Applied Uke Theory pt1

[bcrichguitar1st]

4:34 he said g-string:3

[simplyfyuke]

thanks for the tutorial very helpful :D

[smyrna5]

Great tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to do it.

[504BatteryDrive]

Great tutorial. Found you from UU.

Oh. "...it's all Greek to me too, cause it is Greek I THINK?! ;-) "

It's Latin from medieval monks, FYI. (Like anyone cares.)

[comeonnowu]

Thanks so much you really are making this understandable for us newbies. Any time you can put another tutorial up would be greatly appreciated. You are so talented. I hope you won.

[seanreporter]

Really great. I'm going to work on it. Please keep the tutorials coming! You're a great help, and I respect you for taking the time to help other players.

[TokyoUketarist]

Glad you liked it!

[uke5417]

OK, noob question:

So I watch this and I think, OK, if I play a progression in C, I can solo by using this idea. Then I say, wait, what about the F, the Bm and the Dm of the key (C)?

When the progression is on one of those chords do I just solo over that chord using a C scale beginning on F, B or D notes on any given string?

Thank you so, so much for this vid

[TokyoUketarist]

You got it!

[barrjordan]

why is it an a minor chord instead of an a major?

[vibratingstring]

In a major key, only the root (tonic) chord, the subdominant (4th) chord, and the dominant (5th) chord are major. It is a function of the scale! Very easy to see on the piano or a keyboard. All white keys for C-major.

[TokyoUketarist]

A minor chord like Amin has 3 notes A, C and E. From A to C is only 4 frets apart( or 4 half steps). A chord like Cmaj chord has C, E and G. From C to E is 5 frets apart( or 5 half steps). Amajor chord has 1 more half step than a minor chord.

[nemoAUS]

thanks for this dude, it helped me heaps.

[joeyjr858]

great vid!  I like the low G... 1 more string of lower tone for more scale options! Good stuff

[experimentjon]

Oh man. I've really got to learn those scales. That last 10 seconds was impressive. Great job on the whole video too!

[TokyoUketarist]

Wasn't trying to do anything flashy it's just to get you to practice while making music. Practicing chords to songs is fun because you're applying it to music. It's the same concept. You can practice scales till you're blue in the face but if you can't apply it to anything then it's kind of a waste.

[vibratingstring]

Your last minutes area really lucid. The idea of learning the linear scale cold, to get to the hand-shape ("blocking) scales is great. I never thought about it that way--the idea of progression from linear (simple to understand) to progressive (difficult to understand--but easier if you already know where you are). Thinking about his vis-a-vis violin technique and pedagogy...

[TokyoUketarist]

I was taught for example to make a C major scale a C minor scale to flat the third and seventh degrees of the scale. To me it's easier to think Cminor Ebmajor as relative to each other(same notes). I don't have to think of fingerings and sharping and flating degrees just one of 12 major scales. K.I.S.S.

[Ukemin]

So an Am scale will sound good if I'm playing with someone who is strumming on an Am chord? And any of the notes I play in that scale will sound alright?

Also, the Am chord in the first position leaves me with my A string open. Can I strum and solo at the same time?

[TokyoUketarist]

Yes! Yes to both. You can strum the top 3 strings which gives you ECA which is just an A minor chord with the E in the bass. Or you can strum all open strings which gives you C6 'A' being the 6th or Amin7 with 'G' as the 7th. Then you can hit any open string or any fretted C major scale note.