With ukes, I prefer a proper framing hammer myself.....
Sorry.
Jimmy Ward's Favorite is a jig in G that stays within an octave. The Hare's Paw is a reel in G / Em that wanders just a step or two outside the octave.
If you're doing melodic drop-thumb on a soprano or concert uke tuned g-C-E-A you might want to think about transposing tunes into the key of F or C as well as G. It's not as if you're going to be playing clawhammer uke at a session anyway, right. Right?
C especially puts a nice range beneath your fingers, thumbing the high 4th-string g as a drone on the 5th of the scale. Most frailing styles lend themselves to 2/4 or 4/4 so I'd start with polkas and reels instead of jigs. What little clawhammer uke I've messed with (I have a very primitive downstroke frailing style lifted from 5-string banjo) is mostly American old-timey, ballads like Po' Ellen Smith, Jesse James and that kind of stuff. I'd love to hear how you do with it. Good luck!
Thanks for the suggestions folks, the encouragement is very refreshing.
SWFL - watch this space if I make any progress I will certainly post a recording.
Fidkid - yes I was thinking a tune in G I could read the dots if I pretend the uke is a guitar but ...
...Cheshire - I thnk I'm going to try Jim Ward's first, it's in G but ranges from the D below to the D above so I'll transpose to F.
Thomaston - I'll check out the ezfolk too thanks, although I 'm still hoping for suggestions for one octave tunes from the knowledgable forumites in this neck of the woods.
Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
Can anyone suggest any tunes which might sound good arranged for clawhammer ukulele? Probably in G and more or less confined within one octave.
Thanks
# Posted on October 15th 2007 by Mike Floorstand
Re: Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
With ukes, I prefer a proper framing hammer myself.....
Sorry.
Jimmy Ward's Favorite is a jig in G that stays within an octave. The Hare's Paw is a reel in G / Em that wanders just a step or two outside the octave.
# Posted on October 15th 2007 by Will CPT
Re: Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
You get better results asking this at http://www.ezfolk.com/
Not only do they have uke forums, but they have some clawhammer uke tab.
# Posted on October 16th 2007 by Thomaston
Re: Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
If you're doing melodic drop-thumb on a soprano or concert uke tuned g-C-E-A you might want to think about transposing tunes into the key of F or C as well as G. It's not as if you're going to be playing clawhammer uke at a session anyway, right. Right?
C especially puts a nice range beneath your fingers, thumbing the high 4th-string g as a drone on the 5th of the scale. Most frailing styles lend themselves to 2/4 or 4/4 so I'd start with polkas and reels instead of jigs. What little clawhammer uke I've messed with (I have a very primitive downstroke frailing style lifted from 5-string banjo) is mostly American old-timey, ballads like Po' Ellen Smith, Jesse James and that kind of stuff. I'd love to hear how you do with it. Good luck!
# Posted on October 16th 2007 by fidkid
Re: Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
That's great! Please record yourself and share when you get some tunes down on the ukulele! That's a riot!
# Posted on October 16th 2007 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Clawhammer ukulele tune possibilities
Thanks for the suggestions folks, the encouragement is very refreshing.
SWFL - watch this space if I make any progress I will certainly post a recording.
Fidkid - yes I was thinking a tune in G I could read the dots if I pretend the uke is a guitar but ...
...Cheshire - I thnk I'm going to try Jim Ward's first, it's in G but ranges from the D below to the D above so I'll transpose to F.
Thomaston - I'll check out the ezfolk too thanks, although I 'm still hoping for suggestions for one octave tunes from the knowledgable forumites in this neck of the woods.
cheers
# Posted on October 16th 2007 by Mike Floorstand