Hi, Ben! Can I ask you few questions if you don't mind 😊: In the tutorial you mentioned "Don't play in G, that's the rules for this one..." 1) May I know why don't play in G? Does this mean don't sing in G key as well?! 2) I love the chords & arrangements you taught & won't change any! For me, singing in F key is okay, later changing to D key is quite low for my vocal... Any suggestion?! should I use capo or tune up the strings?! Best!!! 💟
4 года назад+1
Hi Maggie ! I hope you really want to know, because it's quite technical and maybe a bit boring (though I really value these tiny details!). There's something quite wonderful that happens in the Audrey Hepburn version. Every time on "wi"der than a mile or "cro"ssing you in style (that part of the melody) she is singing the note just under the root note. So in F, she sings an E there. And as that note is sang the guitar plays first a single note, before the arpeggio of the chord. And that single note is the sub-dominant note. So in F, a Bb. If you have a E and a Bb at the same time, in the key of F, it sounds like the chord of C7 (E is the 'sensible' in French, so the third, and Bb is the seventh). It turns out, NOOO, surprise, it's not, all of a sudden the E goes down instead of going up to the F, and the Bb, turns out, is not a seventh, it's the bass note of a Bb chord. However, because the ear has already been charmed by this delightful sound, the natural movement of the Bb is 100% down to the A, for a chord of F with the third (A) at the bass. SO If you play this song on the ukulele, in G, at that point it's not Bb to A, it's C to B. So when you play the C, the lowest note is the open C string, which then ... cannot go down to a low B, we don't have one ! So we hear it going up to the D instead of a low B (this is on the C string). And it kills me because the utter beauty of the original version is sacrificed unknowingly ^^ If we play it in F (like in the vid) we strum in a way that we play the G string first before the rest of the chord. And what happens then, at that point we discussed? Standing out, on the String of G, is the Bb (fret3) on the Bb chord going to fret 2 (A) on the chord of F. Thus we have the movement of Bb to A or pretend seventh that is actually the root note of the sub-dominant chord, going down a semi-tone to third of chord of F; and that goes wonderfully with what is happening with the voice. So lovely actually.
4 года назад
for the second question, you could sing the D part in A instead. You can use an E7 to transition :D
@ 😄 Thank you so much for your reply, Ben! I did a cover a week ago & post on the FB Ukulele Player group, using your chords arrangements but I have to tune up the strings to match my vocal range! I love this piece very much, & the most fun part is the second round which the entire key changed, I learned the other whole set of beautiful chords in the process... Best!!! 💟
@ Wwwooow... I'm just Wwwooow, Ben!... Thank you so very much taking your time & explain the reasons of my first question! I love your arrangement so much beacuse you don't compromise the tiny details in a piece of music! Those tiny details are the essence to our ears... I have so much to learn from you, Ben! Thank you so very much for all these great teaching!!! 💟 At last, I tune up my strings, using the arrangements you taught & sing in G# & D#... I'm very happy singing this beautiful song! Thank you from my heart! 😍
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🎵🎶🎼 Awww... Your voice is simply magical, Ben! I love listening to your singing, so rich & beautiful in this wonderful piece! Best!!! 💟
This is one of my favorite song, and I am so happy to see this video.
This was the most beautiful cover/tutorial of moon river I've ever seen in my whole life! Ben you're so great.
Why can't I double like this? :D
You're funny... and you sing well! "ver-ry bewutyfoohl"!
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Hi, Ben! Can I ask you few questions if you don't mind 😊: In the tutorial you mentioned "Don't play in G, that's the rules for this one..." 1) May I know why don't play in G? Does this mean don't sing in G key as well?! 2) I love the chords & arrangements you taught & won't change any! For me, singing in F key is okay, later changing to D key is quite low for my vocal... Any suggestion?! should I use capo or tune up the strings?! Best!!! 💟
Hi Maggie ! I hope you really want to know, because it's quite technical and maybe a bit boring (though I really value these tiny details!).
There's something quite wonderful that happens in the Audrey Hepburn version. Every time on "wi"der than a mile or "cro"ssing you in style (that part of the melody) she is singing the note just under the root note. So in F, she sings an E there. And as that note is sang the guitar plays first a single note, before the arpeggio of the chord. And that single note is the sub-dominant note. So in F, a Bb.
If you have a E and a Bb at the same time, in the key of F, it sounds like the chord of C7 (E is the 'sensible' in French, so the third, and Bb is the seventh).
It turns out, NOOO, surprise, it's not, all of a sudden the E goes down instead of going up to the F, and the Bb, turns out, is not a seventh, it's the bass note of a Bb chord.
However, because the ear has already been charmed by this delightful sound, the natural movement of the Bb is 100% down to the A, for a chord of F with the third (A) at the bass.
SO
If you play this song on the ukulele, in G, at that point it's not Bb to A, it's C to B.
So when you play the C, the lowest note is the open C string, which then ... cannot go down to a low B, we don't have one ! So we hear it going up to the D instead of a low B (this is on the C string). And it kills me because the utter beauty of the original version is sacrificed unknowingly ^^
If we play it in F (like in the vid) we strum in a way that we play the G string first before the rest of the chord. And what happens then, at that point we discussed? Standing out, on the String of G, is the Bb (fret3) on the Bb chord going to fret 2 (A) on the chord of F. Thus we have the movement of Bb to A or
pretend seventh that is actually the root note of the sub-dominant chord, going down a semi-tone to third of chord of F;
and that goes wonderfully with what is happening with the voice. So lovely actually.
for the second question, you could sing the D part in A instead. You can use an E7 to transition :D
@ 😄 Thank you so much for your reply, Ben! I did a cover a week ago & post on the FB Ukulele Player group, using your chords arrangements but I have to tune up the strings to match my vocal range! I love this piece very much, & the most fun part is the second round which the entire key changed, I learned the other whole set of beautiful chords in the process... Best!!! 💟
@ Wwwooow... I'm just Wwwooow, Ben!... Thank you so very much taking your time & explain the reasons of my first question! I love your arrangement so much beacuse you don't compromise the tiny details in a piece of music! Those tiny details are the essence to our ears... I have so much to learn from you, Ben! Thank you so very much for all these great teaching!!! 💟 At last, I tune up my strings, using the arrangements you taught & sing in G# & D#... I'm very happy singing this beautiful song! Thank you from my heart! 😍
@ I like F too! and have been looked for the F sheets (there's not many). Your's is so beautiful, thank you 🤗🙏
Have the whole whistle sooooong pleaseeee hahahaha