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konacat
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 Posted - 11/12/2003 : 5:32:26 PM
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I hope this question isn’t silly as I am still quite new to the Ukulele.
Is there such a thing as slack key ukulele? If so what would the alternative tuning be? I’ve learned about 10 chords now but am waiting for the local ukulele class to start again (said I was new).
Thanks 
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Pauline Leland
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2003 : 7:39:21 PM
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Hi konacat Phil,
Aren't ukuleles fun?!!
I have a book by Heeday Kimura on slack key ukulele. He slacks the first string, the A, to G on a GCEA tuning. The 4th string G is low-G, not re-entrant. You will end up with string intervals like the first four strings in Taropatch.
I'm sure there are others, but I haven't discovered books on them.
This topic has been discussed before, so try a search to see what others have said.
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marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 11/14/2003 : 06:22:38 AM
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aloha e phil,
i play slack key guitar and like to play slack key tunes on my uke. my favorite uke tunes these days are "wai ulu", "ka uluwehi o ke kai", "ahi wela", "lahaina luna", and "yellow bird".
here's my definitely minority opinion... if by "slack key" you mean alternative tunings, then i wouldn't bother - changing the uke tuning is silly. "C taro patch" on a uke tunes down the A string by two half steps, and so by slacking you can use the G taro patch fingerings. but, you can play slack key style without slacking the uke. you can learn all of the parallel thirds, parallel sixths, and so on in the standard uke tuning and still be able to reach them because of the reduced scale. if you play in F or C, then there's plenty of slides and hammer-ons, and the turnarounds are really easy to find. pick up brozman's uke video to see how he does hi`ilawe in standard tuning...
the problem you'll face, even if you retune your uke, is getting a walking bass going without the two bass strings. you gotta be creative. sometimes you can get it, and sometimes substituting a "walking treble" works well. |
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