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Old 09-26-2017, 02:24 AM
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Default What instruction book for fingerpicking ukulele

I just received my ukulele baritone yesterday. I love it and want to do some serious fingerpicking. Solo's that is. Not just pattern playing. So I need a book of instruction that teaches just that. In my search so far all I get is guitar books.

I want ukulele instruction book/s. I have plenty of music books for guitar such as Contemporary Travis Picking, Solo Fingerpicking by Mark Hanson, and so on. I reads music well and play piano so I do not need a beginners book. I have no natural ear for music, at least I never developed one. I am a parrot, I do good with a music score in front of me. About the only thing I can do by ear is pick out the single note melody of a number if I know it well and then I also know the key. Beyond that is where I need the help in fingerpicking.

All recommendations are appreciated. Thank you.
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Old 09-27-2017, 09:40 AM
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I've seen lots of books for fingerpicking tenor or soprano ukuleles, but not baritone. That's a tough one to find. Good luck finding one.
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John King is (was) one fingerstyle uke player: https://www.amazon.com/John-King-Cla.../dp/0634079794

Try `Ukulele Underground for lots of uke info: http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com

Mark Nelson has several books on fstyle uke: http://mark-o.com/buy/books/

Led doesn't have any material out but his playing is inspirational/daunting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPC5aYN6zI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPkrJzKsNyk

Herb Ohta Jr. follows in his dad's footsteps and does wonderful things on his uke. Here he teaches an arrangement of "Sanoe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEfkazmxcBM

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I've seen lots of books for fingerpicking tenor or soprano ukuleles, but not baritone. That's a tough one to find. Good luck finding one.
If I used fingerpicking instructions for a tenor on my baritone, would it not be the same except for being in a different key?
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Old 09-28-2017, 04:46 AM
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If I used fingerpicking instructions for a tenor on my baritone, would it not be the same except for being in a different key?
Yes, it would.

The only thing you need to watch out for is whether your baritone is tuned in linear tuning (which I think they mainly are) or reentrant, which has traditionally been the more common tuning for soprano/concert/tenor.

Daniel Ho's book "Polani" has some lovely pieces in it arranged for linear tuning, but it's not an instruction book, just tab and notation. I think the album's available on iTunes so you could maybe have a listen to a couple of the pieces and see if you like them.

It's also worth checking out The Ukulele Site, they have a sheet music section on there with some nice (free!) arrangements.
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You're right. I stand corrected. I had a senior moment. For some reason I was thinking baritone strings were E, A, D, G.
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