Chords for Learn Ukulele - Open C or "Banjo Tuning" Crash Course

Hello everybody out there in the ukulele land. _
_ _ [Eb] Today we're getting into something pretty [Bb] exciting,
into alternate tunings.
And we're going to examine the open [C] C tuning, _ also known as the banjo tuning,
okay?
Because [Db] essentially this is the same tuning as a banjo, [D] _ just up five frets.
Where a banjo is
open G, _ your ukulele today is in open C, all right?
So this [Gb] is something new, a new territory,
a lot of cool things to explore.
Come on in, follow me, let's [Cm] break it down.
_ Okay, the first
thing with the tuning is we should look at [Gb] how it's tuned.
The only difference between this tuning
[Fm] and regular tuning is this [C] _ _ A down here is going to be lowered to a C.
[G] So these two strings
_ [Cm] _ _ _ are essentially the same note.
[B] But what that does is when we play [C] it open, _
_ we have a C chord, okay? _ _ _
_ And this is the characteristic of the open tuning.
_ _ Now what else can we do with this?
[Bb]
Well, if this is [C] an open, _ _ that means we can [D] bar
_ _ [B] and get other [F] open voicings.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] So in the key of C, our one chord is [C] C.
_ But we also [Cm] have our, on the fifth fret, _ _ [Db] _
[Ebm] this is the F chord or the four [F] chord. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] And right here on the seventh fret, we [G] have our G. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] So if you think of maybe a little basic
strum pattern, _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
think of a basic [B] strum pattern, and let's [C] play some of these chords.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Pretty cool,
huh?
All right?
It's a little trickier to play this because you're not really doing all these
shapes, you're just [D] using one finger.
So if you have a [Ebm] strap, I kind of recommend playing it.
It's going to make the open tuning a little easier, okay?
_ All right, some other tips and tricks.
_ _ _ [C] _ Here, you have a root note, all right?
_ [Fm] This is the C, [Cm] and here too, obviously.
_ _ But [B] you're able to kind of add some spice to your strum pattern [Gm] with this three and this five,
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ which is cool.
_ [Bb] Also, _ if I go up and I play my four [F] chord, _ _ _ _ and I skip over one, two, three frets,
_ _ I have a little bluesy kind of _ extension note. _ _ _ _ _
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_ Same thing right here, okay?
[G] That _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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works right [D] here on your [B] fifth chord as well.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] All right, now we also have a
[B] rolling stone type [G] hammer-on. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So with that F bar shape, _ _ [G] you can hammer-on _ _
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_ [Bb] to get some kind of brown sugar results, okay?
And on our twelfth fret, _ _ _ _ [C] we have the octave,
okay?
So these are some quick tips with the open C. _
_ It's tuned more or less like [Ebm] a banjo,
so if you're kind of playing some [C] banjo rolls, _ you _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] get some cool results too, okay?
So that's it.
These are some quick tips.
I'm not really teaching you a song.
I'm kind of
giving you the tuning [Ebm] and some ideas with it.
The next thing to do is just sit down,
play with it, finger pick with it, strum [Cm] it.
Take your favorite songs in the key of [Db] C
and [C] play them on here, right?
She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes.
[F]
She'll be coming round the mountain when [Ab] she comes.
All that kind of fun stuff.
So just look
through it, play with it, [Ebm] find it, and hopefully this helps you, okay? _
All right, everybody,
that was it.
Ukulele banjo tuning [Gm] open C.
_ _ _ Pretty fun stuff, all right?
[Ebm] So keep in mind,
your ukulele, if you're thinking about it in traditional terms, you can always twist these
little [A] knobs _ and find some new cool hot [Db] spots and some cool stuff to play with, okay?
[D] As always,
stay tuned, subscribe, help me help you, send me suggestions, all right?
[C] And most importantly,
keep on playing your _ [Eb] _ ukulele.
Have a nice day.
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