Mal Blum - Ode to Kulele
December 4, 2008 · Print This Article
Mal Blum - Ode to Kulele (Chords)(PDF)
If she really loved the ukulele, she wouldn’t write songs in the key of E.
But I’ll forgive her that because this is a super-cute song with a hilarious video (by Ballard C Boyd who is due a new ukulele Christmas album pretty soon).
To combat the E problem, I’ve shifted everything up fret. So if you want to play it in the original key, tune down half a step.
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the video is apparently unavailable!? madness!
cbf: Good job there were two versions uploaded. Should work now. Thanks for letting me know.
Aw, so sweet.
Cute song and video.
As for the E problem, my first line of defense is to play an E7. You’d be surprised how often that works.
OK, I just clicked on your pdf file. Hmph. You put it in F. I hate B flat! I’ve tried every contortion of my fingers that I can come up with, and even though I can play a B flat, there’s always an awkward pause before the chord. Yeah, sounds real professional.
marcy! blashemy! B flat is where its at, all the cool kids sing best in said key….or maybe thats just me.
real cute song and it works just great in F
How are you playing the Bflat marcy? - I used to struggle with it when I plaed the A and E strings with my index finger pressing just those two. It’s much easier for me to bar across the whole first fret with the index and play the D and A# with second and third fingers.
This also seems to make it easier to slide as a major movable shape.
How do other people finger this shape?
Damn! I never thought of barring the whole fret. It works! It seems less awkward than the regular way.
Sometimes I just put fingers on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strings (like the E minor shape), and then I’ll mute the 1st string with my pinky, but it’s just as slow as the regular way. Sometimes if I skip an up strum, that’ll buy me a few seconds to get my fingers in position.
Usually, though, I just transpose.
That song by Mal Blum is priceless! Thanks !!
Zoe: Particularly the flour fight.
Benedict: Thanks for that. Personally, I prefer to just cover the E and A strings, depends on what chords I’m changing from and to.
Marcy: Glad you’ve found a way that works for you.
cbf: You’re the coolest kid, so you’d know.
Bartt: It’s literally priceless to me. iTunes won’t sell it to me in the UK