imperialbari
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Playing chords on my 34" bass guitar is a stretch, very literally so for my aging fingers.
So when my Kala fretted U-Bass arrived Monday in last week, chords were the third matter to explore after the scales and playing tunes by ear.
Some of the tunes that I played were my favourite hymns. I have been trained in harmonizing hymns as well in the early baroque style as well as in Bach’s style. With the U-Bass it very much is about keeping settings on the simpler side, which is a tough challenge all in its own right.
The two hymns arranged so far (Now thank we all our God & Oh, what precious balm and healing) both come in a two-part version pretty much representing the soprano and bass lines as found in the Danish hymnal. And both also come in a version with up to 4 notes in the chords. I have tried supplying the notes with a simple tablature for the notes below the tune.
The arrangements were represented at the U-Bass FaceBook site with low resolution .jpg samples here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3156410447836&set=o.293818370714410&type=1&permPage=1
and here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3156410447836&set=o.293818370714410&type=1&permPage=1
The high resolution .pdf versions may be downloaded for free from my Yahoo-based project about offering free arrangements:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterBBb3/files/Solos%20for%20Kala%20U-Bass/
Klaus
So when my Kala fretted U-Bass arrived Monday in last week, chords were the third matter to explore after the scales and playing tunes by ear.
Some of the tunes that I played were my favourite hymns. I have been trained in harmonizing hymns as well in the early baroque style as well as in Bach’s style. With the U-Bass it very much is about keeping settings on the simpler side, which is a tough challenge all in its own right.
The two hymns arranged so far (Now thank we all our God & Oh, what precious balm and healing) both come in a two-part version pretty much representing the soprano and bass lines as found in the Danish hymnal. And both also come in a version with up to 4 notes in the chords. I have tried supplying the notes with a simple tablature for the notes below the tune.
The arrangements were represented at the U-Bass FaceBook site with low resolution .jpg samples here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3156410447836&set=o.293818370714410&type=1&permPage=1
and here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3156410447836&set=o.293818370714410&type=1&permPage=1
The high resolution .pdf versions may be downloaded for free from my Yahoo-based project about offering free arrangements:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterBBb3/files/Solos%20for%20Kala%20U-Bass/
Klaus
