What is the baritone fingerstyle pattern for Colorado Christmas by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band?

[mindfly]

You’re very welcome.

My fingers do this stuff on autopilot and I’ve had to pause when asked ‘how’ at Uke circles.

Writing brings out some stuff I didn’t know I knew and clarifies my technique going forwards.

Here’s another Christmas song that you can fingerprint playing solo or strum leading a song circle. The first guitar is playing boom chuk country rhythm. The second guitar can be heard playing ‘fills’ in the gaps between lyrics, part of a triad counter melody.

CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Christmas in the Valley > Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Ottawa

Nice! I like the song.

 

[casualmusic]

CHRISTMAS IN THE VALLEY Chords by Wayne Rostad

Christmas In The Valley Chords by Wayne Rostad ♫ Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) Intro: D A D A D A Verse 1: D Sleigh bells ringing in the sno

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[anthonyg]

I just want to back what ohers are saying.

Just alternate the bass note between the D and G strings as a guitarist would alternate between the E, A and D strings. Don't get hung up on if the root note is "right" or not.
This is just ukulele playing for you.
One thing I will add is this. Just keep the alternating bass slow on a ukulele at 4 beats per bar. A lot of guitarists are playing faster with 8 alternate bass notes per bar, and this works with the lower pitch strings on a guitar, but when you try to do this on a ukulele, it just makes the midrange too dense.

I do do an 8 alternate bass picks per bar ( d, g+b, d, g+e, d, g+b, d, g+e) for some songs, it seems to work for Rock and Roll, yet its just too dense in the midrange for many songs on a ukulele.

 

[mindfly]

I just want to back what ohers are saying.

Just alternate the bass note between the D and G strings as a guitarist would alternate between the E, A and D strings. Don't get hung up on if the root note is "right" or not.
This is just ukulele playing for you.
One thing I will add is this. Just keep the alternating bass slow on a ukulele at 4 beats per bar. A lot of guitarists are playing faster with 8 alternate bass notes per bar, and this works with the lower pitch strings on a guitar, but when you try to do this on a ukulele, it just makes the midrange too dense.

I do do an 8 alternate bass picks per bar ( d, g+b, d, g+e, d, g+b, d, g+e) for some songs, it seems to work for Rock and Roll, yet its just too dense in the midrange for many songs on a ukulele.

Thanks so much for your advice. I was kind of struggling with figuring that out. This filled in that knowledge gap quite nicely.