Wax On, Wax Off: The Arpeggio Meditation by Daniel Ward
Ukulele Magazine recently featured an article written by Daniel Ward on practicing arpeggios slowly and another article expanding on it. I've incorporated meditative fingerpicking into my daily practice first thing to get focused on breathing and listening.
I have also adapted the practice for the key of G Major:
ARPEGGIO MEDITATION IN G MAJOR
Fingerpicking practice, breathing, and listening. Arranged by Francis Luong (Franco)
G Gmaj7
4/4
Gtr I
||--------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|
||o-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
||o---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Em7 Em6
|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
Cmaj7 D7sus4 D7
|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|
|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
G Cm
|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3--||
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---o||
|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----o||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||
The Good, the Bad, and PowerTab
I decided to try assembling a tab using powertab which is pretty old these days and hasn't been maintained. I don't suspect I'll continue using it. Print output has severe issues with title alignment on Windows 10.
My inelegant workaround is ASCII output, which permits me to adjust the text. I just don't think I have the patience to PDF, screenshot, and crop after using that dreadful interface.