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Colin Tribe’s new book offers new possibilities for ukulele players who aspire to fingerpick their way through thirty of the most popular songs of all time. These chord melody arrangements show a variety of ways the high G ukulele can be used for instrumental solo or duet (such as chord accompaniment and melodic fingerpicking) . […]
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Tag Archives: bass
Alberti Zucchini
“Alberti Zucchini” is an original instrumental piece for the high G ukulele using the Alberti bass throughout. Continue reading
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Tagged accompaniment, alberti, bass, chord melody, chords, classical, composition, etude, exercise, fingering, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, harmony, left hand, melody, music, right hand, solo, strum, uke, ukulele
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Pick Strum Chromatic Scale for high G ukulele
Pick Strum Chromatic Scale for high G ukulele gives practice to right hand fingerpicking and strumming and left hand fingering of new chords. Continue reading
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Tagged alternating, bass, chord melody, chords, chromatic, composition, fingering, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, harmony, instrumental, melody, music, scale, strum, technique, uke, ukulele, walking
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Err on the G String
“Err on the G string” for high G ukulele by Anne Ku opens with the entrance of the famous Bach motif but quickly shifts to something else. Continue reading
The pedal tone applied to a lead sheet for ukulele
One way to turn a melody into a chord melody arrangement is to fill with pedal tones to a lead sheet. We show the hymn Bless This House in C for low G ukulele. Continue reading
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Travis Picking exercises for ukulele
Exercises on Travis Picking variations with easy common chords for high G and low G ukulele by Anne Ku Continue reading
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Tagged accompaniment, accompany, alternating, bass, bass line, chords, exercise, exercises, fingerpicking, fingerstyle, folk songs, guitar, pattern, pima, thumb, Travis, Travis picking, uke, ukulele
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