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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.Hey @becky7777 – What is your flesh eater uke? It looks like a Pono with a pickup, but it’s hard to see from the photo.
You could always get a guitalele. I didn’t know if I’d ever learn to play mine, but it’s actually been really handy for things like this.
