I loved the sound and feel of it and although I play some guitar, I just couldn’t relate immediately to the tuning other than a few chords. One day while at a friends house who happened to play the ukelele, I was invited me to check out his brand new May Moe ukelele. I’ve been to many doctors and specialists about my issues, but It was becoming more and more difficult for me to play either banjo or gitjo. During the period of timer that I was waiting for the finished product, I began to experience some serious hand/finger/arm issues. It turned out great and sounds fantastic. Here are a few samples of that instrument in that tuning with my arrangements:Ī year or two after building up a nice repertoire with that instrument, I decided to commission an excellent Luthier ( Chris Bozung - to build a custom gitjo for me. This way, I was able to use the tuning that I was most comfortable with along with the sound I wanted being in a guitar range. I used a plectrum tuning on the gitjo, but with all of the strings tuned down proportionally a step and a half. I found something that worked well for what I had always dreamed of.
After much experimenting with tunings, string gauges etc. Not to be confused with another hybrid instrument which is the exact opposite of the gitjo, the banjitar ( a 6 string guitar neck on a banjo body). They are sometimes referred to as a gitjo or guitanjo. I was thrilled when I was able to acquire a “ Doc Fosse” 5 string guitar ( a 5 string banjo neck on a jumbo body guitar). Lo and behold, a few years ago I discovered a few people that were manufacturing or customizing such beasts. While I’ve always loved the sound and timbre of the banjo, I’d always felt that the plectrum tuning could have a whole world of possibilities on a mellower sounding instrument such as a 4 or 5 string banjo neck on a guitar body. Needless to say, I assimilated that tuning well using both a pick in the right hand (called a plectrum) and also fingerpicking style. It featured a repetoire of turn of the century classic ragtime along with some classical music and was also mostly played in the C banjo tuning (plectrum tuning). Later on I also began to learn a 5 string finger picked banjo style called “Classic Banjo”. I became very drawn to that particular tuning and saw a myriad of possibilities. To Hear me play the plectrum banjo ( which by the way is for sale), CLICK HERE. the tenor banjo or the plectrum banjo? The tenor banjo being tuned in fifths ( like a violin,mandolin etc…) was a pretty foreign entity at that time in my life but the plectrum banjo ( while not as popular as the tenor) was tuned just like the 5 string banjo in C tuning ( minus the 5th string) and became an obvious choice. Later on in my twenties I became interested in some of the older traditional jazz stylings and decided to give a go at the 4 string banjo ( played with a pick instead of the 5 string fingerpicked style)… but which 4 string banjo should I play. If Earl did it, I had to do it and so I started getting into that tuning as well. Famed bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs arranged and recorded a number of pieces in this “C” banjo tuning. The was referred to as C tuning on the 5 string banjo and for the sake of clarity bears no resemblance to C tuning on the ukelele. As an occasional option to that tuning, some banjo pieces were played with the low D string tuned down a whole step to C ( the plectrum tuning). It was the lower 4 strings however that I became very familiar with. The short drone 5th string is located next to the 4th string and is tuned to high G, much like re-entrant on the ukelele. Starting from the low 4th string to the high 1st string the tuning is D-G-B-D. The open G tuning (bluegrass tuning) made it fairly accessible as a first instrument. I started out my musical career as a teenager picking on the 5 string banjo. My personal journey to the baritone ukelele and the plectrum tuning ? Please send me your comments, criticisms or any helpful suggestions and requests by CLICKING HERE.
#Romance tab for ukulele pdf#
Enjoy.Īin’ She Sweet Tab in Plectrum Tuning pdf Included in the pdf and video is a simple song (Ain’t She Sweet) in this tuning. Also watch the accompanying video to learn the chords in this tuning and to get a better understanding of it (also below).
#Romance tab for ukulele download#
For more info on this tuning, please download the free pdf below (see below). It works wonderfully and allows the ukelele to resonate at a deeper/warmer frequency. I use a plectrum tuning scheme on the baritone ukelele. This browser cannot play the embedded video file.Īlso, check out some of the videos below to hear me play more baritone ukelelele in
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