Comments on: Christmas Gifts for Ukulele Players: Herb Ohta – Sophisticated Ukulele

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:54:07 +0000

Andy: Hope you enjoy it.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:50:26 +0000

No tab no problem!

It gets easier, trust me.

I am going to impulse-buy this right now.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:34:11 +0000

Hah totally. And then to not even include all the songs on the CD… I was all geared up to try to figure out how to play it by converting the sheet music myself for the first time. But I’ve got no chance without at least hearing the original. I’ve probably got no chance anyway but for now i’m blaming the CD.

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:48:16 +0000

Chris: It is a big let down of the book. It’s quicker for me to do it by ear than try to work out the standard notation. They really should put a big ‘WARNING: Does not include tab’ sticker on it.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:36:41 +0000

Wow i was just messing around with the Ohta Masters book and was frustrated with the same things you mention. I even sat down to try to convert the standard notation into an arrangement of my own. But when i checked the CD to see how he plays ‘Won’t Dance’ there wasn’t even a recording of it. So they really don’t give you much to work with on some of the songs. I guess i could but his record to hear his version.

Too bad because i really like Dominator’s Sophisticated Hula arrangement. Guess i’ll keep trying to figure it out.

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:59:50 +0000

I agree, Ben. I was disappointed when I opened it and realised there no tabs. I can read standard notation but only slowly.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:35:10 +0000

Too bad that it doesn’t have tabs. I got an Ohta-based tab of “Yesterday” and it’s one of my favorites to play.