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cheeba
Aloha
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 Posted - 08/06/2005 : 3:52:45 PM
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what are wound strings and low g tuning? if someone could explain or direct me to a good tutorial thatd be great. thanks
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kahealani
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 08/06/2005 : 4:17:50 PM
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Wound strings are actually nylon strings wrapped with steel. They have a more "twangy" sound on `ukulele. A low-G tuning is still "My Dog Has Fleas", but the G string is tuned an octave lower. In this case, you would need a wound string.
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Brittni Paiva
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cheeba
Aloha
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Posted - 08/06/2005 : 5:07:51 PM
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| cool thanks a lot |
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cheeba
Aloha
25 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2005 : 8:37:19 PM
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| is there special tab for low g tuning? if so, can someone direct me to it? thanks |
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kahealani
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 08/18/2005 : 06:31:54 AM
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Well, there really isn't any special tab for low G - it's all a matter of how you play the song and how you want to write it on the tab.
There is a wonderful website that you can go to for songs in low G. It's from one of the members here. His username is Dominator and his site is http://www.rockslide.org/Ukulele_Tab.html .
I really like his site because you can hear the song if you don't know it.
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Dominator
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 08/19/2005 : 11:10:08 AM
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Brittni,
Thanks for putting a good word in about Dominator Ukulele Tabs. I appreciate it very much.
BTW, are you going to be attending the Ukulele Guild of Hawaii Exhibition in November? My wife and I will be there this time. Hope to meet you and hear you play while we are there.
Dominator
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Curtis Takahashi
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 08/21/2005 : 4:39:03 PM
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Aloha all,
Just for the record, I don't think the low G sounds "twangy". That depends upon your 'uke. Also, Worth strings now has an all nylon (well, flourocarbon) set of strings with a low G. The strings are long, so that you can get 2 sets out of one! Also, with the Worth strings, you eliminate the annoying "squeak" when moving chording with pressure on the low G. Most people who use low G use a silver wound nylon classical D guitar string. I would avoid the Aquila sets with a low G. For some reason, the wound strings just disintegrate within days.
Aloha,
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cheeba
Aloha
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Posted - 08/21/2005 : 8:18:23 PM
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| cool thanks guys |
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