Guitar to Uke? What to do with the high G?
I'm probably always going to be a guitar player first, but I got a tenor ukulele to mess around with. I'm really liking it for the size: I can take it anywhere! Also like the ability to do simple chord melody stuff. It's a lot simpler when you only focus on 4 strings instead of 6!
I kept the uke in its original tuning because I like the sound. However, I don't really understand how to use the highest G string, so effectively I'm just pretending I'm playing a guitar capo'd at the 5th fret when I strum. But for single note stuff, I kind of just ignore the highest pitched string.
For example, if my strings are: GCEA - 4321, should I be playing scales starting on the 3rd string -> 2nd -> 1, and wrapping around to the 4th string (because it's the highest in pitch)?
What are the ukulele-specific techniques I'm missing out on here? I'm sure there's a lot.
Thanks!
I'm probably always going to be a guitar player first, but I got a tenor ukulele to mess around with. I'm really liking it for the size: I can take it anywhere! Also like the ability to do simple chord melody stuff. It's a lot simpler when you only focus on 4 strings instead of 6!
I kept the uke in its original tuning because I like the sound. However, I don't really understand how to use the highest G string, so effectively I'm just pretending I'm playing a guitar capo'd at the 5th fret when I strum. But for single note stuff, I kind of just ignore the highest pitched string.
For example, if my strings are: GCEA - 4321, should I be playing scales starting on the 3rd string -> 2nd -> 1, and wrapping around to the 4th string (because it's the highest in pitch)?
What are the ukulele-specific techniques I'm missing out on here? I'm sure there's a lot.
Thanks!
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