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| Learning to Solo? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Mon May 10th, 2004 04:50 pm |
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Are there any resources out there for learning to play solos on the uke? I play rhythm on country tunes with friends sometime but I would like to be able to take a solo once in a while... There's plenty of guitar pages out there but something either specifically for the uke or just an explanation of the basic music theory behind soloing would be great. Any links, books, hints etc appreciated! Mike
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| Posted: Tue May 11th, 2004 01:13 am |
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Hi Mike, One of the unfortunate things about the uke is that there are not a lot of instructional materials for it, relatively speaking. I'm hoping to do a tutorial on how I work out my own fingerpicking uke arrangements but it might be a year or so before I'm able to get around to it. The Bob Brozman video is really a good one for learning advanced techniques. It's the only uke video I personally own that I'd recommend to learn anything advanced, but I only have 3 or 4. Not a whole lot of theory in the Brozman video, but some, and lots of great stuff that's well worth it if you've got the time to put into it. Here's a link to more info on it... http://www.ezfolk.com/shop/info.php?asin=B00005YDXK# Another video course I've heard good things about, although I haven't seen it, is Ralph Shaw's. You can get information on it from his website... http://www.ralphshaw.ca/ Jake Shimabukuro has some interesting and free video uke lessons on his site. I think he has also come out with something that sounds like part instructional and part entertainment CD called "Play Loud Ukulele." It looks interesting but the price is listed in yen on his website so it might not be too easy to obtain. Be sure to check out his video lessons though. Lots of fun and he's an unbelievable uke player. http://www.jakeshimabukuro.net/ There are a few websites that have tabs and interesting stuff for the uke. Take a look at the ezFolk ukulele links page and visit some of those and you might find something good... http://www.ezfolk.com/links/ukulele.html Good luck! 
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| Posted: Tue May 11th, 2004 01:56 pm |
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mikeuke Approved
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Thanks for the tips Richard!
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| Posted: Thu May 13th, 2004 10:25 pm |
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uke jackson Approved
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mike, if you're talking about chord soloing, the brozman video is as good a place to start as any. if you're talking about lead patterns as with a guitar -- the same rules that apply to guitar apply to uke, pretty much. picking patterns are all based on different scales. i recently transposed the mel bay guitar scales dictionary to uke tab. however, it's all on paper so there's no way to e-share it. but it really went quite quickly once i got the hang of it. the trick is to figure out the moveable scale patterns. then you can find a lead pattern in any key. good luck. 
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| Posted: Thu May 13th, 2004 10:49 pm |
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mikeuke Approved
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Thanks for the comments. Yes, I'm talking more about guitar-type leads. I guess I will need to tune down to low G for that, huh? That or play way high up the neck.
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| Posted: Fri May 14th, 2004 12:20 am |
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uke jackson Approved
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i tune high G and run the scales starting on the C string. the scales in the book are in C, but i transposed them to D. begininng on the 2nd fret on the C string. yes, you move up the neck. there are no open strings in the moveable patterns.
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| Posted: Fri May 14th, 2004 12:22 am |
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uke jackson Approved
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another option is to use the pentatonic (rock) lead pattern on the high 4 strings. for that you might want a low G tuning.
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