Chord Melody - Georgia On My Mind (Patreon)
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Today we are going to learn how to play the classic Georgia's On My Mind by Ray Charles on the Ukulele. I listened to a lot of versions of this song, of course starting with Ray himself, then covers, instrumentals on piano, guitar, ukulele to name a few, then I took all my favorite pieces from all the versions and put them together into a fun and beautiful version that is a lot of fun to play. There are barre chords but the rhythm is basic with most of it being quarter tones with a mix of 8th notes as well. I have heard the tempo to be played as 'longingly" which I am going to guess is just loose and emotive.
I was very sick in filming this, I had the flu (covid test came back negative) and because of course life can be funny I hurt my back the day before I became sick, so I did my best to muscle through the tutorial, but excuse the sick creature that you see in the intro.
Will improve
- Chord melody in F
- Playing emotively
- Dominant 9 Shapes
- Minor 6 shapes