Hi everyone!
I've been playing the uke for about two weeks now with no musical background.
One question I've been left with is 'why learn loads of chords?'
Firstly I tried strumming some basic chords (C G Am F) and could appreciate that its fun to strum. But the song was unrecognizable as I can't sing.
So I turned to tab and started finger picking. The end product was more rewarding, but felt that there should be another person playing the chords on top of my melody? Or can you do a bit of both? Is that called a solo piece?
I noticed that some tabs had some strumming in them which included one strum of a chord, which made me think that I'll just play chords by reading tab rather than memorising them.
But apart of me wants to get back to strumming again. I guess I'm just looking for some chords to strum that are pleasing to listen too, maybe I've underestimated what chords can do?
(Also what's the difference when people say their uke is tuned Gcea or GCEA ect?
Sorry if this is in cohesive, just wrote all my thoughts down!
I've been playing the uke for about two weeks now with no musical background.
One question I've been left with is 'why learn loads of chords?'
Firstly I tried strumming some basic chords (C G Am F) and could appreciate that its fun to strum. But the song was unrecognizable as I can't sing.
So I turned to tab and started finger picking. The end product was more rewarding, but felt that there should be another person playing the chords on top of my melody? Or can you do a bit of both? Is that called a solo piece?
I noticed that some tabs had some strumming in them which included one strum of a chord, which made me think that I'll just play chords by reading tab rather than memorising them.
But apart of me wants to get back to strumming again. I guess I'm just looking for some chords to strum that are pleasing to listen too, maybe I've underestimated what chords can do?
(Also what's the difference when people say their uke is tuned Gcea or GCEA ect?
Sorry if this is in cohesive, just wrote all my thoughts down!