Pluck & Strum with Anne Ku Moonshadow Google Moonshadow ukulele - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Pluck & Strum with Anne Ku Moonshadow

Google “Moonshadow ukulele pdf” Doctor Uke in C San Jose Ukulele Club in C Ukulele Cheats in C Ozbcoz in D

Doctor Uke https://www.doctoruke.com/moonshadow.pdf

San Jose Ukulele Club: https://sanjoseukeclub.org/Song%20Book/Moonshadow%20-%20v2.pdf

Ukulele Cheats http://ukulelecheats.com/cat-stevens-moonshadow-ukulele-chords/

Ozbcoz.com https://www.ozbcoz.com/Songs/song.php?ID=2397,soprano

Ukulele song sheets Easily found by searching for them ● freely available to download: ozbcoz, scorpexuke, sanjose, bytown, doctoruke, …. ○ Intended for different audiences and purposes ○ Variety available ● Accuracy: lyrics, chords, chord placement ○ Completeness: detail, time signature, tempo, starting note, intro, riffs ○ Difficulty: number of chords, kinds of chords ○ Readability: format, text size, chord diagrams, number of pages ○ Choice of key ● Original, official version of the song ○ Transposed or transposable for your voice (singable) or skill level ○ Extra work ● Adapt, arrange, edit to your preferences (simplify, reduce or authentically replicate) ○ Ku, A. (2018) Paradox of Simplicity: Song Sheets for Participative Music Making in Ukulele Groups, MA in Music dissertation

Arrange Moonshadow to play along with video Choice of key and chords Easy to play Include only what is essential Capture the essence (flavor) of the song

Unique characteristics 1. Original key is D major 2. Harmony: a. mainly three chords I, IV, V in D: D, G, A -- oscillating between I and IV (D and G) b. secondary dominants: A or A7 (Em or E7), E or E7 (Bm, Bm7, or B7) c. bridge: repeating E and A (E7 and A) 3. Introductory plucked riff on guitar (repeated again as interlude) 4. IV - I Cadence: G - D or Dsus4 - D 5. Fast switching chords in verse 6. Dynamics: verse is softer than chorus, bridge is loudest, ending echo (fade) 7. Form: intro, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, interlude, bridge, chorus, end

Recognizable riff (intro & interlude) A|—0—0———0———0—————|—————————————————|— 2 ———————2———4———|—5———————0———————|| E|———————————————2—|—————————2———————|—————————————————|—————————2———————|| C|————— 2 ——— 2 ———————|——— 2 ——— 2 ———2/ 1/2 —|——— 2 ——— 2 ——— 2 —————|——— 2 —————2———————|| G|—————————————0———|—0——— 0 ———————————|————— 0 ————————— 0 —|—————0h2—2———————|| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 2/1/2 Hammer on slide left index 2nd fret finger on frets

Cadence IV - I A|— 0 —————0— 0 ———————|———————0—————————|———————0—————————|—0—0—0—0—0———————|| E|—2———3———2———————|—2———3———2———————|—2———3———2———————|—2—2—3—0—2———————|| C|— 2 —2————— 2 ———————|—————————————————|———2—————————————|—2—2—2—2—2———————|| G|— 2 ——————— 2 ———————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—2—2—2—2—2———————|| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Fast switching chords Relax the fretting hand and deliberately allow impartial chords or open chords (Am7) to be heard while switching chords - hammer-on effect

Authentic replication 1. Listen to the original or official recording 2. Follow a song sheet in the same key to play along 3. Identify any repeating, recognizable riffs, typically in the a. introduction, b. endings of lines or verses, such as cadences, c. chorus, d. instrumental interlude, e. final ending (outro) 4. Replicate these riffs by plucking 5. Replicate the rhythm by strumming, muting, accenting, etc. 6. Make use of dynamics (volume) and other musical expression

Simplify the 1-page song sheet even further In the verses replace A with A7 ● remove A7 and Bm7 in ii-i-i so that Em7 and D are longer ● In the bridge: play one down strum on each chord loudly, except the last A chord on “night” make it down-up down-up (louder and louder) into G chord. Note: the ii-i-i in the verses are pronounced “eh - eh - eh” not “ai” or “ee”

More resources at http://www.anneku.com/ukulele Three Chord Thursday at Three : Every Thursday at 3 pm EDT, free song session in Zoom, just register and join. Upcoming classes in Zoom : Pluck & Strum (8 weeks) starts 9/23 Wednesdays 6:45 pm EDT Bootcamp (8 weeks) Level 2 starts 9/14 Mondays 4:30 pm EDT ● Level 1 starts 9/16 Wednesdays 4:15 pm EDT ●