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Today we are going to learn how to play one of Randy Newman's most underrated songs, and as a bonus we will learn Nina Simones cover, where she totally flipped the song on the head and took it from descending chromatic piano groove to a reggae bounce.   

As always when we teach you the song we will walk you through all the pieces with the tabs on the screen. Most of the songs is just strumming with nothing to fancy with the exception of the piano riff that we transcribed for Randy's verse. We will break it down note for note and make sure you get the groove, because it is so much fun to play. It is also really interesting how Randy hand picked intervals to take the chord progression Em, G, A7, C and still managed to move through those chords chromatically. I learned a lot from breaking this song down. 

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Chromatic Movement

Linking chords with chromatic chord tones

Syncopation

Fingerpicking

Reggae Strum

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Baltimore - Randy Newman/Nina Simone - Both Versions - Ukulele Tutorial w/tabs

New Ukulele every Wednesday and Saturday, subscribe and learn! Today we are going to learn how to play one of Randy Newman's most underrated songs, and as a bonus we will learn Nina Simones cover, where she totally flipped the song on the head and took it from descending chromatic piano groove to a reggae bounce. As always when we teach you the song we will walk you through all the pieces with the tabs on the screen. Most of the songs is just strumming with nothing to fancy with the exception of the piano riff that we transcribed for Randy's verse. We will break it down note for note and make sure you get the groove, because it is so much fun to play. It is also really interesting how Randy hand picked intervals to take the chord progression Em, G, A7, C and still managed to move through those chords chromatically. I learned a lot from breaking this song down. Tabs for all our tutorials here: https://www.patreon.com/TenThumbsPro Let's see you play it! https://www.instagram.com/tenthumbspro/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenthumbsproductions/ Website: https://www.tenthumbspro.com/ Private Lessons Inquiries: email tenthumbsproductions@gmail.com T-Shirts: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tenthumbspro Baltimore - Randy Newman/Nina Simone - Both Versions - Ukulele Tutorial w/tabs

Comments

Tyler Austenfeld

Thanks! I love this song. It is on the higher end of my range, the principal phrase goes B-D-B-A-G and I have to push for that D note. I am trying really hard to get better though. Thanks!

Robie Sprouse

Love Randy but never knew Nina did this song. Thanks for the heads up, heading over to Youtube now to check it out.