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Tel Smith
Добавлен 25 янв 2017
A channel for enthusiasts of ukes played in open tunings and also bottleneck slide. #UkeAltTunings
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Tenor Guitar Baby Please Don't Go.
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Tenor guitar / Baritone uke open C tuning CGCG
Big Uke Jam 2020 Whiskey In The Jar
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Don't Tell Smith performing Whiskey In The Jar at The Big Uke Jam at The Half Monn Putney - Jan 12 2020. Baritone uke played in open C tuning
1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 9 Wayfaring Stranger
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1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 9 Wayfaring Stranger. Played in Open C tuning.
Stack O Lee By Don't Tell Smith 1000 Folk songs on the uke 10
Просмотров 2725 лет назад
Stack O Lee By Don't Tell Smith 1000 Folk songs on the uke 10
Digging This Field - Don'tTellSmith
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Song written by Michael Stannard and Tel Smith
Hey Good Looking Don't Tell Smith Mar 2019
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Uke version of Hey Good Looking - Performed by Don't Tell Smith
Whiskey In The Jar DTS Oct 2018
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Lead Uke Tel Smith, Rhythm uke Michael Stannard
You Never Can Tell Played By Don't Tell Smith Oct 2018
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Tel Smith, Michael Stannard on ukes and Ed Hopwood guest harmonica, Simon Taylor guest sax.
Crawdad Played By Don't Tell Smith Oct 2018
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Tel Smith Lead Uke, Michael Stannard Rhythm Uke
Blue Moon Of Kentucky Played by Don't Tell Smith Oct 2018
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Tel Smith Lead uke, Michael Stannard Rhythm uke.
Columbus Stockade Played by Don'tTell Smith Oct 2018
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Columbus Stockade Played by Don'tTell Smith Oct 2018
You Never Can Tell Played by Don't Tell Smith Oct 2018
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You Never Can Tell Played by Don't Tell Smith Oct 2018
1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 8 Whiskey In The Jar
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1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 8 Whiskey In The Jar
1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 7 Darlin' Cory
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1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 7 Darlin' Cory
1000 Folk Songs On the Uke 4 Coo Coo Bird
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1000 Folk Songs On the Uke 4 Coo Coo Bird
1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 5 Trouble In Mind
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1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 5 Trouble In Mind
1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 3 Take This Hammer
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1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 3 Take This Hammer
1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 2 Shanendoah
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1000 Folk Songs On The Uke 2 Shanendoah
1000 Folk Songs on The Uke 1 Columbus Stockade
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1000 Folk Songs on The Uke 1 Columbus Stockade
Ukulele Baritone Open Tunings 50 Little Red Rooster
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Ukulele Baritone Open Tunings 50 Little Red Rooster
Ukulele Baritone Open Tunings 49 Wayfaring Stranger
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Ukulele Baritone Open Tunings 49 Wayfaring Stranger
Ukulele Baritone Open Tunings 47 Aragorn Mill
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Ukulele Baritone Open Tunings 47 Aragorn Mill
Awesome :)
I just tuned my Gretsch six stringed tenor to this, new to me, tuning of open F. Absolutely fab. Thanks so much. One question though; is there anywhere I can find ukulele chord diagrams for this and other open tunings?
What picking pattern is that your using.thanks
Hi Geoff, thanks for the follow. To be honest my fingerpicking skills are not the greatest and I've always found what is referred to as as 'two finger' picking ie thumb and first finger and on this video it's a pretty standard simple roll of thumb and finger. Just my own view is that with fingerpicking it's best to find a pattern that suits you and also the song you are doing rather than any prescibed patter ie thumb then a certain finger on a certain string etc to me the emotion in a song will always give you were to places accented thumb or finger pick. I hope that helps a bit and there;s defo some real uke finger picking maestros out there worth checking out who more advanced styles and info. bets wishes, Tel
You need to speak up, your like a whispering baritone and us deaf people find it very difficult to hear what your saying👍👍👍👍
Nice job.
Brilliant tutorial. And wowww that Beltona! Gorgeous. Thanks for the great tutorials.
Brilliant video! Love your uke there Tel. I'm sure I've seen one exactly like that.. 😂😂
Brilliant video! Love the clear explanation.
I bought GCEA strings for my baritone ukulele but they’re so tight and uncomfortable. Why would that be? I bought the Aquila New Nylgut AQ-23 High G Baritone Ukulele Strings.
Thanks for that Ted - very useful. Are the strings standard uke strings A E C G ?
John thanks for the follow. The strings on the wooden tenor reso are standard GCEA (low G), The Beltona was strung with metal strings GCEA but do check if your own instrument is strong enough to cope with metal strings if you go down that route. The wooden tenor is GCEA. The final uke (baritone) is DGBE string set returned to CGCG. Hope that helps!
Love this!!
OMG brilliant! LOL
What strings can I get to put my baritone in low g CEA instead of DGBE?
What I've been using for a while is set from The Southern Ukulele store here in the UK who make up a bespoke set which I believe the low G comes from a classical guitar set. I used to use a set made by Aquilla which were called 'GCEA for baritone' but I tried finding them recently online but no luck apart from ones that had a Hi G. I'm not sure if Aqullia still make the set with a low G but if you like their strings maybe worth doing some googling. There may be other excellent sets out there that people could advise you on but these are the only two I have personal experience of.
Hi! On the resonator uke, have you raised the nut, in order to use slide?
Thanks for the question. I did try this uke with a raised nut but it affected how it played when playing it in regular non slide. So I lowered it to the regular setting and to be honest it was fine. Just personally I think the biggest difference is by using a glass slide on a uke as metal ones seem just too weighty on the nylon strings and you can get a lot of fret buzz. Good luck with your uke sliding!
Your video is still a great help today! I recently bought a baritone ukulele. I am 61 and struggling to learn new chord names after 5 years of regular ukulele playing. So I will change to GCEA tuning because you have demonstrated how good it sounds
Thanks for the great feedback about the video and so nice to hear that it was helpful in your playing. I genuinely think a bari with GCEA (Low G) produces a really nice warm sound and just perfect if you don't want to relearn all the chords in regular bari DGBE. Enjoy your strumming!
Beautiful!
What strings do you use on your Kala resonator for slide?
Hi Edmund, on this wooden bodied Kala I use and standard G (Low) CEA set by Aquilla which I think give a nice rounded and warm sound. On another tenor resonator I have by Beltona I currently use 'Worth Browns' which as I'm trying to get a slightly more snappier sound on that instrument. On my baritone resonator I use D'Addario 'Titanium's. Hope that helps and apologies for the late response!
@@telsmith6688 thanks
Love it 👍
There's a company called Guadalupe that makes custom made all LOW GCEA nylon for baritone ukulele's. All 4 strings are tuned an octave lower to retain that nice deep tone. I found it by accident after searching ways to have all 4 strings lower. Guadalupe Custom Baritone Strings low GCEA | $17.00 | full octave lower)
Oh so cool!
Can i put tenor strings on my baritono uke?
Just my own opinion but I'd say not to. Uou can get specific string sets called 'GCEA for baritone' which I think would be a much better option. The two I know of are by Aquilla or The Southern Ukulele Store in the UK also sell there own which I mostly use on my baritone I have in GCEA.
I haven't experim,ented enough with open tuning. Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for the follow and hope you give them a go and they prove useful to you. I think for things like blues, old time and trad folk they can be a real bonus and give a whole different vibe to your playing. BTW Thanks also to you for sharing all your vids on insta which I've been following for a while and really enjoy them!
@@telsmith6688 Glad to hear that you enjoy my playing, it's taken a lot to be confident enough to share my style.
Is that an Kala 8 string baritone?
Thanks for the follow Edmund. The uke I'm playing here is an 8 string tenor made by Ashbury. It's strung with GCEA string sets with an octave pair (hi and low G at the bottom). On this video I've retuned it to open F tuning (FCFA) and put a capo on second fret, so playing this song in the key of G. The other two chords in the song are C and D.
Wonderful resource. Are there any images of chord diagrams you know of or have available?
Hi Tom, thanks for the follow and kind feedback. Apologies for the late reply too! I don't have chord diagrams as the chords are so simple and to play in other keys you just use the same shapes and a capo. But I can very quickly explain them main four here. C is either just all open strings or you can fret the 3rd string 5th fret which gives a really powerful and harmonic C chord. The F is either a bar across the 5th fret or you can fret the 3rd and 1st string at 2nd fret. G is either a bar across the 7th fret or 4th and 2nd string second fret. The relative minor chord is 4th string 4th fret and 2nd fret 2nd string. As it's an open tuning to play in different keys you just need a capo so for the key of D you capo the 2nd fret etc. Hope that helps. Tel
Wow love the sound of this baritone ! I have only been playing for a little over 2 months. Started with a concert, then just bought a beautiful Kala tenor SMHT. Also found a used Hamano concert for $10 :) My husband doesn't understand why one needs more than one ukulele :) But I think a baritone is going to have to go on my list for the future. As long as I tune it to GCEA I will not get confused switching over. I would like a low G too I think.
Thanks for your great feedback which is really appreciated. I hope you get a bari at some point in the future. I really like the sound of them strung GCEA which I use a lot. I do play some in DGBE too, but mostly I use GCEA (Low G) in my uke club sessions. Enjoy your strumming!
This was brilliant! Very helpful and well presented. Thank you!
Thanks for the follow and the kind words. Much appreciated!
wouldn't that be more of a open C5 tuning?
I guess so! Hope you enjoy your playing in it.
Is the ukulele played by you, baritone or tenor?
Hi Augusto, thanks for the follow. Its an 8 string Baritone I'm playing here. It's strung with a DGBE set but I've tuned it to CGCE open C tuning so I can use the bottleneck slide.
Love love love!!
I am so glad that I've stumbled on to your tutorial. Would love to play the ukulele this way.
Thanks for the follow Maria and the great feedback. Really hope some of my videos helps you start playing the that way you're looking for.
Thank you so much for this performance. I often end my internet sessions by listening to this song. I was checking out you CGCG ukulele tuning, and found ths as well. I was originally intersted in DAD dulcimer tuning, but found advide from Bing Futch and Jessica Comeau to consider the earlier, and fulller one note lower sound of CGC, I just picked up a vintage baritone ukulele, and was considering different types of open tunings, as well as CGDA, GDEA, GDAD, rentrant DGBE, and was wondering if I could somehow use the four upper strings of DADGAD tuning.. But your post reminded me of CGC tuning again.. .. which after all, sounds really good...and then again, DADGAD, i.which is kind of hard to sound bad in, is not all that far from DAD... and its one step down, CGC, which is even fuller... and to my ears, better. Thank you again!!
Thanks for the follow Robert and your kind words about the performance. Really interested in your comments as before playing uke I used to primarily play guitar in a Celtic band so almost exclusively in DADGAD. After quite a bit of experimentation with tunings to try and get as close to that as I could I found CGCG on the baritone for me worked best. Have fun with it and really hope it works for you too. Thanks Tel
This deserves way more views and likes. Well done 👏🏽
Really sorry for such a later reply here but thank you for the kind words which are genuinely appreciated!
is this tuning GCeg on a tenor ukulele?
Thanks for watching and hope the video was useful. Yes it is GCEG with a low G. The uke is a Kala tenor resonator.
@@telsmith6688 thanks! gonna try this
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Fine .. thanks 🎶
Thanks, Tel, for all these wonderful bottleneck slide lessons. They have brought my uke playing to a new level. I am very grateful, I just hope my (future) audiences are!
Hi Kit, this was such nice feedback to receive and just only to pleased people like yourself find them useful. Thanks so much for taking the time to post your kind comments.
What is the benefit of choosing an open tuning like EBEB vs EG#BE? I play mainly open tuning on the guitar. Wondering what is best for the baritone use.
The main reasons I play OT's on the bari is for certain types of music such as Old Time, Celtic nd blues it can give you a bit more space and freedom to fit in some extra picking within the chord. The main tunings I use are CGCE, CGCG, DGBG and DGCD all depending what seems to work with the particular song best. Hope you enjoy giving OT's on the bari a try. Good luck with the playing.
Can't hear you. Please turn up the volume for future videos
Tel, to what extent would you say a Baritone GCEA with high G sounds the same as a Tenor GCEA with high G?
For me it's all about depth of sound......there is enough difference between Tenor and Baritone to justify owning both. There is also the difference in scale length.....making some things easier to play on Baritone......
I guess it depends on the scale length and body size of the baritone and tenor you are comparing but I'd say the bari would generally give you a mellower and fuller tone. I tend to stick to low G on the bari when use GCEA as I want to work with something not re-entrant as I use the low G for 'bass' with my thumb particularly on blues.
@@telsmith6688 Thank you 😊
@@en3usiastfortesque368 Thank you 😊
I like your style of teaching. I turn down my high D on my Baritone Ukulele. Do you ever tune in open G (dgbd) ?
Thanks for the nice feedback James. I like DGBD too and I do use it a lot particularly for country blues and clawhammer where I think it makes playing those styles a bit easier as well.
Excellent video..... I use GCEA with a high G for Baritone.....which is a rarer choice but complements Tenor and Concert very well.....
Love your resonator playing. Very well explained.
Great playing and nice instruction.. as for the right hand..You got a picking pattern for the blues Part or is it just bottom string for the beat with thumb and the other strings as needed with Index?
Hi Christian, thanks for the kind words. Being honest my finger picking is not a a real strength for me so I'd love to be able to do a proper pattern but I tend to stick to beat with the thumb for a sort of montotonic base and play the other strings as needed.
Is the tab for your examples?
Thanks for your kind words Nico and glad you enjoyed the video. I’m not great at fingerpicking so generally stick to using just thumb and first finger in a kind of alternating pattern as works with the song. Sorry not to be able to give a more precise explanation!
Hi there - I loved your version of this song, and was hoping I could ask which fingerpicking pattern you’re using? It looked almost like claw hammer, and almost like Travis, but I’m not entirely sure (probably because I’m a rank beginner). :-). Many thanks for all your wonderful baritone uke videos, regardless!
Thanks for the nice feedback. Really appreciated.
Very, very good tutorial.nice and to the point
I just ordered a Kala cedar top 8 string that just came in a couple of days ago, and I am loving it. It’s my first baritone so I have been looking for videos of people playing them and came across this channel. I was quite pleased to see a talented player using what appears to be the instrument I now have, I gives me a bit more confidence that I made a good choice.
Thanks for the follow and nice comments on the song. We both have these Kala 8 strings and really like their sound. Think they’re really solid instruments. On this song Michael Stannard is playing the Kala Bari and I’m playing a tenor 8 string.
Jeez is that a standard scale length Barry? It looks fricken huhe in this video
Must be the camera angle I’ve used as just an off the shelf Kala baritone.
I like this a lot! The sound of open C just makes the song more haunting. Do you use normal baritone strings for this tuning or are there particular sets you have on your ukulele for this?