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New Song Coming – I Need You
“I Need You” is a love song that I came up while I went for a walk last summer. Boom, done – all of the lyrics and the basic melody in less than an hour! But then it has taken me since then to actually get it recorded. For various reasons it sat in my notebook until February when I came across Graham Cochran’s Recording Revolution “One Song One Month Challenge”. Of course the One Song One Month Challenge began in January, and by February I was already a month behind. So, I got the song arranged and recorded by March in time to give it to my wife for our wedding anniversary. Then on April 3rd I broke my thumb and was in a splint (and pain) for a month, so that distraction slowed me down again. But at any rate, Graham’s challenge gave me enough inspiration to at least get going and make this song a reality. Thanks Graham! Doing a song every month is probably not going to be in the cards for me, but at least Graham’s method helped me get this done a lot faster than I would have otherwise.
Anyway, I’ll be releasing it as a single once I get it through CD Baby’s release process. You will be able to find it on my CD Baby page or here on this site on my Music page. I wanted to have a Beatle-esque sound, so I will be interested to hear if you think I achieved that goal.
Ukulele Bar Chords – A major form
Okay my ‘ukulele ‘ohana, here is my next installment of bar chords for the uke. This one is using the open position form of the A major chord shape. The diagram shows that you only bar the first and second strings with your first finger, but in practice I bar strings 1, 2 and 3 because that makes it easier to quickly change from for example Bb major to Bb minor. I will share diagrams for some minor chord forms too once I get them completed.
Have you been using bar chords when you play the uke and how is it working for you?
Want to build your own ‘ukulele? Check out my series on how I built my own cigar box uke.
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Ukulele Bar Chords – C major form
This has been helpful to me, having first played the guitar and being used to using bar chords got me thinking it would be helpful to know how to use and play moveable bar chords on the ukulele. So here is an example of how it works when using the form for a C major chord played in the open position as you move it on down the neck. I will post some other bar chord forms in the future as I create the charts.
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A Quick Intro to Christopher J.
I am Chris Hartzog and this is my website, Christopher J. Music. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in the Seattle, Washington area.
I’ve loved music as long as I can remember. During many years of being a special needs parent to a very high needs child with autism, I started playing guitar again and started writing music. And through that experience I learned that music not only transcends languages, it also transcends disabilities.
Today my music covers a variety of styles and instruments from folk to blues/jazz, and classical to pop-rock. I am a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass (electric and upright), ukulele, keyboards, and a singer and songwriter. I also enjoy playing classical music on the double bass with my local community symphony orchestra. And, I write, arrange, record and produce songs and put them on this website for people to download and hopefully share and enjoy.
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