When trying to figure out tabs for a song...

[Grant_H]

Is it just fine to find the chords for the guitar version and play those chords on the uke? I know a lot of songs I want to learn to cover over time but none are available on uke that I can find, aside from a couple/few videos.

I can find guitar tabs all over but I wanted to double check that I could just transpose onto the uke without and really conversion for the proper sound. Am on guitar = Am on uke?

 

[Kanaka916]

Yes - a chord is a chord, just a different shape is all. If it calls for an F, guitar will be 003211 and the uke will be 2010.

 

[Grant_H]

another question, that isn't worth its own thread really...

i'm looking at these tabs for "20 Excuses" by the Supervillains and it slides from F# to A. From what i'm looking at that is |3121|(F#) and |2100| (A). Is there an alteration of F# that would suit the situation better or should I just not do the slide?

 

[theaaron]

You can hold that F# position and slide it up to the fourth fret, which would be an A chord 6454.

 

[Kanaka916]

Yea, one of them watchyacall "moveable chords" . . . F#/Gb (3121), G (4232), G# (5343), A (6454), A# (7565), B (8676), C (9787)