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I’m no expert, but from what I’ve seen, triplets have a little bracket and a “3” on top. Otherwise, it’s mostly intuition. The easy way to check is to look at the time signature and count the beats. I was just guessing that that measure is in 4/4, but you can double check that.
I can’t find that bar in the tab I have for Abe’s blackbird arrangement. Perhaps we have a different version. Anyway, I don’t think those are triplets. I think it’s just 1/8 1/16 and dotted 1/8 notes. Assuming that measure is in 4/4, here is the sequence: 1/4, dotted 1/8, 1/16, 1/8, 1/16, 1/8, 1/16, 1/16, 1/16.
Glad you got your banjolele in the end @marama
Hi Grace. Just remember that harmonics are hard, so don’t worry if you don’t manage them straight away. I only encountered harmonics after a few years of playing, and at that point, I thought they were impossible. Just do your best and have fun.
Oh, and to address your 2 specific questions:
1. Your ukulele is fine
2. The idea is right, but you haven’t managed it yet. Keep playing with it until you get a clean chimey sound like Andrew gets. It requires a really delicate touchI’ll let others help you with technique, but I have a problem with the word “simple”. This is a really really hard technique. I wouldn’t stress about having problems with it.
Given that I inspired you @lyndallk, I’d better actually do them! That was great by the way
I’ll check out those sites when I get stuck. I also recently bought a guitar but I haven’t hit a wall yet, so I’ll just keep going until I do.
It might also help to try a few different strings. When I used a fluorocarbon low G, my that string went really sharp up the fretboard because it was too thick, but it’s fine with a wound string. Using different strings is much easier than filing the nut slot. It may or may not work, though.
@anirbaf – I don’t think it’s cheating. I do easy or hard songs as I feel like it. At this point, I’ve proven I can do harder songs, so I don’t feel like I have to demonstrate it every month. Plus, there is a big difference between how someone with a lot of experience plays an easy piece and how a beginner plays it.
