Comments on: Hawaii Five-0 (Simplified Tab)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:07:24 +0000

daniele: Glad to help.

By: daniele

daniele — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:02:59 +0000

Aaah! thanks a lot! Now I get it!
Excellent tutorial by the way, keep it up!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 21 May 2011 07:03:24 +0000

daniele: Yes, I'm muting the strings that aren't played. It's a similar technique to strum blocking - just done on fewer strings.

By: daniele

daniele — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:45:38 +0000

Ok I must first say that I’m just a beginner, so please do forgive any of my ignorance on this matter.
So let’s see this first bunch of notes listed in the tab:
2-2-1-0-?320-pause-2-?320-?320-?10

before this pattern is repeated with the C string going 2-2 once again, I can hear that the player in the mp3 gives 2 full strums, like his hand is strumming through all four strings… but we don’t have 4-strings-strums here, the last two are 320 and 10… how is that achieved? Does the player somewhat mute the strings which shouldn’t vibrate without avoiding them? like playing x320 and x10x?

(I hope this just invented chords notation is clear enough to explain what I mean)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:10:50 +0000

daniele: I think everything is played as it is in the tab. Can you give an example of where you think there’s a difference?

By: daniele

daniele — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:20:53 +0000

Hello there, thanks for posting this.
Here’s a question I’ve been wondering about for a few days:
I was trying to match my playing using this simplified tab sheet with that of the mp3 posted above, but it sounds like the uke on the recorded mp3 is playing different notes at times, like a modified version/personal interpretation of the song… Is it? Or just my impression?

Like at times it sounds like the player is strumming full 4-strings-chords while on the music sheet is not so… am I having some kind of acoustic delusion or what?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:51:49 +0000

And now I’ve just realised I should have posted this under the Indiana Jones Theme Tune page… It would make a lot more sense, wouldn’t it?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:47:41 +0000

Thanks Woodshed, this’ll be my Sunday project. You know the tune that pops into your head for no reason which you can’t get rid of? The Indi theme tune is my wife’s one, so by learning how to play this I can drive her nuts (in an endearing way of course). Ta muchly.

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:16:45 +0000

Ed: How to Read Ukulele Tab

By: Ed Samiljan

Ed Samiljan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:58:31 +0000

How about explaining the symbols under the tabs that look like the letter U or a straight vertical line. Also please explain the use of the letters h and s. I am guessing it hammer and slide but not sure.
Many thanks,
Ed