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Original Post By:
Rich Hayden
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Date: 5/6/2008 3:56:39 PM |
Do ukulele players use barre chords with tenor ukes tuned
DGBE, similer in format to a guitar, or do they only use open
chords?
Thanks,
Rich Hayden |
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Posted By:
mLKauai
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Date: 5/6/2008 5:07:21 PM |
| we use them all; barre, open, solo, chord solo; you name it; and in all tunings; low 4th string or high reentrant 4th string.
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Posted By:
Geoff Rezek
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Date: 5/6/2008 5:45:11 PM |
Check out this cool cord chart:
Uncle Zac's Bari To Soprano And Back! Chord Chart (FMM-B-131)
This handy guide shows the baritone (G tuning) chord grids adjacent to the same soprano/concert (C tuning) grids. It also presents a set of grid fingerings that show the two different chords they create in both tunings. A real convenience for all uke players!
Geoff Rezek
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Posted By:
Frank B
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Date: 5/7/2008 11:20:45 PM |
I use barre chords frequently when playing rhythm accompanyment on all of my ukes. I find the barre chords especially helpful when playing church music in Eb, Ab, etc. The last jam lession I sat in all of the guitar players were using capos. Barre chords were what saved my goose.
Frank B.
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Posted By:
schwartz
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Date: 5/8/2008 10:59:16 AM |
| Barre chords are impossible on a uke. Under no circumstances should a chord be played using more than 2 fingers. Permissible keys are: C. Nothing more.
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Posted By:
John Kavanagh
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Date: 5/9/2008 11:55:28 AM |
| The only difference might be that you don't need a full bar as often because you have the same number of fingers as strings, so most up-the neck chords don't need barring. The commnest one is the 1114 shape.
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Posted By:
schwartz
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Date: 5/11/2008 1:44:38 AM |
| John, how do you play 1114 without barring?
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Posted By:
John Kavanagh
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Date: 5/11/2008 3:39:04 PM |
| Sorry, unclear. 1114 and the 6th and 7ths from it are one of the few shapes you DO use a full bar on. The only other one I can think of is the 7th 1211 and maybe the 9th and 13th etc. based on it. There may be others I can't think of. Even 3121 you only need to bar three strings.
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Posted By:
ToeBone
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Date: 5/11/2008 5:05:49 PM |
I tend to barre quite a lot because often the chord changes are easier, take the following sequence:
2232
3343
4543
4443
5555
3322
All of that sequence I play with a barred index finger except the 5555 where I use my ring finger.
BTW, that's the chord melody in Stardust for the lyrics, "Sometimes I wonder"
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