peterng_20
Active member
Speaking in GCEA (high G) tuning...
The high G string seems to be excluded in riffs and solos
If a low G string was used, then you can move up and down the frets through all four strings and make crazy riffs or solos like a guitar. But with the high G string, it does not work well when I do solos, so I basically use the CEA strings since it is suitable for moving up and down the frets. The only thing I use the high G for is to form chords, make the ghost note in between strumming patterns, and to add that extra note for finger picking. If I start a solo on the high G, then the riff stays on the G since moving to the next string instantly changes octaves which doesn't flow well, but still sounds interesting.
Does anyone agree with this? And is there a better way to get this lonely string involved?
However, I can change the string to low G, but that always irritates me since I only have one uke (pretty embarassing).
The high G string seems to be excluded in riffs and solos
If a low G string was used, then you can move up and down the frets through all four strings and make crazy riffs or solos like a guitar. But with the high G string, it does not work well when I do solos, so I basically use the CEA strings since it is suitable for moving up and down the frets. The only thing I use the high G for is to form chords, make the ghost note in between strumming patterns, and to add that extra note for finger picking. If I start a solo on the high G, then the riff stays on the G since moving to the next string instantly changes octaves which doesn't flow well, but still sounds interesting.
Does anyone agree with this? And is there a better way to get this lonely string involved?
However, I can change the string to low G, but that always irritates me since I only have one uke (pretty embarassing).