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EXTENDED UKULELE
TECHNIQUES
7
As touched upon in Step 1, the Ukulele is in a unique group of
instruments where re-entrant tuning is in the fabric of its design.
This allows us to play sequences of notes using different hand
positions to let the strings ring over each other. This style of
playing is called Campanella.
Campanella, meaning “little bells” in Italian, allows the sounds of notes ring over each other.
So, when the notes are played as part of a sequence, the melody will harmonise with itself.
Here’s a simple example of Campanella using just four notes:
Click the video opposite to see Ashley
Hards explain and demonstrate Campanella,
with a performance of a Rockschool Ukulele
Grade 6 piece – The Beatle’s “Eleanor Rigby”
– that utilises Campanella throughout.
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