manfromtexas
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Hey thanks again Southcoast - and to both of you guys for the intro to the other artists. I picked up a few of their tunes on iTunes and have been listening the past few days. I didn't realize Doc had ukulele albums out - I will look for those too!
I'm certainly interested in giving some new strings and turnings a spin on the Bari and I think I'm going to do that down the road. Lately I've been really into learning how to play songs first on the standard uke up and down the neck, then switch over and learn the same song on the Bari up and down the neck. It's just an exercise that has helped me to see the fretboard and chord relations much more clearly. I think it's a great exercise for learning
I realize that'd I'd still be able to do that same exercise with either of the ukes tuned any which way - and that'd probably be a great exercise to do next. But for now there's something about having a DGBE transposed against the GCEA that facilitates it for me - having the I and V chord there in the same spot. I've been having fun with that
The other take away that I got from my failed gypsy jazz guitar efforts, was I that I learned to see soloing in terms of arpeggios rather than scales. I was always thinking in terms of scales when solo'ing but these gypsy jazz guys always kept saying - no it's about arpeggios. That unlocked something for me as well in seeing the fretboard - and again practicing songs back in forth in the two turnings really has been a great learning experience -
I have various tenors (and another one on its way!) but only one Bari. I'm gonna keep that Bari the way it is for now. But I may explore around with some different strings and turnings on the tenors.
That Kala archtop tenor that is hanging in the background of the video - I've yet to find the right set of strings or tuning to make that thing really sing. It's super sexy looking uke - and has a sweet enough tone - fun to play - but it's super super quiet. Sometimes it's good to have a super quiet uke. Like 5am in the morning. But I know that thing is capable of more than what I'm getting out of it if you have any suggestion -
I'm certainly interested in giving some new strings and turnings a spin on the Bari and I think I'm going to do that down the road. Lately I've been really into learning how to play songs first on the standard uke up and down the neck, then switch over and learn the same song on the Bari up and down the neck. It's just an exercise that has helped me to see the fretboard and chord relations much more clearly. I think it's a great exercise for learning
I realize that'd I'd still be able to do that same exercise with either of the ukes tuned any which way - and that'd probably be a great exercise to do next. But for now there's something about having a DGBE transposed against the GCEA that facilitates it for me - having the I and V chord there in the same spot. I've been having fun with that
The other take away that I got from my failed gypsy jazz guitar efforts, was I that I learned to see soloing in terms of arpeggios rather than scales. I was always thinking in terms of scales when solo'ing but these gypsy jazz guys always kept saying - no it's about arpeggios. That unlocked something for me as well in seeing the fretboard - and again practicing songs back in forth in the two turnings really has been a great learning experience -
I have various tenors (and another one on its way!) but only one Bari. I'm gonna keep that Bari the way it is for now. But I may explore around with some different strings and turnings on the tenors.
That Kala archtop tenor that is hanging in the background of the video - I've yet to find the right set of strings or tuning to make that thing really sing. It's super sexy looking uke - and has a sweet enough tone - fun to play - but it's super super quiet. Sometimes it's good to have a super quiet uke. Like 5am in the morning. But I know that thing is capable of more than what I'm getting out of it if you have any suggestion -