• Basic Chords For Ukulele

Here is the first lesson. The 12 bar blues in the key of C. For this lesson we are tuned to G C E A. You will need.

1. The blues is at the heart of a lot of modern music. You can hear the influence of the blues in rock, pop, jazz and more. How To Play Blues Ukulele covers everything from the absolute basics like simple 12 bar blues patterns to more complex playing techniques, progressions, riffs and more. This 128 page PDF guide has 123.
2. Play the licks by yourself to the playalong, mind the chords on the right of the video or use the soundcloudfile: Playalong Blues ukulele. Jam to the playalong, use the 5 licks and play by ear. Blues licks for ukulele – 12 bar pattern in C. Playalong 12 bar Blues pattern ( C ) with ukulele.

Constructing Solo Ideas (UD#64) from Ukulele in the Dark with Guido Heistek WHAT IS SOLOING? Soloing is when a musician improvises their own melody along with the chords in a song.

Imagine you are playing a song with a friend. If he/she strums the chords you might like to play along with some cool sounding improvised picking. That’s called “taking a solo.” Pop and Blues music often feature instrumental solos.

In Jazz as well as Bluegrass music it is the tradition to sing or play the melody of a song and then the musicians take turns playing improvised solos. UD #25 The Major Pentatonic Scale: Solo Anyone? From Ukulele in the Dark w/ Guido Heistek Last newsletter we looked at how to play a Major Pentatonic Scale on the ukulele.

3d max 64 bit download crack minecraft. This scale is very useful for soloing over Folk, Pop or Jazz progressions that are in a major key. The Major Pentatonic Scale is easy to learn and very useful. It’s a big help to have some notes under your fingers that you know will sound fine. This way you are free to explore your creativity by playing with rhythm and phrasing without having to worry about hitting. UD#25 The Major Pentatonic Scale: Solo Anyone?

From Ukulele in the Dark w/ Guido Heistek When I was starting out as a player I loved to play blues music. I would play along with blues recordings for hours and hours. I used to jam with my uncle and we’d take turns accompanying each other as we took solos.

What a blast! My main soloing material came from the Minor Pentatonic Scale which was first shown to me by my father. This worked great for blues songs and some songs in minor keys but I noticed that the Minor Pentatonic Scale. UD#22 Moving Scales up the Neck – Blues in All Keys from Ukulele in the Dark w/ Guido Heistek NOTE: It will be useful to have a fretboard chart for this lesson. Here is a link to to a fretboard chart in case you don’t have one already. Last week we looked at using the C Minor Pentatonic Scale to play a solo on a blues in the key of C. But what happens when we play a blues in a different key?

Like G, A or D? A GRAPHIC INSTRUMENT The great thing about a ukulele or a. UD #21 Soloing on the Blues from Ukulele in the Dark w/ Guido Heistek THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE: Blues and rock musicians from Howling Wolf to Jimi Hendrix use this very simple scale for soloing. Here is a recording of a C Minor Pentatonic Scale: Play the recording a few times and get the sound of the scale in your head. Sing along with the recording. Try to sing the scale without the recording.

Generally, make friends with the scale. NOTE: It’s called a pentatonic scale because it only has five notes as opposed to most scales which have 7. UD #14 HOT LICKS with CHORD NOTES from Ukulele in the Dark w/ Guido Heistek This week I will talk about soloing: 1. How do I find the notes to use for soloing? What do I do once I’ve found them. Over the past few weeks we’ve been looking at using chord shapes and a fretboard chart to explore music theory: The notes in chords, the difference between major and minor chords and more. Today let’s apply what we learned to soloing.

Please go back and review UD #12 & 13 if you find you can’t follow this week’s. Bio Guido Heistek holds a B.F.A. Music from Concordia University in Montreal and is a CANSTAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. He makes his home in Vancouver, BC.

Guido has performed in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe, and has worked as both an arranger and consultant for stage and film. Guido teaches private and small group lessons at his downtown studio:. In 2011, Guido released an instructional DVD which teaches ukulele students how to strum by ear and from the heart.

Basic Chords For Ukulele

In 2013 he released a CD,. In 2016, Guido released To book a lesson or consult call: 604-605-0174.