Comments on: Ukulele Strumming Notation

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:45:25 +0000

mictoboy: I’m still working on my triplets. I can’t pull them off to my satisfaction yet.

Armelle: Thanks.

By: Armelle

Armelle — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:52:38 +0000

I mean make it more complex

By: Armelle

Armelle — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:52:04 +0000

I agree with mictoboy. Your notation is user-friendly and accessible to everyone so why make is more complex.

By: mictoboy

mictoboy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:07:43 +0000

i think your system is pretty clear. i’m not familiar with other notation systems, so i don’t have expectations and ‘d’ for down or ‘u’ for up makes a fair bit of sense :)

i’ve just got to get my triplet sorted, it’s more of a one-and-a-half at the moment!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:33:06 +0000

Chris: Thanks for the link. I like the idea of boxes but it isn’t practical for a blog post.

Tom: Thanks for the info. The downside with that system is that it isn’t very intuitive for newbies.

Charles: Thanks for the intended info.

Armelle: Ugh! Either I finish this ebook or it kills me. At the moment it’s about 50/50.

Brian: Yeah, I thought about d vs D. But I wanted to avoid any confusion with D referring to the chord.

By: BrianW

BrianW — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:39:40 +0000

… d versus D for normal and emphasised down strums. Sounds like a good idea for text based blogs/forums…

By: CharlesHugh

CharlesHugh — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:08:27 +0000

Tom McComb, you took the words right outta my mouth.

By: Armelle

Armelle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:37:29 +0000

Great to see you’re completely overwhelmed by strumming, Al ;)

By: Tom McComb

Tom McComb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:25:29 +0000

The guitar notation symbols come from orchestral downbow/upbow symbols, and are standard throughout string literature. Combined w/ standard rhythm notation, they work fine. A standard muted strum is to use “x” in place of a notehead or rhythm slash.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:50:06 +0000

Those seem fairly clear. Not sure that guitar notation is particularly intuitive but i’m sure one gets used to it. For the d u type notation I found that the way they do it on this cheat sheet easy to follow:

http://www.ukemaker.com/ukeclub/media/StrumPatterns.pdf

It’s pretty simple to follow. The boxes keep it clear where you are in the measure. Then capital U or D for emphasized beats.