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‘Ukulele 102
WEEK ONE
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Here are some tip’s ‘n’ tricks to make good tunes even better!
By adding some special effects, we can make our sound
PUNCHIER, PRETTIER, or PRETTY PUNCHY!
Today we will look at the MUTE, the “BOOM-CHUCK” and the
ARPEGGIO.
But first...let’s warm up!
‘Ukulele 102
JAMBALAYA
(Change chord on last word of each line)
(“pirogue” = PEE-ROW which is a small boat)
(C)
(G7)
(1.) Good-bye, Joe, me gotta’ go, me-oh, my-oh!
Me gotta’ go pole the pirogue down the bayou. (C)
My Yvonne, sweetest one, me-oh, my-oh, (G7)
Son-of-a-gun, have big fun on the bayou! (C)
(C)
(G7)
(CHORUS) Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m a gonna’ see my ma-cher-amio (C)
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o (G7)
*Son-of-a-gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou!* (C) (Tag at
End of Song)
(C)
(G7)
(2.) Thi-bo-daux, Fontain-eaux, the place is buzzin’
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen (C)
Dress in style and go hog wild, me-oh, my-oh,(G7)
Son-of-a-gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou! (C) (Back to
CHORUS)
(C)
(G7)
(3.) Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue
And I’ll catch all the fish in the bayou (C)
Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o (G7)Son-of-a-gun,
We’ll have big fun on the bayou. (C) (CHORUS) ! !
‘Ukulele 102
= MUTE: stop the sound! Use the HEEL or PALM of your hand.
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Tacit
Tacit
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*TACIT: Keep singing while instrument is silent
Tremolo!
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins
AHDL
Tacit
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Well it’s one for the money
A-A
Two for the show,
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A7
Three to get ready now go cat go
Tacit D
A
But don’t you step on my blue suede shoes
E7
A
Well you can do anything but lay offa my blue suede shoes
‘Ukulele 102
Look for the MUTE!
A7/
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A7/ A
You can knock me down, ! step in my face
A7/ A
A7/ A
Slander my name all over the place
A7/ A
A7/
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Do anything that you want to do
A7/ A
A7
But uh-uh honey lay offa them shoes
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Don’t you step on my blue suede shoes
E7
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Well you can do anything but lay offa my blue suede shoes
A7/
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A7 A
You can burn my house, ! steal my car
A7/ A
A7/
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Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar
A7/ A
A7/
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Do anything that you want to do
A7/ A
A7
But uh-uh honey lay offa them shoes
D
A
Don’t you step on my blue suede shoes
E7
A
You can do anything but lay offa my blue suede shoes
Instrumental: A - D - A - E7 - A Repeat First Verse
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Well it’s-a blue, blue!!
blue suede shoes! Blue, blue...blue suede shoes
D
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Blue, blue! blue suede shoes...blue, blue ! blue suede shoes
E7
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Well you can do anything but lay offa my blue suede shoes
the “BOOM-CHUCK”
or “OOM-PAH”
Use your THUMB to
DOWN-strum the G-string;
this is the “BOOM”
Then DOWN-strum with
finger on ALL strings;
this is “CHUCK”
Think: Thumb-Finger
‘Ukulele 102
clever ways to avoid reading music
1. TABulature: Tab is very simple way to write out music for plucked instruments like guitar, banjo,
and ukulele. Each line represents a string. The top line is the string closest to the ground as if you
are holding the uke upside down. It makes sense though if you imagine Lamb’
yourself looking down at
the uke eh? The diagram shows the string numbers. The numbers written directly over the strings
mean to play THAT STRING on THAT FRET. The example is 'Mary Had A Little Spam'.
Notice that there is no way to show rhythm. There are ways to do it but none are that great.
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2. Neck Diagram: Neck diagrams are nice for showing patterns but they don't even show the order
of the notes like tab does. Even so they can be helpful. Once again the orientation of the lines is the
same as TAB with the first string on top. The example shows a D Major Scale.
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d-8-gthow how to read tab brookadams.com
‘Ukulele 102
Some CLASSIC riffs to practice at home!
‘Ukulele 102
Love Me Do by Lennon/McCartney
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A|--8--7--5------------8--7--5-------------8--7--5-----------------------------3--2------E|------------3-3-3-3------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3----3-3--3-3-3--------3---G
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Love, love me do.
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You know I Love you,
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I’ll always be true,
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So please, love me do.
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Whoa, love me do
For the Verse:
Try the BOOM-CHUCK/OOM-PAH Strum!
Thumb (down on G string)
Finger (down on all strings)
(repeat verse)
Chorus:
D
Someone to love,
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Somebody new.
D
Someone to love,
C
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Someone like you.
(repeat verse)
(repeat chorus)
(repeat verse, then:)
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Yeah, love me do.
C
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Whoa, love me do
For the Chorus:
Emphasize a beat!
down - up - DOWN - up
SMILE!!!
‘Ukulele 102
OK, now try and COMBINE a BOOM-CHUCK AND a MUTE!
Thumb - Finger - PALM!
Bei Mir Bist du Schön
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by Jacob Jacobs & Sholom Secunda, English by Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin
Dm
Bei mir bist du schön - please let me explain
A7
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Bei mir bist du schön means that you're grand
Originally written in Yiddish by
Jacob Jacobs and Sholom
Secunda for the Yiddish musical
"I Would If I Could" in 1933.
English lyrics written for The
Andrews Sisters by Sammy Cahn
within a couple of days of the
original Nov 24,1937 recording.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" means
"To Me, You Are Beautiful"
Dm
A7
Dm
Bei mir bist du schön - again I'll explain
A7
Dm
It means you're the fairest in the land
Asus4
Gm
I could say, "Bella, bella"
Dm
Asus4 Gm
E dim
Even say "Voonderbar!"
Asus4
Gm
Each language only helps me tell you
E dim
A7
How grand you are
Dm
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
September 22-24 2006
I've tried to explain - "Bei mir bist du schön"
A7
Dm
So kiss me and say you understand
‘Ukulele 102
Lovely Hula Hands
R. Alex Anderson
INTRO D7 G7 C
C
Lovely hula hands
= ARPEGGIO: a group of notes which are
played one after the other, added either
going up or going down. Executing an
arpeggio requires the player to play the
sounds of a chord individually to
differentiate the notes. The notes all belong
to one CHORD.
G7
Graceful as the birds in motion
Gliding like the gulls o’er the ocean
C
Lovely hula hands
G7
C
Kou lima nani e
This is a GREAT way to start learning the
“feel of the four strings individually with your
strumming hand!
C
Lovely hula hands
G7
Telling of the rain in the valley
And the swirling winds on the pali
C
Lovely hula hands
G7
C
Kou lima nani e
C7
I can feel the soft caresses
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C7
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Of your lovely hands, your lovely hula hands
A7
D7
Every little move expresses, so I’ll understand
G7! tacit------------------------ C
All the tender meanings of your hula hands
G7
Fingertips that say “Aloha”
Say to me again “I love you”
C (rit.)
Lovely hula hands
G7
C
Chord
Kou lima nani e.
Functions
RITARDANDO: Gradually slowing in tempo
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