Freeda
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I know I can buy some multi part tunes via James Hill or the Hal Leonard ensemble books, but I would like to learn how to do it myself so I can apply it to a wider variety of music. Anyone know how to do this?
I know I can buy some multi part tunes via James Hill or the Hal Leonard ensemble books, but I would like to learn how to do it myself so I can apply it to a wider variety of music. Anyone know how to do this?
I'm not much at theoretical musical notation but I think I'm logical. What you have is a simple parallel harmony, voice-wise.
But in musical terms I think you have 3 players doing the same tune in different keys. Does that make sense?
I'm still not sure what you're asking. You want 2 or 3 (or more?) ukes playing different chords that blend together? I think the only way that works is the alternate voicing idea or the extended chord idea. For example, if you want a C9 chord, the notes are c,e,g,Bb,d. You could have one uke play a C major chord to get the c,e,g notes and a second uke could play a G minor chord to get the g,Bb,d notes. Together they would cover all 5 notes of the C9 chord. You can play 11th and 13th chords and lots of other extended chords in this way also.
Bumping Freeda's good question so that Lori, Peewee or Janeray might chime in as they do multipart instrumentals w their group routinely.
Bumping Freeda's good question so that Lori, Peewee or Janeray might chime in as they do multipart instrumentals w their group routinely.
The time investment in getting an ensemble piece up-to-speed is considerable, so each song has to have an appeal that sustains it through months and months of repetition.