Chords for Kimo Hussey Ukulele Video Series: Playing Melody and Harmony Simultaneously

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hello, I'm [N] Kimo Hussey, and I just recently returned from a wonderful, wonderful trip. _ _
_ And I thought what we'd do today is something that we talked about in California.
And that is what some people call a two-finger method of playing the ukulele.
I think some people call it a chord melody.
But what it refers to is a style of ukulele play that involves playing the melody and harmony simultaneously. _ _ _
And so I want to say, before we begin, that this is not intended to be a lesson in how to play the songs that I'm going to play today.
All I want to focus is just on one single and simple technique.
It's a technique that I use to play _ in [D] this style, and that is [Am] just bringing the forefinger and the thumb together, like this.
_ Because in the course of doing this, [C] _ I generally use my forefinger to get the melody, _ _ [F] and my thumb, _ in a brush-down movement, to get the harmony.
_ [C] And so what I thought I'd do today is to demonstrate this technique.
Now, in your practice, all you have to do is do this.
[F] _ And when you do it, [G] play chords, and actually tune those chords, so that you can adjust the blend of the strings [C] to whatever it is you want to hear.
Okay.
_ [B] Let me first do something in the key of F for you.
And here [D#] comes the melody.
[F] It's Ode to Joy.
_ [Em] _
Here comes the [E] melody first.
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[D] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Concentrate on [D#] that melody all by itself.
You will find that it's not very _ _ easy.
Chords-wise, it's easy.
It's F_ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _then
to [E] F. _
[G] Pretty difficult, huh?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] So all I [E] do in that part is go from F to C7, back to F to C7, back to F.
Two chords.
And so now, if I practice that melody enough to combine it, here's what I have.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Okay.
[E] But again, remember the technique.
It's just a pincher movement with the forefinger and the thumb.
Okay.
Let's do something in C.
I thought we would _ _ give you an example in F and one in C.
And [C] the song that I picked for C is Beautiful Dreamer.
And so the melody goes_ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ That's the melody.
_ Again, isolate [F#] the melody _ and practice [C] nothing besides that.
And you'll find that putting together the melody and the harmony will be much easier.
Chords-wise_ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
will find this part of the song just uses C, D minor.
And [F#] then F. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Again, I [E] want to emphasize to you that the purpose of this video is not to show you how to play Beautiful Dreamer in C or Ode to Joy in F.
The purpose of this video is to show you one single technique in that. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Have fun.
[N] _ _