STOP Memorizing Chord Shapes

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The further we get in our ukulele journey the harder it can seem to memorize the seemingly impossible amount of chord shapes up and down the neck. The reality is that all of those fancy jazz chords you see are all coming from just a few shapes you already know. In this lesson we look at how to take one basic chords - the diminished seventh - and explore it's tonality by moving individual notes. Let's not worry about the names of the chord but simply the sound it makes. With this method we can find all the different shades of the chord. None of this matters if we don't have a way to practice is so let's put it in a chord progression and practice along with a bass player!
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0:00 Intro
0:15 Worry About the Sound
1:09 Embrace the Diminished
2:37 E String Movement
3:16 A String Movement
4:02 Mix It Up
4:27 Our Chord Progression
5:10 Practice with the Bass
7:26 Magic Ukulele Club

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@margomclean8880 Ай бұрын

I love this and keep coming. back to it. It helps me listen to the different 'shades' of the chords as I'm practicing, and learning songs in different keys. Thank you!!

@TheHugStrap 2 ай бұрын

So glad to see you got a bass in London!

@Banjoleletinman 2 ай бұрын

I was going absolutely crazy without one!

@TheHugStrap 2 ай бұрын

@@Banjoleletinman I believe it! You need all of your instruments!

@JohannesHeld 2 ай бұрын

That video is a hell of a ride. But totally worth it.

@Banjoleletinman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Johannes!

@JohannesHeld 2 ай бұрын

So, I tried to understand. You choose the resolution to Bb and therefore kept the tritone A - D# on the g and c string and changed the fretting on e and a string by one fret and tried if it resolves still to a Bb. But I could choose to resolve to D (c string one fret down), and try if the other shapes resolve to a D. I could also choose to resolve to a C#, changing only g and c string by a fret and hear if that chord resolves to C#. Am I right? If so - that's amazing.

@IThinkImGonnaUke 2 ай бұрын

Wow, this lesson is next level! Great way to break out of typical hang-ups about chord shapes and focus on the major/minor/dominant relationships.

@fredvanvactor6110 2 ай бұрын

Like yourself, I play bass and studied at university playing classical and jazz. -later got into guitar and ukulele. Learning triads and basic theory is key! Love your channel btw.

@Banjoleletinman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Fred! Good to hear from another bass player over here in the uke world.

@lucydayLucida 2 ай бұрын

Another really helpful and inspiring lesson from you here!

@artlevinesukulelepage9222 2 ай бұрын

HI Christopher, I like your bass playing, I didn't know you were into that! Anyhow, since hardly any of us were gifted a bass player at birth (bass players are people too, hahaha) I'm wondering what you think of apps that generate bass lines. I use ireal pro all the time, but maybe you're aware of others.

@Banjoleletinman 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Art! Upright bass will always feel like home to me :) I think Irealpro in an absolutely incredible practice tool! I haven't used Band in a box in years but I know some people who swear by that. KZfaq itself has really been a godsend as well as many people are out there making phenomenal backing tracks for standards to practice along with. As always there's nothing like being in a room, playing, and interacting, with real live musicians but I think technology is doing a wonderful job at filling that gap.

@AdamKucharczyk 2 ай бұрын

I think the title is unfair a little bit - the memorization is crucial to be able to play along - you cannot THINK which string, which fret, which finger.Even worse - sometimes you need to reshape all the palm just to raise one fret - as your fingers cannot overlap. So - try to play without cord shapes, trying to catch up with the band while jamming in tempo 120 - then ONLY the shapes and the neurological patterns written in stone of your spine, muscles and unconscious parts of the brain will work. The fingers need to form the shape automatically, not because you want them to be in this position, but because you want to emit given sound.

@Banjoleletinman 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the title is absolutely hyperbole. Shapes are very important to muscle memory there is no doubt about that at all! This is more to encourage folks to think about chords outside of simply being shapes on the fingerboard.

@arvincharles 2 ай бұрын

@@Banjoleletinman I'd say the title isn't a lie either. I used to rely on tabs and chord charts and I didn't know what notes I was pressing. Change the tuning and I was lost. I'd guess that there's a lot of uke players right now that are in that same spot I was.