Low G Songs played with Low G

pebbleInDaPacific · Apr 14, 2009

Hey everyone,

I was just curious and wanted to know if we could start a list of songs you can play that sound Good with the Low G bass string setup. I changed one of my ukes so I could play. Aside from the two here, are there other songs anyone knows that sound good or were played with a low G? Please share, thanks! :shaka:

Iz - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Jason Mraz w/ Colbie Caillet - Lucky (Sounds good)

mailman · Apr 14, 2009

I'm familiar with the Iz tune you listed, but not the Jason Mraz song....do you have a version you could post here for us?

pebbleInDaPacific · Apr 14, 2009

These are the chords I use bro, but instead of a Dm7, I just use a Dm.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/jason_mraz/lucky_ver2_crd.htm

youtube the songs to see different strum patterns. good luck!

CTurner · Apr 14, 2009

Low G

Ohta-san: Song for Anna
Craig Brandau: Tenderly
Tolentino: Over the Rainbow

Captain Google · Apr 14, 2009

The ukulele version of Classical Gas (that famous Mason Williams tune) has been tabbed by Dominator for Low G.

deach · Apr 14, 2009

Wouldn't most songs sound good low g?

haolejohn · Apr 14, 2009

deach said:
Wouldn't most songs sound good low g?

That is my opinion. I only want to play in low g.

FHS-72 · Apr 14, 2009

deach said:
Wouldn't most songs sound good low g?

I totally agree. My Lanikai tenor is strung with Worths clear low-g and that's what I use almost all the time. We do a medly of Grooven-My Girl-Just my Imagination and it sounds awesome when you use the g-string like a bass.

deach · Apr 14, 2009

Besides a handful of songs written with the C string as the bass, I really can't think of any that would sound 'bad" low g.

If it can be played on a guitar....

Dominator · Apr 14, 2009

deach said:
Wouldn't most songs sound good low g?

Well, sorta. I understand where you are coming from but there are certain songs that just don't sound as good with the low G. I know most people are sick of the reference to this song but a quick example is While My Guitar Gently Weeps. With the low G droning along while wailing on that or even playing the more mellow parts just doesn't do it justice.

Any of the Herb Jr. songs on my site are low G. Pineapple Mango is low G also by Daniel Ho.

deach · Apr 14, 2009

Dominator said:
Well, sorta. I understand where you are coming from but there are certain songs that just don't sound as good with the low G. I know most people are sick of the reference to this song but a quick example is While My Guitar Gently Weeps. With the low G droning along while wailing on that or even playing the more mellow parts just doesn't do it justice.

Any of the Herb Jr. songs on my site are low G. Pineapple Mango is low G also by Daniel Ho.

I agree that instrumentals written on a uke, especially with reentrant tuning in mind, won't sound as good.

carpekd · Apr 14, 2009

hmmmm....
i must try this so called low G phenomenom

Lori · Apr 14, 2009

loving the Low G

There are several nice tabs for low G songs on this site:http://www.microshare.net/tabulearn/?page_id=60
They are listed in different "grades" of difficulty. I have been enjoying
Clair De Lune - Debussy (grade 4)
Five Foot Two (grade 3)
Pack Up Your Troubles - Powell (grade 2)
Auld Lang Syne (grade 2)
Arkansas Traveller (grade 3)

–Lori

nikolo727 · Apr 15, 2009

Bruddah Iz: Somewhere over the rainbow/What a wonderful world.

MisoHappy · Apr 15, 2009

Dominator said:
Well, sorta. I understand where you are coming from but there are certain songs that just don't sound as good with the low G. I know most people are sick of the reference to this song but a quick example is While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

verified. I switched my strings a couple of days ago to low G, and tested them out with this song. I knew the G note was supposed to be an accent note, but it totally drained out the other notes...blech

carpekd · Apr 15, 2009

I didn't know Iz played a low G in somewhere over the rainbow...
The way I learned it was in high G, and you plucked the C string in between strums ???

rclifford13 · Apr 15, 2009

Thats strange - all the videos I've seen of Bruddah Iz playing Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World show him playing a tiny soprano, almost sopranino ukulele. I've played along with the recording with both high G and low G ukes and I could swear that it is in high G. But I can't be certain.

Dominator · Apr 15, 2009

rclifford13 said:
Thats strange - all the videos I've seen of Bruddah Iz playing Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World show him playing a tiny soprano, almost sopranino ukulele. I've played along with the recording with both high G and low G ukes and I could swear that it is in high G. But I can't be certain.

It is very deceiving because IZ was so huge. That is indeed a tenor you have been seeing him with. Unless you have some pics I haven't seen of him with a different uke.

uke puke · Apr 15, 2009

Lori said:
There are several nice tabs for low G songs on this site:http://www.microshare.net/tabulearn/?page_id=60
They are listed in different "grades" of difficulty. I have been enjoying
Clair De Lune - Debussy (grade 4)
Five Foot Two (grade 3)
Pack Up Your Troubles - Powell (grade 2)
Auld Lang Syne (grade 2)
Arkansas Traveller (grade 3)

–Lori

Thanks for the link. That is a cool site.

DoodlesMcDeezleLippy · Apr 16, 2009

Pretty much any song that was originally created for guitar will sound good with low g tuning.

I know that some songs like
Cannonball -Damien Rice
only sound good if its played in low g

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