rock_and_roll_camera
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Rightio guys, who feels like helping a fellow uker out today? Basically, as you may or may not know, I recently bought a banjo-uke. Well I always knew about "D" (ADF#B) tuning and how most banjo-uke players prefer that tuning as it's bolder and pluckier and such.
Well at first I just tuned it to "C" (GCEA)as that's what I know, and I didn't fancy learning all the new chords. But today I decided to try something different and my word "D" sounds amazing. So much louder and brighter!
My question though is this, what is the difference between the two tunings? I play guitar and everything but I don't really know anything about music theory, just what sounds good and goes together etc, so please explain it as simply as possible.
I notice that the two tunings use the same chord shapes, but obviously they're different chords. How do these relate to each other, obviously there is a pattern to it?
Also, whilst I have used this new tuning, and got used to some of the chords, I have mostly been playing the chord shapes I would usually play for "C" tuning (basically playing the smae chords on a different tuning, if y'know what I mean?) and this sounds just as good as playing the chords in the new shapes? So I wanna know if this is do-able, if this is something that most people do?
When I'm playing songs in the new tuning, should I play the same chords but in the the new shapes, or do I have to re-arrange the song for the new scale?
And finally, can somebody explain the whole high "G", low "G" thing to me? What is the difference? I'm not even sure what I use but how do I try the other one? I mean how can I tune from one "G" to another? Surely the string would end up too slack or too tight? What difference does it even make?
Well I think I've wittled on enough? If any one could help that'd be great, but please don't confuse me! I'm sorry if I sound like a right idiot, I've just never really though about all this stuff before...
Cheers guys!...
Well at first I just tuned it to "C" (GCEA)as that's what I know, and I didn't fancy learning all the new chords. But today I decided to try something different and my word "D" sounds amazing. So much louder and brighter!
My question though is this, what is the difference between the two tunings? I play guitar and everything but I don't really know anything about music theory, just what sounds good and goes together etc, so please explain it as simply as possible.
I notice that the two tunings use the same chord shapes, but obviously they're different chords. How do these relate to each other, obviously there is a pattern to it?
Also, whilst I have used this new tuning, and got used to some of the chords, I have mostly been playing the chord shapes I would usually play for "C" tuning (basically playing the smae chords on a different tuning, if y'know what I mean?) and this sounds just as good as playing the chords in the new shapes? So I wanna know if this is do-able, if this is something that most people do?
When I'm playing songs in the new tuning, should I play the same chords but in the the new shapes, or do I have to re-arrange the song for the new scale?
And finally, can somebody explain the whole high "G", low "G" thing to me? What is the difference? I'm not even sure what I use but how do I try the other one? I mean how can I tune from one "G" to another? Surely the string would end up too slack or too tight? What difference does it even make?
Well I think I've wittled on enough? If any one could help that'd be great, but please don't confuse me! I'm sorry if I sound like a right idiot, I've just never really though about all this stuff before...
Cheers guys!...