Play an Uptempo Uke Version of Kate Wolf's 'Across the Great Divide' with Alex De Grassi

Alex De Grassi teaches his version of this folk classic, featuring an upbeat tempo and subtle voice leading. Get the full lesson in the Spring 2024 issue of Ukulele magazine at store.ukulelemag.com/collecti... and find more ukulele goodness at ukulelemagazine.com.
This beautiful folk song was written by singer-songwriter Kate Wolf in the early 1980s. Since then, it has been covered by many artists-perhaps most notably by folk- country singer Nanci Griffith with Emmylou Harris on Griffith’s 1993 album, Other Voices/Other Rooms.
Wolf’s original recording and the covers tend to have slow to medium tempos, but this arrangement, which De Grassi recorded with the folk group the Real Sarahs, is played in fast cut time, around 102 half notes per minute, making the most of the ukulele’s quick attack.

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Great lesson. Thanks.