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I’m not a huge Dire Straits fan, but Mark Knopfler throws the kitchen sink at those guitar solos. They have it all.
I can see both points of view, but it really depends on the result you want at the end of it. Do you want a faithful recreation of the rhythm guitar part, or do you want a general recreation of the feel of the whole song. If it’s the latter, then I’d go with your approach. I’d probably add some chucking to recreate the snare drum, and there is nothing wrong with throwing in those organ parts before the chorus. It’s just a matter of what you can physically achieve.
It’s interesting isn’t it. I was listening to Dire Straits on the radio and identifying every pull off, hammer on, and bend, whereas a few years ago, I would just have enjoyed the sounds.
If you are starting to feel jaded about pros playing up the neck, just have a look at Paul McCartney here.
Lol. Poor Andrew. I just asked “why aren’t there more pull offs” the other day. Horses for courses I guess.
Thanks. I’ve been playing with all 3 versions and I see what you mean about the timbre. I think I’ll stick with your version for now.
Hi Becky,
Do you remember Matt’s live lesson on barre chords? I commented that I couldn’t bend my finger the right way to do partial barres. Then I ended up actually doing it, even if it wasn’t terribly coordinated. Anyway, that took 6 years of trying. Just keep working at it, but don’t expect results anytime soon. Here’s an inspirational quote for you:
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. — Jacob Riis
I don’t think it would require an experienced player. I don’t have any direct experience, though. My only concern would be that you wouldn’t be able to play the melody on the G string (at least not easily), regardless of whether the melody was for low or high G. It would be great for strumming, though.
@jinajupiter – That was my option 4) and I agree that it’s a good option 🙂
Jina has given good advice.
Re: knowing what the melody note is, just hum the melody to yourself. Are you humming the G or the B? (or neither? For all I know that interval might be just filler and not part of the melody at all)
It might be a good exercise to take one of the easier RC101 songs and just play the melody (i.e. just one string at a time). Dream a Little Dream has a nice recognizable melody.
I just wanted to add to number 4) I know you said you don’t know anything about changing keys, but in this case, you would just play everything one fret higher. That’s it.
@rickeymike – Yep. I love Joe Hisaishi’s music.
Hi @rickeymike – my approach depends entirely on context. I assume you are playing the melody on your uke. If so, which note carries the melody? Is it the B or the G?
If it’s the G (which it normally would be, being the higher note), I like @kirpuff’s suggestion of playing a D instead of a B. A G major chord is GBD, so playing the D would be similar. Otherwise, there are a few options you could take.
1) Buy a guitar or a guitalele.
2) Use a low G uke and play 4X3X.
3) Detune your ukulele so it’s a semitone lower. It’s quite easy for me to play that interval on my Bb-tuned uke (I think it’s not technically a chord unless there are 3 notes).
4) Don’t detune your uke, but transpose the whole song up one semitone so that B becomes a C.
