![]() ![]() If you’re down tuning with a low-G, just move the open Eb-string note onto the 3rd fret of the C-string. ![]() This is actually how Vance plays it – with a “high-g” (even though it’s tuned down). If you tune your uke to Eb-Ab-C-F, as shown in the section on tuning, you’ll have to play the picking differently. Adapting the Picking for Vance’s Down-Tuning This one isn’t as nice, but works in a pinch if you only have a low-G uke. Lady, runnin down to the riptide / Taken away to the dark side / I wanna be your left hand. This one sounds best to my ears since it utilizes the open G-string to create a ringing sound. Aprenda a tocar a cifra de Riptide (Vance Joy) no Cifra Club. Here are two versions of the breakdown picking shown in tab: Getting one might help you achieve the sound if you want to be super exact. My ear tells me that it’s likely that Vance used a thin flatpick ( like these) to strum the rhythm part. On the strums in parenthesis you miss the strings as you go by. ![]() If you superimpose the two on top of each other it looks like this: The Strum: D D U D UĮverywhere there is a gap in the original pattern you don’t strum – but your hand keeps moving! So all together the pattern will look like: D(U)D(U)(D)UDU Your hand is now going to make the motion of: DUDUDUDU in the same space as the “real” strum, which, remember, is: D D UDU.īut you aren’t going to hit the strings for every strum otherwise it would sound wrong! Instead, you are going to (while continuing the non-stop down/up pattern) move your hand closer to your body when it’s time to sound the strings and further away from your body when it’s not. To do this, you need to change how you think of the pattern a bit. If you keep the strumming hand “ghosting” over the strings during the times you don’t play, it’s much easier to keep your momentum and build a groove. The trick is to keep your hand moving down and up even when you aren’t strumming the uke! That’s down, down, up, down, up (then repeat). Take a look at the PDF songsheet below for the full breakdown.Learn more $19 What is the Strumming Pattern for Riptide? This only changes later on in the song where our F chord makes it first appearance. Tortoise and the hare! Song Structureįor the most part the song remains pretty much the same throughout simply repeating Am, G and C. You can actually get faster at playing ukulele by taking things very slowly. The song tears along at a pretty rapid rate – 155bpm to be precise so take it slowly initially. (Note in the audio file I’m playing without a capo) ![]() It should end up sounding something like this… I like to play the first 2 down strums with a little more emphasis to really accent them. I’d recommend using a metronome to get this down. Because it’s so simple it’s really crucial to get the timing bang on. It’s actually pretty simple and shouldn’t be too difficult to get to grips with. Here’s what that rhythm looks and sounds like. If you can say the rhythm out loud, you can play it. As with any rhythm, the say it play it rule is true. If you get the rhythm right, you’re pretty much there.įor almost the whole song, the strumming pattern is down, down, up, down, up repeated. Riptide has an incredibly recognisable rhythm that really drives the song. You’ll be playing a bar of Am, a bar of G and 2 bars of C. You can give your pinkie finger a rest on this one, you won’t need it. If you’ve played ukulele for a while, those chords will be pretty familiar to you. The intro, verses and chorus all use the same 3 chords in the same order throughout. If you want to play along with the record you’ll need to drop a capo on at fret 1. The original key to this song is actually C# which is half a step up from regular tuning. If you do know the chords well I’d throw a few chord inversions in the mix to keep your chord knowledge developing. The good news is that there are just four chords in Riptide and you’ll probably already be familiar with them (especially if you’ve ever read my post about four chords). Thanks to its positive feel and pop culture references throughout, Riptide has become a modern classic. Vance Joy’s 2013 hit Riptide has been one of the most popular songs to play on ukulele since it’s debut 5 years ago. ![]()
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