BOSKO & HONEY Love-ins and Safaris -- Ambassadors to the Ukulele (This is a great video to the last strum.)
On the streets of Belgium (some Slack Key Ukulele)
GREAT TECHNIQUE!
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I wanted to create this blog as a place where I can store and retrieve information for future reference. I chose the name Humble Uker Ramblings because I have started out strumming my father's 1950's painted Harmony ukulele. I think that the greatest appeal of the ukulele as "the people's instrument" is it's humble simplicity. My contact email is HumbleUker@gmail.com. I have also been working on a blog for the Baritone Ukulele called Humble Baritonics.
Showing posts with label Slack Key. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slack Key. Show all posts
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
MOANA CHIMES slack key style || Mark Nelson
Here's a little slack key ukulele that I surfed across. Mark Nelson posted the arrangement on Alistair Wood's Ukulele Hunt...
http://ukulelehunt.com/ukertabs/2009/10/20/moana-chimes-slack-key-style/
Thursday, September 3, 2009
SLACK KEY UKULELE

I took a second class from Bob Brozman about 45 days ago. He talked about Ledward Kaapana and slack key. Bob has a way of telling an intermediate ukulele player enough information to last 5 years, possibly longer. He taught us quite a bit of the Slack Key in C. I was doing some more research in this area and came across this quote from Ledward about his uncle's instructions...
Slack key is a style, not a tuning. You do not need to tune your ‘ukulele differently, but some artists do. Uncle Ledward Kaapana sums it up nicely: “When I was young my uncle Fred told me you can play slack key in Standard tuning. He said, ‘It’s easy, jus’ press the right strings’. Jus’ press’ was something he would always tell us when we’d ask him a question. One time when we were playing I asked him, ‘Uncle Fred, what key is this?’ He told me, ‘Boy, no worry what key, jus’ press.’”
Slack key is a style, not a tuning. You do not need to tune your ‘ukulele differently, but some artists do. Uncle Ledward Kaapana sums it up nicely: “When I was young my uncle Fred told me you can play slack key in Standard tuning. He said, ‘It’s easy, jus’ press the right strings’. Jus’ press’ was something he would always tell us when we’d ask him a question. One time when we were playing I asked him, ‘Uncle Fred, what key is this?’ He told me, ‘Boy, no worry what key, jus’ press.’”
I am trying to find some slack key in the Key of A to use in some Blues songs. Actually, I think all I need to do is write down the A scales and copy the methods to do slack key in C.
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