Tonight I posted Bigs & Littles, another composition from James Hill. According to James this was the first original piece he wrote for the ukulele.
Learning the arrangement will definitely improve your strumming and chording techniques. The piece—which is sort of classical and sort of new age in feel—is built around a rapid-fire pattern of primarily alternating dual voices that fit within a series of full melodic chords. Be sure to check out the “Performance Notes” at the end of the transcription for information on how James approaches the Em chord at measure 42.
Speaking of chords........James confirmed a few of the chord names but many of them I took my best guess.
Some of the chord stretches can be pretty challenging as well and folks with smaller hands might do better on a concert or even a soprano ukulele. Dominator
I'm just curious. On average, how long does it take you to figure out and transcribe a song? I know it varies based on the difficuly of the piece, but I imagine even a simple song must consume a lot of time.
KoAloha, That is a tough one to answer. It really does vary depending on the complexity of the tune. But even the easiest of tunes can take 3 or 4 hours to get into the tab program after I have figured out how to play it. I've spent a few hours in the evening each day for 2 or sometimes 3 weeks for some of the more difficult stuff. It really is time consuming. That's also why many times updates to the site come in waves. Nothing for a month or so and then maybe 2 or 3 new tabs. Just depends. Sometimes I just have to get away from it or I start going crazy. Dominator
Well, thanks for all the hours invested. A lot of the songs you have on your site are way above my head and I would never be able to play them without the tabs. Actually, some of them are hard for me, even with the tabs.
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Posted - 04/20/2006 : 8:09:55 PM
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