UCL PLAY - WEEK 4
​"WHISKEY ON A SUNDAY"

This week you will explore "Whiskey on a Sunday", a song written by Glyn Hughes (1932–1972), which became popular during the second British Folk Revival. It is sometimes called "The Ballad of Seth Davy" and has been covered by many an Irish folk band.

NB: We do not condone the drinking of whiskey to practice this song ;) 

The song is in 3/4 time and combines strumming and picking and leary singing. Have a listen to the Audio track.
Here is the Dubliners version... Can you guess what key it is in?

CHORDS

These are the chords for the C-tuning Ukuleles. The C, Maj7 and C7 work together to form a walk down. 
These are the chords for the baritone ukulele. The baritone just picks out notes on the D string for the walk down part as illustrated below:

STRUMMING PATTERNS

The song alternates between the two strumming patterns throughout each of the chorus sections as illustrated below and shown on the PDF:

PICKING PATTERNS

There are two picking patterns for the C-tuning ukuleles as illustrated below and on the PDF. They both play over two bars each.
​The first one is quite light and the second, adds just one extra pluck to give it a bit more intensity. 
The Baritone part plays just the one pattern all the way through each verse. There is also a walkdown as illustrated below which starts the song and takes each verse into the chorus, with another one half way through the chorus. 

AUDIO

Have a listen to the audio part for ukuleles in C-Tuning only:
Have a listen to the audio part for baritone ukuleles only:

VIDEO TUTORIALS

​These video tutorials will be available within 24 hours of your class taking place. 

INTRO SECTION

VERSE 1 + 4 (Picking Pattern 1) with CHORUS SECTION

VERSE 2 + 3 (Picking Pattern 2) 

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