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Here's Clair Obscur's Lumier a L'Aube theme from the OST arranged for low g ukulele...If you're working on E Minor and B Major chords or need an excuse to develop these 2 chords then this is the piece for you! lots of open notes which makes it easier to handle with those 2 chords thrown in with some partial bars and fewer tricky passages. Overall I'd say this is a grade 4 arrangement

If you're familiar with the game this arrangement features the long intro, the main theme, and 8 bars where you can insert a solo (7th fret to the 5th fret part of the arrangement) and then a 3rd theme that you hear in the vocal version but not in the instrumental...I added it in there so fans of the vocal version get to play that theme as well

You'll also see my new Daniel Kelly ukulele from Montreal! look at those beautiful Maple waves throughout the body and sides!

This is a GREAT ukulele with a bargain price that I'd grab without even thinking...more on that mid week or next weekend so stay tuned

This is a study by Sor from his Op.35 that is meant to teach you common first position 3rd and 6th interval shapes. These shapes are extremely important because they formulate the majority of chord shapes in fingerstyle arrangements

If you've played beginner fingerstyle tabs you've seen a gazillion of these, and if you're intermediate you're encountering the same 'concept' but in different positions and shapes...but the theory is still there:

A root + 3rd or 6th is a common way to establish bass + melody relationship and build a full textured arrangement on top

Point is: learn this one!

Sadly though, it has few chord shapes that are not so basic so consider this an upper Grade 3 or bottom Grade 4 rating

Tab on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/.../posts/415-no-18-op-35-160903911

This is a masterclass part of my Ukulele Fingerstyle Pro course that I decided to share with all of you to help you conquer any arpeggio or fingerpicking pattern you encounter, and to give you a taste of the material we talk about in the Pro course.

This is a 5-step method I use in both my Basics and Pro course to break down arpeggio etudes into their simpler parts and then put the whole thing together .This is a guaranteed approach to learning those pieces and can be applied as well to chord progressions played with a fingerpicking pattern instead of strumming since these are essentially over simplified arpeggio etudes.

Step #1 - We begin by isolating the right hand and figuring out the fingerpicking pattern.

A. Mute all notes or convert them to open notes to completely negate the left-hand.

B. Figure out which fingers you want to use for the pattern. Resist the urge to apply PIMA to strings 4, 3, 2 and 1. In my Basics and Pro courses I go through over why that's bad for you and cover many contexts where alternates are better options.

C. Write those fingerings down and FOLLOW THEM!

Step #2 - Isolate the melody

A. Melody is usually with stems pointing up. However, most arpeggios mix the melodic with inner layer notes together so you have to use ears, eyes, and experience to isolate those melodic notes.

B. Highlight the melody on the score.

C. Practice playing the melodic line until you're comfortable playing it from start to finish, and have some ideas as to how you want to perform it (ie dynamics, rubato, phrasing, etc)

Step 1 and 2 can be applied anytime during the process, simultaneously or together if you'd like. Step 3 to 5 are chronological and must be done in order:

Step #3 - Identify the chord shapes from the tabs. In my courses we go over how to scan a tab and come up with the sum of notes in that tab to produce a chord shape. This is a complicated topic so I'll leave it for now but the goal of this step is to know all the left hand chord shapes you'll be required to play.

Step #4 - Play those chord shapes in block chord format. This is more difficult than the next step because block chords required ALL left-hand fingers to move at the same time.

Step#5 - Play the arpeggios as written! this is easier than step#4 but it is not simply playing the pattern to the chord shapes! if you did that, you'd have pauses between the chords and you'll never sound legato (and I'd argue, never sound good!).

To execute this you have to plan out which finger moves to which notes, when, and why! I discuss this in this tutorial and in depth in my courses.