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benjammin
Aloha

USA
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Posted - 02/13/2003 :  8:26:50 PM  Show Profile
Aloha all:
I am looking for a few vamps to begin practicing. Any you can share with me.
I have the G7-C7-F hula stylee one down pretty well.
Thanks!

marzullo
`Olu`olu

USA
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Posted - 02/13/2003 :  9:51:29 PM  Show Profile  Visit marzullo's Homepage  Send marzullo an AOL message
aloha e benjammin! are you strumming or picking?

keith

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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 02/13/2003 :  11:31:13 PM  Show Profile  Visit Fran Guidry's Homepage
I don't know what a real ukulele player will suggest, but on a theoretical level, a II7-V7-I progression in any key is a vamp. So D7-G7-C, B7-E7-A, E7-A7-D and so on are all handy to have under your fingers. Once you leave the first position you might notice that a pattern of closed chords can be used to walk up the neck and play vamps in any key.

Or, if you're asking for a different style of vamp, lots of slack key tunes use the V7-I vamp. D7-G in Taropatch (G), G7-C in a C tuning, and so on.

Fran

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benjammin
Aloha

USA
5 Posts

Posted - 02/14/2003 :  12:09:06 PM  Show Profile
I am trying to learn anything new. I am pretty much self taught so any recommendations are appreciated!

quote:
Originally posted by marzullo

aloha e benjammin! are you strumming or picking?

keith



Edited by - benjammin on 02/14/2003 12:10:05 PM
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benjammin
Aloha

USA
5 Posts

Posted - 02/14/2003 :  12:11:08 PM  Show Profile
Thanks so much those sound cool.
Ben

quote:
Originally posted by fguidry

I don't know what a real ukulele player will suggest, but on a theoretical level, a II7-V7-I progression in any key is a vamp. So D7-G7-C, B7-E7-A, E7-A7-D and so on are all handy to have under your fingers. Once you leave the first position you might notice that a pattern of closed chords can be used to walk up the neck and play vamps in any key.

Or, if you're asking for a different style of vamp, lots of slack key tunes use the V7-I vamp. D7-G in Taropatch (G), G7-C in a C tuning, and so on.

Fran


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marzullo
`Olu`olu

USA
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Posted - 02/14/2003 :  12:55:58 PM  Show Profile  Visit marzullo's Homepage  Send marzullo an AOL message
benjammin,

it sounds like you're strumming. have you tried doing your II7-V7-I in an inversion. for example, in F you do G7-C7-F, which you are probably playing

0212, 0001, 2010

so try instead

4532, 3433, 5558

take a look at http://www.sheep-entertainment.nl/ukulele/chordfinder.html for finding more inversions...

aloha,
keith

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benjammin
Aloha

USA
5 Posts

Posted - 02/15/2003 :  04:19:01 AM  Show Profile
Right on!, that will keep me busy for a bit. Yeah, I guess I strum more often than pick, but I have some cross over skills from my self taught banjo days, too. I'm sort of in a self taught plateau I guess!
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Originally posted by marzullo

benjammin,

it sounds like you're strumming. have you tried doing your II7-V7-I in an inversion. for example, in F you do G7-C7-F, which you are probably playing

0212, 0001, 2010

so try instead

4532, 3433, 5558

take a look at http://www.sheep-entertainment.nl/ukulele/chordfinder.html for finding more inversions...

aloha,
keith


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marzullo
`Olu`olu

USA
923 Posts

Posted - 02/15/2003 :  3:23:19 PM  Show Profile  Visit marzullo's Homepage  Send marzullo an AOL message
benjammin,

oh, a banjo player! then, try this turnaround in the key of C (D7, G7, C):

first, hold the chord x655 barring the bottom two strings with your index
(like a Bb, except at the fifth fret), and with your ring finger ready to
press on the bottom string at the seventh fret (that is, a x657 chord).

pick the strings downward, eg x6xx, xx5x, xxx7, xxx5
(that is, first pick the C string at fret 6, then the E string at fret 5, etc).

then, slide down to x532 with your pinky ready to hammer on the bottom
string at the fifth fret, and play

x5xx, xx3x, xxx2, xxx5

then play a C, say 0003 or 5433.

aloha,
keith

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catheglass
Lokahi

USA
312 Posts

Posted - 03/08/2003 :  03:03:04 AM  Show Profile
Aloha Keith:

can you translate that turnaround picking into ppositions for a baritone 'uke? Many mahalos if you can. . . . Cathe

cathe
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