The UkuleleLesson Creating Intros and Turnarounds has been updated with video examples of several of the intros.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Musician "Mis" Communication - Which Way is UP?
Why can't ukulele players and musician communicate using, at a minimum, basic music terms?
I hear it all the time with ukulele video lessons online, in workshop and other players. It drives me nuts! They call the "higher" stings to bottom on a ukulele. The higher strings produce higher pitches and are on the top of the music staff in standard music notation and to top lines in TAB.
Learning an instrument is tough enough.
What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele?. This ukulele lesson focuses on clearing up what these terms refer to and should refer too. Up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending should refer to musical pitch and not be related to gravity as we know it. Up and higher refers to the raising of pitch and down and lower refer to the lowering of pitch. Top refers to the upper note of a chord voicing or musical phrase and bottom the lowest note.
The only gravity, up - down reference that is appropriate when communication musically is, when referencing to strumming or picking. Then the normal down and up that we know works.
Here is the definitive answer to Which Way is UP?
I hear it all the time with ukulele video lessons online, in workshop and other players. It drives me nuts! They call the "higher" stings to bottom on a ukulele. The higher strings produce higher pitches and are on the top of the music staff in standard music notation and to top lines in TAB.
Learning an instrument is tough enough.
What is up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending on a ukulele?. This ukulele lesson focuses on clearing up what these terms refer to and should refer too. Up, down, higher, lower, top, bottom, ascending, descending should refer to musical pitch and not be related to gravity as we know it. Up and higher refers to the raising of pitch and down and lower refer to the lowering of pitch. Top refers to the upper note of a chord voicing or musical phrase and bottom the lowest note.
The only gravity, up - down reference that is appropriate when communication musically is, when referencing to strumming or picking. Then the normal down and up that we know works.
Here is the definitive answer to Which Way is UP?
Friday, June 4, 2010
TRI-TABS added to TAB links
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Blues Ukulele
Added new section to ukulele pages for Blues Ukulele.
An easy to remember link is: bluesukulele.com or ukuleleblues.com
An easy to remember link is: bluesukulele.com or ukuleleblues.com
Surf Guitar section
Add new Guitar page for instrumental guitar, especially "surf guitar". Instrumental guitar was the sound that drew me to the guitar. I especially loved Al Cailo's Tuff Guitar.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Southcoast Ukes add to Ukulele Builders Pages
Southcoast Ukes of Mandeville, Louisiana addedto the ukulele builders page.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Added Jazz Guitarist Tony Hughes of Pottstown, PA
Tony Hughes is a great player from Pottstown, PA. Tony teaches and player around the Philadelphia area.
Over 520 fellow jazz guitarists are listed on my site.
My JazzGuitarResources.com web site has been incorporated in to the main Curt Sheller site.
Over 520 fellow jazz guitarists are listed on my site.
My JazzGuitarResources.com web site has been incorporated in to the main Curt Sheller site.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
New Song Section Added to Site
A NEW section for songs have been added to the TABs part of the site.
The Song & Chord Progressions section has chord chart for popular songs.
The Song & Chord Progressions section has chord chart for popular songs.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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