, taking advantage of open strings as much as possible for that open ringing sustain. It is a different way of thinking about where to play various notes.
Does anybody else play in this style?
Tony