Here’s one idea I had of how to move forward so I’m giving it a go.
Direct link to download the tab
You may have noticed that my instrumental interludes were a constant point of struggle during my performance set focus. If you ever want to improve at something, all you need to do is pay more attention to it. So I spent the time to write it all out and learn it all as an instrumental piece. My original intent for this entire project was to get good at transcribing and playing instrumentals, but I just kept singing so, here we are.
You may also notice that I don’t play it as written in the tab. I explain this in the “tutorial” but also I just gave up on trying to write out the little ornamentations that I do because I change them all the time anyway. It sort of just depends on how I’m feeling on a particular day. There are times when strict adherence to the music is appropriate, but I have a feeling it would just add unnecessary complexity here? The tab is mostly for you fine folk out there, so please do let me know how you feel about it.
Also writing out the whole form of the song would make the tab several pages longer of mostly repeated stuff (or with some fancy notation tricks like second endings and coda’s and stuff). So I highly recommend just listening to the song and using the tab more like a lead sheet to suggest how to create the performance you want to give.
I don’t typically watch YouTube videos to learn songs, so this is kind of a new world for me. In fact, I find it difficult to even watch that stuff, so I definitely feel a little strange trying to do it myself. I also haven’t done the proper research to see how successful and properly trained educators do it. But whatever. I’ll try on the hat and see if my own style resonates with anyone first.
Sort of like the singing, being a teacher was not front and center in my plans. I definitely see myself as an intermediate level player at best, so I don’t really feel like I’m in a position to be a proper educator. At the same time, I recognize that part of sharing my journey is to connect with people at or approaching my level, so it seems proper to at least try. Who knows, I might like it. You might like it. It can only benefit me to learn how to explain what I’m doing more effectively.
Anyway, comments are turned off here, so if you feel like offering any feedback or advice, please use the YT comments or find me on the Uke Tribe Discord. Thank you kindly!