The playing style many prefer lends itself to a strumming/picking style, The only answer to the question, "How do I get better?" Newcomers of course don't have to overcome old habits.īut like learning any musical instrument, it takes timeĪnd a lot of practice to become proficient. They have so much space and those extra strings. Now I find guitars harder to play because Weren't there, or to reach for frets that were muchĬloser than I expected, and then feeling cramped in the Initially over-reached, trying to find bass strings that Possibly the most difficult thing about learning to play the ukuleleįor me was unlearning some entrenched guitar habits. The most popular musical instrument in the 1920s andġ930s. Hawaii, they spread quickly around the world to become Similar to those still played in Mexico, Latin America and other They descend from a long line of small stringed, Ukuleles have been around for less than 150 years, but So the uke family isn't constrained to a mere Others are available - four- and six-stringedĬigar box guitars for example. Makes one called the Guitalele (GL-1) and Kala makes Guitar is also sometimes sold as a ukulele - Yamaha There are also five-, six- and eight-stringed ukuleles, That makes them easy to hold, and not as intimidating asĪ larger instrument. Ukuleles are small, as you can see by the photo below, with our tiny cat Abbey and my tenor uke (a If you're a guitar player, you can play the same chords and finger picking patterns on a uke, but the high-G string creates a different sort of sound. So it's the same note, just higher and brighter. However, the traditional uke is tuned with the fourth (G) string an octave higher. Sometimes causes their critics to belittle them as just The transition from guitar to ukulele (and vice versa)īaritone ukes are bigger and tuned D-G-B-E, like a guitar (which Those same strings on a guitar are tuned D-G-B-E, but a ukulele (soprano, concert and tenor) is tuned higher, at G-C-E-A (or A-D-F#-B: see the section on Uke strings are tuned like the higher four strings on a guitar the same relationshipĮxists between strings, except five frets higher than (these always pair with an existing string, either the Ukuleles usually have four strings, although six- and eight-stringed versions exist That makes it a member of the of the same family as the guitar, butīanjos, lutes, even violins and fiddles are close relatives. And the uke can do pretty much everything a guitarĬhordophone in the plucked lute group of musical You could equally think of a guitar as a fat ukulele. Ukulele owners may blanch at that description, but it's fair, given its ancestry. But serious doesn't mean it's not also a lot of fun.Ī uke looks like a small, four-string guitar. Many musicians are taking it very seriously, today, too. It can't be a serious instrument they imagine - but it hasīeen taken very seriously in Hawaii for more than aĬentury. It looks small, so it must be a toy or a novelty instrument, they That's a common reaction to the uke from people who don'tĪppreciate its versatility or range. People laughed when I entered the room with my ukulele in hand. Use the Paypal buttonĪbove or make any online payment service payment through PayPalĭirectly to me brief introduction to the ukulele Would very much appreciate your donation. To help me defray costs of maintaining this site and my forum, I This 17-fret uke also features a rosewood bridge, chrome machines with amber knobs and Ovation's unique headstock.If you can't see a menu bar here, then allow Its multi-soundhole design with exotic hardwoods epaulets enhances string vibration and sustain, while also giving your audience something sweet to look at it as well. The UAE148 features a solid spruce top and a rosewood fretboard for superb acoustic volume, excellent punch and balanved tone. Built into a traditional tenor-size, this 16-7/8"-scale instrument has a cutaway shape that makes it easier to access the upper fretboard. With a built-in OP-24+ preamp, the UAE148 is ready to take the stage and hold its own in the mix with other amplified instruments. Ships with the original mint condition Ovation padded travel bag. Check out the video below to hear *exactly* what it sounds like with flat eq. Simply the best sounding pickup sound on an ukelele I've ever heard! Bought solely for studio work.
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