Unlocking the Magic of High G Ukulele (5 Techniques for Reentrant Tuning)
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What's so special about high G ukulele anyway? While reentrant tuning can seem limiting it also opens you up to a host of musical techniques that are not available on other instruments. From strumming patterns to picking to chords, let's look at five techniques that this ukulele tuning can do that Low G can not.
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0:00 Step Right Up!
0:36 Campanella
2:14 High or Low G?!
2:24 Clawhammer
3:24 Doubled Voices
5:14 Split Stroke
7:02 Magic Chords
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I love high G! It is always lovely, often serious, never solemn. As a confirmed over-thinker, I love that re-entrant tuning makes no “sense.” I find myself listening and learning more intuitively.
Fun intro, btw!
I love that reasoning! I think the 'makes no sense' is a big part of why I love it as well.
These are great "magic" techniques. Thanks again for defending "high G" tuning, which so many beginner uke players don't quite appreciate.
✨ excellent teaching … and all that jazz
I play high g when I’m playing Campanella - because I’m following tabs. I play low G at other times because it’s more instinctive if I want to pick out melody or harmony. And I play baritone when I’m singing, because it suits my voice better. I learned music on the piano, so struggled with high g initially, but I do appreciate what it can bring. Haven’t quite mastered the different fretboards yet…but I’m getting there. Thank you for your helpful tips, and your enthusiasm.
Super loved this, Christopher!
Hi G! 🤘
I love the sound of high G. I love the tightly spaced voicing for jazzy chords, and playing inversions by feel rather than the lowest note. I love the use of the high G in some tabs, making things easier to play - I’m not yet good enough for full on Campanella playing. I love the sound of some picking patterns.
I’m a high G man except when I’m not - low G has use in tone, some fingerpicking patterns, bass lines (relatively - it’s still a ukulele). So yeah, mostly high G, some exceptions.
And sopranos and concerts suit high G perfectly.
This is a great video! I've been trying to figure out if I wanted to concentrate on high g or low g for a while now and this made me want to concentrate on high g! Maybe you could make companion video on the techniques that are only achievable on low g? Thanks again for the great info!
Jesse
I love it! Thanks 😊
I can't help feeling that low G kind of defies the purpose of playing ukulele in the first place. Might just as well play guitar then. I do have a low G uke though as well, as there's an increasing number of interesting low G uke arranagements in the meantime. But overall I prefer high G by far, as only that gives me the unique sound that made me pick up the ukulele in the first place. Don't think I had ever become attracted to the ukulele if not for that high G sound.
I have a high G, a low G and a baritone.
I'm learning the fretboard so I'm playing almost exclusively the baritone. I pick up the High G and play around with it to keep it from getting dusty.
I've only played triads for now, but am sticking my toes in the water for seventh chords.
You have all your bases covered :) I love using high G and mostly thinking of triads and then just adding a bit of flavor on the high G. Forces you to think outside the typical boxes.
@@Banjoleletinman This video opened up my mind to not neglect it.
Thanks for the information. I have quite a number of ukes. I love each for its unique sound. I love Low G (Worth Brown Strings on it) Ohana...so mellow and warm. However I play 5 string banjo and hence I like to play clawhammer on High G. The answer to you question is too hard for me.
Even though I mostly play high G I’d find it hard to pick one forever. Low G can be a heck of a lot of fun as well
Low G. My favorite -metal wound LaBella. I’m a singer and like the lower bass line and don’t want my note to ring out- prefer a quick decay- which works best for Rhythm accompaniment to singing. My soprano with a LaBella- has a “Gibson” kind of Bark which suits my style of playing. Am not anti High G- just don’t have the experience to understand it yet-
I love the sound of a wound Low G on soprano. I think it’s a truly unique sound with its own charm
Started out on a ukulele with a high G never felt the need to change yes I have heard of a low G but it was good enough for goerge formby it good enough for me 😇😇😇
Amen!
I love the sound of high G strummed with high notes at both ends of the strum. For fingerpicking Irish session tunes, low G is more useful to me.
Cool video. Lots of good advice in there.
I like both high and low G, so several years ago, I decided to drill a couple of holes, add a peg and string on my ukuleles so they are now 5 string, with high and low G close to each other. I'm very happy with it, however I agree that there is definitely something very special and enjoyable about the high G with 4 strings.
I love the sound of a five string. It still has the depth of a low G with the sparkle of high.
I enjoy sporano high G! I got a tenor and strung it low G, but don't enjoy it. It is collecting dust at the moment. I got a baritone instead, and that compliments my soprano so well! But I really love the high G sound, and how much one can play around with it.
I love baritone and high G soprano together!@ it's such a beautiful complete sound
My favourite: high G!
High G for me! I am a beginner so I don't know if there are tricks to avoid it but the chords often do not sound good with low G. C major for example has a G as bass note which normally is not what you want to hear. Maybe you have to play all the chords differently.
I know exactly what you mean! When I play Low G I have to think so much more about what note is I the bass of the chord (for C I would usually play 5433) where with high G I worry much less about that. In my mind they’re two different but very related instruments
Re Campanella technique. Maybe it would be worth pointing out that this technique has both a broader and a freer application than what is being suggested in the video. While one can pursue campanella playing as an end in itself, the concept of distributing a melodic line, whether a scale or an arpeggio, by sharing it between two or more strings can be applied readily to any sort of melodic playing, and has no particular connection with re-entrant tuning. It’s just a technical device which can facilitate moving from one position to another. While the idea of getting the uke to sound like a harp (or a mechanical music box) is arguably the main attraction in a strict use of campanella playing, it seems to me that its most immediate use is in the way I’ve described. And playing a line on a single string seems pretty good anyhow, at least the last time I checked with a million violin players. After all, they get all those nice slides and portamentos, don’t they, something unachievable with campanella articulation. Any thoughts on this?
Absolutely agreed Art. Campanella, along with slides, hammer-on's, etc, is simply one tool in our single note tool box. The example I present here with Roy Smeck's Magic Ukulele Waltz is used in precisely in the manner you are talking about:as a melodic device on one ascending phrase but not for the entire tune. I use campanella very sparingly in my own playing and arrangements and generally defer to a more lyrical style for single note playing.
On a side note, I adore your arrangement of 'Solitude' such a beautiful tune.
@@Banjoleletinman Thanks, Christopher. I just redid "Solitude" recently, intending to upload it in the near future. I hope you'll enjoy the newer version!
My favourite is high G and I also like 5 string with high and low G. Low G just doesn’t grab me - not distinctively ukulele and I’d pick up a guitar before a low G.
Those five strings are so much fun!
hey u amazing thx ! Marple Brüko Low G
What low G are you using on your brüko? I just got one and want to string it up with a low string but haven’t found the right one yet
@@Banjoleletinman
Hey I play the uke logic smoothwound gold alloy low G 0.30. I'm not an experienced soprano or ukulele player myself, but I love the Brüko with Hannabach strings and the Logic Low G. Kind regards
@@huepfendaflOw Thanks! I haven't tried that low G so I'll get it a shot and see how it goes on my Bruko
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hey, with pleasure, now I hope that it sounds good to you too :)! Maybe it doesn't sound good at all.. and I always believed in it hahaha.. it would be very interesting for me if you put this string on, would you like it too?! greetz
hi or lo G depends on context ... broad brush for me: trad uke i try hi G first, rock/pop i try low G first ...
Absolutely agreed; context is everything!
High G tune, because it sounds like the original ukulele.
Do you have a video showing the low G?
I do not unfortunately. I play high G almost 100% of the time
Ordered your strings today for two sopranos but do you think they’d work on tenor or do you recommend something else? Thanks
They do work on tenor, and I’ve talked to some folks that like them on the longer scale. I’ve never personally played them on a tenor though as I don’t have one so can’t really give a good opinion
So, basically campanella is like melodic style banjo)
Yup! It’s very similar the difference really sits in melody banjo using the fifth string open where Campanella has the option, and frequently uses, fretted notes on the G