Jeremy Chew
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Awesomeness!!! I can see your effort put into this to make our Uke music better!! Thanks heaps!!
Thanks! That one's great. I think I better look around this forum some more.
what do you mean "It'll sound good no matter what red notes you play"Seems like there is enough demand for these, so enjoy. Please let me know if there are any errors, or if you have any suggestions.
Note: I'm not a graphic designer - if anyone wants to help out on these and make them a bit more professional (fret sizes, backgrounds, text) - I would really appreciate it.
Here is probably the single best interactive chords and scales for uke site I have found . Check this out ...
http://ukulelehelper.com/
Enjoy !
I am guessing you've never played an Appalachian Dulcimer or a Strumstick, Tenzen. On either of those instruments the scale available on the melody string has no "bum" notes and so hitting any of them will at least ensure the note in question is within the scale and therefore will not sound out of place.
What these charts are attempting to do is to offer the same option to Uke players as removing the "bum note" frets on the Strumstick does for players of that fun instrument.
Whether that is sufficient to then say any note will sound good, is, I suppose, debatable. But improvising using only the notes of the scale you are playing in is sure going to sound better than dropping a few bum notes in there (unless you're playing Jazz )
Seems like there is enough demand for these, so enjoy. Please let me know if there are any errors, or if you have any suggestions.
Note: I'm not a graphic designer - if anyone wants to help out on these and make them a bit more professional (fret sizes, backgrounds, text) - I would really appreciate it.
I don't include every key or mode, just some of the common ones I use - if you have a request, let me know and I'll add it when I can. The "Whole, Half" and fret patterns work for the mode no matter what key you are in, so they can help to transpose too.
How to use:
The red dots are "safe" notes to use in the key of the song you are playing in. Major scales can be used in most songs with a majority of major chords, Pentatonic and pent minor often work over minor key. Blues scales work over almost anything - especially I, IV, V pattern rock and blues. Start with Major and Blues if you never tried solos before.
The glowing red dots, are your root note - match that to the key of the song and start your solos there and you should be fine. It'll sound good no matter what red notes you play. To play the whole scale in any key, just start on any glowing red dot, and finish on the next glowing red dot. That's an octave on that scale in that key.
The "First Position" stuff is simply an easy way to play the scale low on the neck with as many open strings as possible. Just play the fret number on the string in order and you have your basic scale. Remember that G=4th string, C=3rd String, E=2nd string, and A=1st string.
Here we go...