Comments on: Beirut – Elephant Gun

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:44 +0000

Yeah I’ve done that pattern too. I find it more comfortable
I would also suggest down with thumb and up with first finger (the middle finger also works well for up).

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:30:25 +0000

And then in all the live versions I’ve seen, Zach doesn’t even seem to be following the strumming, he just goes for it head on and sort of uses the hammer-ons to make up for it.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:22:42 +0000

With the strumming on this, I’ve found the best way to replicate the emphasis on the particular strings is by using my thumb to strum downward and my first finger to strum upwards. Which sounds ok, but doesn’t really provide as full a sound as strumming regularly. How do you guys strum on this?

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:18:38 +0000

Rose: Sorry, no plans.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:12:06 +0000

Is UkeHunt on the app store? If not IT SHOULD BE!

I love this website but sometimes when I want to play I don’t have Internet access on my iPod :/

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:42:05 +0000

Seth: Thanks for the tip.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:51:53 +0000

when learning this i dropped a thumb onto 2nd fret of the 4th string when playing the G just for a few strums in the middle there (for the first few bars) gives it a nice added sound.

By: Krystyn

Krystyn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:51:30 +0000

Ok, so this is what I’ve worked out and it sounds pretty right on – U U D D U U D U D. I hammer on to D7, and even on to G, and for G I play U U D U D twice and drop to Gsus2 in the middle and back up to G, then U U D U D once each for C and C7M

By: Starkey

Starkey — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:59:43 +0000

Thanks a lot for the chords, such a lovely song. When i tried the d,u,d,u it sounded weird to me. I think it sounds a lot more like the song when it’s played d,udud. Am I right?

By: Redmond

Redmond — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:26:33 +0000

@smeal: What I’ve been doing is DDUUDDUDU, with a couple changes here and there (especially on the G chord)

I’ve also noticed that most of what makes this song sound more involved is the way you switch between the chords and do a lot of what Zach does in his songs; hammer-on to the D7, a quick hammer on in the middle of the G chord (on the A string),among other things.

Hope that helps!