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Tonya
Lokahi
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 Posted - 12/11/2007 : 10:26:04 AM
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| Great topic (and ideas), Mark. I'll incorporate your suggested process on the next song I work on from your book. I tend to do the "memorizing" rather than the "learning by ear" (since memorizing comes pretty easy to me). But I'd rather do the "ear" thing because at some point I know I'll run out of brain space for sticking in more memory pieces...and then where would I be? |
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ArtSap
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 12:08:04 PM
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| Tonya, if you're more geared towards memorizing things then try memorizing different chord patterns. Your basic chord patterns are used in different styles/genre of music. Once you're able to recognize them, you'll find that you'll be able to not only hear but "feel" when something is going to happen. |
Art
SF Bay Area, CA / Mililani, HI
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 12:50:42 PM
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| Mark that's a great idea if you're willing to do it. I'm beginning to reach a point where I can pick up parts of simpler melodies because I can hear how it happens to be similar to a passage from another song I know. The more complicated ones are of course more difficult to pick up. Liloa's Mele by Sonny Chillingsworth is the first tune where I heard that relationship and said to my wife, "I think I can play that!" Sonny's uncomplicated style and the fact that it's a pretty slow tune made it easier. I'd love to hear what you have to say about learning more this way. It's faster than reading tab, at least for me. |
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Dominator
Lokahi
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2007 : 4:23:49 PM
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Hey folks. Just put together a tab of John King's arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High. I saw his video on YouTube a couple of days ago and thought it would be a good one to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N_JnJQG-_k&feature=user
It's actually a fairly challenging arrangement, for me anyway. I changed a few things in an alternate version to make it a little easier for me to play measures 5 and 6 and then again at measures 8 and 9.
Tonya, you still have time to get this one down before the holidays are over  .
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Tonya
Lokahi
USA
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mokupuni
Aloha
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 5:06:05 PM
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John King is awesome. Check the Nalu Music page for another arrangement with tab provided:
http://www.nalu-music.com/ukulele-tablature/index.php?page_id=62
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Originally posted by Dominator
Hey folks. Just put together a tab of John King's arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High. I saw his video on YouTube a couple of days ago and thought it would be a good one to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N_JnJQG-_k&feature=user
It's actually a fairly challenging arrangement, for me anyway. I changed a few things in an alternate version to make it a little easier for me to play measures 5 and 6 and then again at measures 8 and 9.
Tonya, you still have time to get this one down before the holidays are over .
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Dominator
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 6:05:34 PM
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Originally posted by Tonya
The holidays in which year, Dominator? Seriously, they look pretty complex--is it easier than I'm thinking?
Actually, it is more complicated than I first thought. My problem is primarily with the right hand picking. Those that have the classical rolls and such down shouldn't have much trouble buttoning this one up.
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da_joka
Lokahi
361 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2007 : 8:00:39 PM
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Tanks eh Dom!
Mokupuni, tanks too fo da link. I do like John King's stuff alot!
take it easy eh!
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If can, can. If no can, no can. |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2007 : 02:55:54 AM
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Mark! That's a great idea for a discussion, and for a workshop.
I know memorising pieces isn't the same as playing by ear, but I think it's an important step in being able to. Learning off tab, or charts gives you really useful information about where to put your fingers. Once you know where to put your fingers to get particular notes and chords you can start playing by ear. It's great!
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da_joka
Lokahi
361 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2007 : 05:23:31 AM
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Eh Mark,
Dass someting I've been wanting to work on too. Wish I could go to da camp, but I look forward to da thread ... i'm looking forward to learning choke from everybody's experience wit dis. Right now, I can kinda pick out melody lines by ear, but since I'm still trying to learn all da chord forms an stuff, I no can really make um sound good ;-P
Ya, about moving da thread to talk story, dass a good idea, everybody dea can chime in.
tanks eh! |
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Edited by - da_joka on 12/12/2007 05:24:37 AM |
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