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Original Post By:
Rob Uker
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Date: 6/19/2015 3:00:38 PM |
I need something new to Play!!!
I'm looking for some interesting new tabs to play.
Being that I don't sing (at the request of family and friends) I mostly finger pick.
I have every Classical and Blues themed book Jumpin Jim ever published and I've pretty much exhausted everything on Uke Hunt that interests me. I need a new source for Tabs
Help Me!!!
I love Blues, Classic Rock, Classical Music and some Jazz . |
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Posted By:
Jim Beloff
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Date: 6/19/2015 3:50:19 PM |
| Hey Rob. We have just the thing. In July FMM will be releasing a new book/CD from Tony Mizen, arranger of "From Lute To Uke" and "The Baroque Ukulele." It's entitled "The Romantic Ukulele" and features works from the romantic era of classical music with pieces by Chopin, Debussy, Satie, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Dvorak and many more. Tony's reentrant GCEA arrangements of Debussy's Claire de Lune and the Chopin Prelude in E Minor are simply gorgeous and arranged in both music notation and uke tab! Stay tuned!
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Posted By:
Rob Uker
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Date: 6/19/2015 9:41:58 PM |
I do love the Baroque ukulele book.
I'll have to give it a try.
I'm sure you get a lot of suggestions but have you considered a instrumental rock book?
Some of my favorite pieces to play are
Ventures
Sleepwalk
Any led zeppelin
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 6/21/2015 9:39:53 AM
(Updated: 6/21/2015 9:51:39 AM)
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Here's a bunch of various uke tab sites.
Old timey tunes-
http://ukuleledavarnaudd.free.fr/davtabs.html
Dominator's site is always worth a visit- http://dominator.ukeland.com/index2.shtml
Lots of stuff at http://www.muffin.net.nz/muffin/Uke_Tab.html see also http://www.muffin.net.nz/muffin/powertab.html for tabs in power tab format.
Woodshed has loads of stuff on his Uke Hunt site- http://ukulelehunt.com/category/Tab/
Classical and traditional uke tabs- http://pdfminstrel.wordpress.com/2-standard-high-g-ukulele-pdfs/
Ken Middleton has some fingerstyle uke tabs- http://www.kenmiddleton.co.uk/Pages/FreeTabDownloads.aspx
Here's an old tab site. It's down now, but it says it will be back up- http://www.microshare.net/tabulearn/
I've done a few tabs and I plan on doing more- https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_h5ZpyH5rfdY1RqUjRBWVBCVVU&usp=sharing
Here�s another.
http://descordesetdubois.wordpress.com/
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 6/21/2015 9:52:03 AM |
Some More-
This fella has lessons and tabs for a few bluesy tunes.
http://www.daddystovepipe.com/free-ukulele-tablature.php
Some Rock Stuff
http://liveukulele.com/tabs/
Wilfried Welti's site:
http://www.ukulele-arts.com/tabs-and-e-books/?lang=en
Cheers . . .
J Boy
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Posted By:
deejay
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Date: 6/23/2015 9:06:49 AM |
| Great to see you back J Boy! And thanks for the linkages...
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Posted By:
Ukulele Rob
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Date: 6/25/2015 1:56:20 PM |
Great links here to fun charts and sheet music, and by all means, expanding your song list can re-ignite the excitement. But re your "Being that I don't sing (at the request of family and friends) I mostly finger pick," here's some more advice: Try singing!
Many people don't understand that the voice is like any other instrument. You can learn, and you can practice. Instead they say things like "I just don't have a naturally good voice," or "I was born tone-deaf when it comes to singing." You know how howling infants sound, so you should know that no one is born with a great voice. Whether we're talking Sinatra (both Sr. and Jr.), Pavarotti, Raitt (both Bonnie and her Dad), Taylor (both James and Livingston), King (B.B, Albert, Carole, etc.), it isn't what you're born with, it's what you do with it through hard -- but fun --work.
There are some good on-line voice lesson sources out there, but better yet, check out the bulletin board at a local music shop and see if any voice teachers or coaches are out there, and take a few lessons.
I'm no Frank Sinatra. I'm not even Ozzy Ozbourne. I sang in rock and roll and folk bands in high school and college, and even in a choir and a madrigal group in college, without a clue what I was doing. 15 years ago I took a phone no. off a notice in a guitar store and linked up with a vocal coach I still get together with a couple of times a year for refreshers (e.g., to make sure I'm not developing any bad habits). As a result, for some years now I've been known more for my singing than for my guitar and ukulele playing.
And like I say, I don't think I'm all that good a singer. But the vocal lessons have paid off in being able to study a song, learn how to avoid traps, and present the song as an entertainer. And add to that: It's fun.
Two great singers who come to mind: Bob Dylan and Jim Beloff. I don't think either thought of himself as a singer when he started out, but from Dylan's latest Sinatra-tribute CD and Jim's wonderful "Dreams I Left in Pockets" project, it's pretty obvious that each has worked hard on the vocal end to add what's needed to the great songs each sings.
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