Thanks everyone. My reason for doing this is to avoid the placement of the fingers for the e-chord on the c-tuning for some songs I really want to play, lol.
? Please elaborate.Or...you could place a capo at the 2nd fret.
? Please elaborate.
Thanks, I knew what a capo was but not sure how I would use one when just trying to get an E chord in a song that I could do all the other chords, lol.
A capo is a device that clamps on your uke and simulates you "barring" at a certain fret (2nd fret in our example). You then pretend that the capo is the nut and you play the same chord shapes that you normally would...but they become different chords. For example...if you capo at the 2nd fret, your C chord shape becomes a D chord (you hold the A string at the 5th fret and the capo barres the other 3 strings i.e. 2225)...G becomes A...D becomes E.
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You should be able to find one at any music store.
Thanks, I knew what a capo was but not sure how I would use one when just trying to get an E chord in a song that I could do all the other chords, lol.
Ah ok... I see. Good to know, I'll try it out.Oh, okay...I was offering this up as an alternative to retuning your uke to D-tuning. A capo at the 2nd fret accomplishes the same thing.
Thanks everyone. My reason for doing this is to avoid the placement of the fingers for the e-chord on the c-tuning for some songs I really want to play, lol.
I tried it today, and I got it. I was so excited I created a thread about it, lol.Anyway, keep practicing the old '2444' form of E. It will come eventually. (Took me about six weeks before I could really handle that one at all…)