When most people learn the Uke, they start by just strumming along to the chords of a song. Then you move up to more complicated strums, chucking..etc.
Then you move on to Fingerpicking notes of a chord, but repeating the same plucking for most of the song. I've seen some people call this "finger style" but not sure that's right.
Then there is chord melody - where you fingerpick the lyric part of the song & strum certain parts for emphasis at certain times.
** Then you hit... I don't know what to call it.. songs where you pick individual notes, sometimes 2-3 notes and strum rarely. But while you are hitting most of the lyric notes, you are also getting a lock of .. umm.. filler? back beat? other notes. **
I can post examples of this is needed, but as an extreme example, think of songs done by Jake Shimabukuro (which I personally think can be over-done with too much going on).
Last week I made (composed?) my own version of a song by taking the sheet music lyric notes, and using the Chords to fill in strums to accent certain words. (ie, what I think is a Chord Melody). While it sounds nice, it 100% feels like it's missing stuff.
Is there a name for this "style" of a song/tab so I know what to search for ???
Edit 1: Trying some random googles & found this: https://ukuleletricks.com/arrange-chord-melody-songs/ (where he seems to call everything Chord Melody)
Then you move on to Fingerpicking notes of a chord, but repeating the same plucking for most of the song. I've seen some people call this "finger style" but not sure that's right.
Then there is chord melody - where you fingerpick the lyric part of the song & strum certain parts for emphasis at certain times.
** Then you hit... I don't know what to call it.. songs where you pick individual notes, sometimes 2-3 notes and strum rarely. But while you are hitting most of the lyric notes, you are also getting a lock of .. umm.. filler? back beat? other notes. **
I can post examples of this is needed, but as an extreme example, think of songs done by Jake Shimabukuro (which I personally think can be over-done with too much going on).
Last week I made (composed?) my own version of a song by taking the sheet music lyric notes, and using the Chords to fill in strums to accent certain words. (ie, what I think is a Chord Melody). While it sounds nice, it 100% feels like it's missing stuff.
Is there a name for this "style" of a song/tab so I know what to search for ???
Edit 1: Trying some random googles & found this: https://ukuleletricks.com/arrange-chord-melody-songs/ (where he seems to call everything Chord Melody)
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