freedive135
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Today while thrift storing I stumbled on a big stack of old sheet music, stuff from the 20's, 30's and 40's. Alot of it says "ukulele notation" on the covers but that is another post.
I picked up a bunch of the gCEA stuff as the other tunings confuse me (yea I know step up or step down but it's hard enough for this old brain to remember gCEA Chords).
Well one of the songs is just the notes with no chord/tuning notation, it is in the Key of Eb.
The song is "Hawaiian Butterfly" from 1917
Here is a link to pic's of the sheet music
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/album.php?albumid=211
My ????? is how do you build chord shapes from melody notes? Can you do this?
Is the melody note the root?
I know the first line is the melody line, the second is the rhythm and the bottom is the bass line.
In using the second line would I go to a fretboard map and the Eb scale to figure out what the notes/chords are?
Or am I way off base.
We need that Sesso Theroy Board!!!!!!
Thanks to anyone that helps out I am sure there are others that need this help but just don't know it!!!!!!!
I picked up a bunch of the gCEA stuff as the other tunings confuse me (yea I know step up or step down but it's hard enough for this old brain to remember gCEA Chords).
Well one of the songs is just the notes with no chord/tuning notation, it is in the Key of Eb.
The song is "Hawaiian Butterfly" from 1917
Here is a link to pic's of the sheet music
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/album.php?albumid=211
My ????? is how do you build chord shapes from melody notes? Can you do this?
Is the melody note the root?
I know the first line is the melody line, the second is the rhythm and the bottom is the bass line.
In using the second line would I go to a fretboard map and the Eb scale to figure out what the notes/chords are?
Or am I way off base.
We need that Sesso Theroy Board!!!!!!
Thanks to anyone that helps out I am sure there are others that need this help but just don't know it!!!!!!!
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