That's an open note, you play the string without pressing a fret

yes, Advanced pieces are all about learning applicable processes and not so much about the actual notes of the song

I am not sure I understand the question but I am playing what is on the tab (only what is on the tab), with the exception of few ornaments here and there If you meant French chords (aka strings) then yes I am only playing the strings corresponding to the tab

@@MKFingerstyleAcademy Thank you for your answer, sorry I was not really clear. I wanted to understand if, for example for the first note only the first ukulele chord was played or if there was a sort of fingerpicking pattern, but if I understood your reply correctly, the only ukulele chord picked is the one required in the tab. Thanks a lot, I will keep exercising 🙂

Please send me a video when you're done!!!

Love it!

You shouldn't change the tuning. Intervals wise we're playing the same thing, my tuning is low g, which is just a transposed version of baritone tuning except a perfect 4th above... I highly recommend you just play the tab as is, and accept that you sound different from the video..you shouldn't play along the video anyways because this is a difficult piece If you really need to, my tuning is the common low g: Low g, C E A good luck!

@@MKFingerstyleAcademy Thanks so much for your generous response! You're talking higher level music theory here than what I actually know :( but I wonder if the instrument you are playing in the video is a baritone Ukulele or a different type of ukulele? And if it is a baritone ukulele, did you retune it to the low G tuning for Classical Gas?

Basically, if you have the tab infront of you, just play it as is and it will sound good (proper), yet different from my specific recording. This is true for all low g and baritone tabs, they have that relationship where the tab is identical but they sound different. (note that the notation would be different, but the tab would be identical) I am playing a custom made tenor, link to it is at the bottom of all my videos, it is made by Ken Solomons

It is a lot of fun!

Without lessons or courses, might take forever, with private lessons approximately 3 to 4 years if you work hard, possibly longer if you have life distractions which is totally understandable. I took 1 year to get to grade 8 but I was very intense in doing it. With courses, you're looking at about 3 to 4 years as well but without weekly meetings and MUCH cheaper than getting a teacher. First 4 grades are about 2 to 3 months each, grade 4 to 6 each grade is about 4 to 8 months if not longer, and grade 7 or 8 expect each to be a year long process, but at that point you're basically playing whatever you want

Of course the sheet is on my patreon just follow the links in the description

Hey, just follow the links in the video description :)

I got my baroque guitar 1.5 years ago...cost me around $5500 CAD, worst experience of my professional career to date...I still haven't played the guitar and it is still being repaired for the 3rd time! I hope your luthier is not the luthier I dealt with!! baroque guitars can be a lot of fun!!!

@MKFingerstyleAcademy I had a chance to play on one guitar made by my luthier and it was really nice and comfortable, especially for an instrument costing 1500 euro. I am hoping for the best, maybe one day I'll sell it and buy a better instrument, but I spend most of my time with baroque lute and theorbo, so baroque guitar will likely see occasional use in continuo playing. Best wishes to you and your guitar (so it gets repaired right)!

Hello William, there are few things to consider here, I'll put them in point format so they're easier to digest: - Swing does not equal dotted notes! In fact, if it is consistently dotted rhythm then it is not swing anymore - Dotted Rhythms have been in music for at least 500 years (swing hasn't), - Dotted rhythms can be see in notated music in various forms from the inception of standard notation and even before when first versions of tablatures where published for renaissance guitars (later baroque guitars) I hope this helps

@MKFingerstyleAcademy Hmm I guess my question was really what are the dotted notes signifying in this song? Does it mean the first notes of the waltz triplets are being sustained longer than the next two? It kind of sounds that way but it sounds like the sustain is for all 3 beats, whereas a dotted eighth note I thought would only signify an extra 16th sustain...?

Yes, 99% of my arrangements are recorded in Low g, which is the 4th string not first. I'd say about 30 to 40% of my arrangements also come in high G, my music sheet store will give you an idea since you can filter it by tuning. And you can also swap strings easily if you're interested in a specific arrangement but don't want to own 2 ukuleles The majority of my students (and myself) own multiple ukuleles though, at least one of which is in low g tuning all the best!

@ thank you for your clarification. I have one last little question. Will it work by just tune my fourth string high G down to a low G tuning or do I need to change the string for it to work?? I definitely plan to get more ukuleles very soon and I will definitely have one that is permanently low G tuning

I want to say no, I haven't heard of a case where it works but you can literally try it now and see what happens! My intuition though says no!

Thank you again for your quick response! That is what my gut told me as well, but had to ask. I’ll give it a try

if you look at my really old videos (look up Stairway to heaven and videos around that period, I believe 4 years ago), you'll see me playing a Concert ukulele with high g originally, I changed the 4th string to guitar's D string and tuned that one up to G...it worked, but if your ears can tell, those videos had all sort of intonation issues...my current custom made ukulele is gold...and proper 4th string is one part of the story...maybe this message will get you started on your own journey :)

There you go, we don't want people feeling bad about the spelling now do we :D

@@MKFingerstyleAcademy Ha! Perfect.

Thanks, I listened to it, not exactly my cup of tea but thanks for the suggestion, I heard something new today!

I got this question so many times I actually made a video for it! here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/q33Uf6yJoZ2kaKs