Ukulele JJ
Super Moderator
Hi gang,
Thought I'd take over today's DU while JoeyBug is out of the pocket (temporarily... I insist! Hear that, JB?)
Anyhoo, let me just flip to a random page here...
Sunrise, Sunset on page 224.
Oooh, that's a good one. It's from Fiddler on the Roof.
No video, I'm afraid. Feel free to dig one up or shoot your own. But here are my thoughts as I play through the piece real quick:
Very nice chords, and nothing too difficult. Most of you probably already know all or nearly all of these, and if you don't, this is a good time to learn 'em. They're subtle variations on common chords and should be in every uker's bag of tricks.
And yes, what Jumping Jim is calling an F6 really is the same fingering as a Dm7. They are inversions of each other. That is, they're made up of the exact same notes--only the "root" note differs. Kinda like how a C6 is the same as an Am7. (By the way, you can also play F6 or Dm7 as 5555.)
For the first six measures of the chorus, you could try playing just a D note on beat one--that's the third string (C string) on the second fret. Then strum the chords on beats two and three.
So it's: Note-chord-chord, Note-chord, chord
Or: D(note)-Dm-Gm6, D(note)-Dm-A7 ...and so on. I think that sounds pretty good. YMMV.
JJ
Thought I'd take over today's DU while JoeyBug is out of the pocket (temporarily... I insist! Hear that, JB?)
Anyhoo, let me just flip to a random page here...
Sunrise, Sunset on page 224.
Oooh, that's a good one. It's from Fiddler on the Roof.
No video, I'm afraid. Feel free to dig one up or shoot your own. But here are my thoughts as I play through the piece real quick:
Very nice chords, and nothing too difficult. Most of you probably already know all or nearly all of these, and if you don't, this is a good time to learn 'em. They're subtle variations on common chords and should be in every uker's bag of tricks.
And yes, what Jumping Jim is calling an F6 really is the same fingering as a Dm7. They are inversions of each other. That is, they're made up of the exact same notes--only the "root" note differs. Kinda like how a C6 is the same as an Am7. (By the way, you can also play F6 or Dm7 as 5555.)
For the first six measures of the chorus, you could try playing just a D note on beat one--that's the third string (C string) on the second fret. Then strum the chords on beats two and three.
So it's: Note-chord-chord, Note-chord, chord
Or: D(note)-Dm-Gm6, D(note)-Dm-A7 ...and so on. I think that sounds pretty good. YMMV.
JJ
