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| Converting guitar tabs to Uke?? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22nd, 2009 07:59 am |
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hunter.england Approved
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Hi all, I have been email some guitar tabs by James Yuill, a suberb musician from UK, for one of his songs that i'd love to learn on the ukulele. He's taken the time to write it out for me but not having played guitar before and only been playing th uke for 8 weeks, haven't got a clue what it all means? Is there anyone out there that could decipher it and convert to basic uke chords for me? Thanks very much.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22nd, 2009 03:07 pm |
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Jim Yates Approved 
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Hunter, Do you mean tabs or lyric sheets with chords? If it's the latter, the chords don't need to be converted. Where it says to play a G7 on the guitar, you just play a G7 on the uke. Tabs are a different matter. Guitar tabs have six lines with the fret numbers written on or above the lines and the rhythm written under the lines (usually). Uke tabs have four lines (sometimes five) and are otherwise read the same as guitar tabs. If you want to play in the same key as the guitar, the tabs have to be completely rewritten and you may have difficulty getting a lot of those low notes, especially if you use re-entrant tuning. Some guitar tabs; those that stick to the top three strings (or four if you use a low G tuning or play a baritone uke) can be played as written, but you'll be in another key.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23rd, 2009 07:29 am |
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hunter.england Approved
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Hi Jim, Thank you for your reply. I think it will be more complicated than i'd hoped to be honest! Here is what this guy emailed me (This is from the actual musician who wrote the song so i assume its okay to post it here?): i tune the G string down to an E so the tuning is EADEBE capo on the third fret verses --------------------------------------------- ---1-----1------1-------1----3-------------- ---3-----0------0-------0----0--------------- ---2-----2------2-------0----0------------- -0-----0--------0--------------------------- -----------------3-------1----1-------------- chorus ------------------1---------------1------------------------------------ ----1-----1-----1--------1------1------0-------1------1------------- ----3-----3-----3--------3------3------3-------0------3------------ ----2-----2-----2--------2------2------2-------2------2----------- ----3-----3-----3--------3------3------3-------0------3------------ -----------0-----1---------------1------0-------------------------- middle 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---1-----1--------1-----1--------1------1----3-------------- ---3-----0^3-----3-----0^3----3------0----0---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- -0-----0------------------------------------------------------ -----------------0-----0----------3------1----1--------------- Here is the actual song as he plays it (soryy if not allowed you tube links?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPkfFv_aJsA Any help would be verymuch aprechiated!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 05:36 am |
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DaveVisi Approved 
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I tried to follow along with a guitar, and it sounds pretty straight forward. The guitar tuning with capo would be GCFGDG I know it's not much, but it's a start.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 05:47 am |
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DaveVisi Approved
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Since the main "theme" seems to be on the lower strings, I'd try just playing the notes of the low four strings (GCFG)using a Low G Uke and retune accordingly, E up to F, and A down to G, and see what it sounds like. There are plenty of repeats in the pattern that you can find by following along with the video.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 07:36 am |
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hunter.england Approved
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Thanks DaveVisi, i apprechiate your reply. Unfortunately i have never played guiter, and only recently picked up a uke for the first time so my musical knowledge is very limited. I am playing a soprano uke, GCEA and what i'd like to try and do is (well, get someone to do it for me ) find out what chords are played and what the coresponding uke chord would be. Then i'd be able to work out using the lyrics how to play it. Thanks again, any help would be great!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 03:28 pm |
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DaveVisi Approved
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That's the problem, and why TAB and altered tunings are helpful. He lowered the one string because he couldn't play any "standard" chords and get the tone he wanted. It's also why I suggested a Low G tuning. I don't think it would sound right any other way. The music relies too much on the low notes to keep the tempo. Don't worry about the chord "names." Try retuning like I said and try the fingerings as illustrated. They should work fine. If you're having trouble understanding TAB, just look around a bit. It's really quite simple. A string per line, a number per fret. Your standard Uke tuning and a G chord would look like this:
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 03:55 pm |
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DaveVisi Approved
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I just tried it on my Uke. If you just lower the A string to G, you can play with two fingers across on the third fret, pressing only the two high strings. One way of writing this would be 0033 I don't see a name for this on my chord chart. If you don't want to retune, you'd have to stretch to the fifth fret on the high string which is why he doesn't play it this way on guitar as long fret spans are more difficult to reach. He retuned the strings to accomodate a simpler overall fingering scheme. Alternately lowering and lifting your third finger on the high string gives you the alternating high notes he was using. Raising the E string to F gives you a 0023 pattern reading from low to high and lets you read his TAB directly as written. This really needs the low G to sound right. You can then "walk" the bass down from the open second (C) string down to the third fret first string (B flat or A#) and then first fret first string (G#). It's a struggle for fingering, but can easily be done by using your middle and ring fingers for the 0023 part and wrapping your thumb around the neck to hit the low A# (3023) and the low G# (1023) That's the first part at least. See how you do with this and decide if you want to proceed from there. Last edited on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 04:13 pm by DaveVisi |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17th, 2010 08:55 pm |
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juanpablo Approved
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Hey! on this site you will find lots of songs, and they transport them from guitar to whatever the guitar-like-thing you may play. http://www.chordie.com/ Maybe you cannot find the song you are already looking for, but maybe some interesting others. Cheers!
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