Intro, links and ends

N

newukersussex

Member

Joined

Feb 1, 2014

Messages

22

Reaction score

0

• Feb 3, 2014

• #1

When a song is posted with something like: Suggested End: [G] [G] [D] [D] [A] [A] [D], does that mean one beat on each chord or one bar/measure of each chord? I feel I ought to be able to work this our but as a newbie it is eluding me at the moment.

Also when an intro is written as say [E7]//... I assume it is telling me two beats of E7, or is it saying 2 bars?

Sorry if this is so elementary, but a little guidance would really be appreciated to help me progress.

 

aman

Well-known member

Joined

Jan 26, 2014

Messages

71

Reaction score

0

Location

Cornwall UK

• Feb 3, 2014

• #2

I would say listen to a recording of the original and see how the intro and outro are played.

Paul

 

PhilUSAFRet

UU VIP

UU VIP

Joined

Jan 13, 2009

Messages

11,960

Reaction score

22

Location

Florida Space Coast

• Feb 3, 2014

• #3

These may clear things up a bit.....

Re vamps: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ukulele vamps&sm=3

Re time signature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3FCfAfZGI

 

Kayouker

Well-known member

Joined

Jan 7, 2014

Messages

85

Reaction score

0

• Feb 3, 2014

• #4

This is a guess, but this would appear to be one beat per chord, with your E7 followed by a two beat rest.

YMMV...

 

M

moetrout

Well-known member

Joined

Jan 14, 2014

Messages

241

Reaction score

0

Location

Michigan

• Feb 3, 2014

• #5

I have always interpreted it as one strum for each chord and a slash (/) means to repeat that. So [E]/// means four strums of the E chord.

 

Kayouker

Well-known member

Joined

Jan 7, 2014

Messages

85

Reaction score

0

• Feb 3, 2014

• #6

moetrout said:

I have always interpreted it as one strum for each chord and a slash (/) means to repeat that. So [E]/// means four strums of the E chord.

Click to expand...

I understand but he listed the progression as:

"[G] [G] [D] [D] [A] [A] [D]"

If a "/" meant a repeat, that would have been "[G]/ [D]/ [A]/ [D] , yes? I have also seen the slash or / used as a rest in other kinds of music, but to be fair I'm not sure this applies to ukes.

 

Cohumulone

Well-known member

Joined

Jan 15, 2014

Messages

122

Reaction score

0

Location

Jacksonville, FL

• Feb 3, 2014

• #7

Not sure what the slashes are, but the chord name above the music simply denotes the change. It's up to the player to strum or pick within that chord. So if you get G and then 4 measures later you're at C, you get a whole 4 measures to play within that G chord however you want (tastefully and fitting with the song of course).