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... Ha. My first uke was a thrift store soprano with green stencilled foliage going around the top (to give you a good idea the kind of instrument it is!)....
AEbsynth Byvordhr
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May 1, 2006
6:39 pm
2193
Hi all , this is what the Ukuleles For Peace kids will be at on Thursday we will be opening the Festival and playing during the Festival . There will be 40...
paul moore
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May 1, 2006
7:06 pm
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Hey - I actually have this album, I think. I'm so busy this week that I can't make any promises, but I'll try to find it and throw the chords your way. I can...
Adam Moe
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May 1, 2006
8:47 pm
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Those Ruth songs sound interesting ...... I don't think I have ever heard them, but I would like to. I do however have Princess Pupule from an old songbook,...
Beverly Roe Gagliardi
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May 1, 2006
10:01 pm
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Holy jeez! Thanks to those who sent me the chords and lyrics to the Princess Pupule (?) song. I've been looking for that since I was wee, and just couldn't...
Adam Moe
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May 2, 2006
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Ičve never found this song online. I learned it at a Hawaiian ukulele group. If I could sing it online for you, I would. Loretta From: Adam Moe...
Loretta Spiritone
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May 2, 2006
9:44 pm
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http://www.mele.com is a great site for Hawaiian music. Here is the direct link to Princess Pupule. http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/p5.html Joyce ...
Joyce Flaugher
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May 3, 2006
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The song, complete with chords, notes... is in the book "Jumpin' Jim's Gone Hawaiian." In this book, the title is spelled "Princess Poo-poo-ly Has Plenty of...
Jan Rogers
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May 3, 2006
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2200
hello all, i am looking for other uke players to jam with. hampshire or dorset southern england. they seem to be rare birds in these parts. hope to get some...
michaelwhitwick
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May 8, 2006
11:53 am
2201
your views please.are nylgut strings as good as they say they are?...
michaelwhitwick
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May 8, 2006
1:10 pm
2202
... Strings, sounds, etc, are a very personal thing and vary greatly from person to person and ukulele to ukulele. That being said - Every uke I've tried...
Mike Pugh
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May 8, 2006
1:22 pm
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thanks mike, guess i will just have to get me some. ... Strings, sounds, etc, are a very personal thing and vary greatly from person to person and ukulele to...
Michael Whitwick
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May 8, 2006
2:22 pm
2204
I also have a set, but haven't decided to try them. Considering the cost of ukuleles these days, a small investment ($10?) in auditioning different types of...
Joyce Flaugher
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May 8, 2006
4:56 pm
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i know what you mean joyce, every day when you pick it up it has gone flat to pitch. settles down after a week or two though. Joyce Flaugher...
Michael Whitwick
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May 8, 2006
6:16 pm
2206
I have put Aquila Nylguts on my soprano and concert ukuleles. The difference they have made is amazing. I like the magic description...they are....magic. ...
Loretta Spiritone
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May 8, 2006
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2207
That's why it is a good idea to have more than one ukulele. Once I decided to tune one of my ukes to Bb, and I love it by the way. I forgot that I was...
Joyce Flaugher
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May 8, 2006
7:31 pm
2208
Hi Michael. I am sure the george Formby Society & the Ukulele Society of Great Britain have members down there. GFS can be contacted via the web. USGB is...
Paul Woodhead
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May 8, 2006
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I have a set of Low G Tenor Nylguts on my Gibson Tenor and I think they sound just fine. Couldn't say if they are "all that" but they sure are good strings. I...
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May 9, 2006
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... T think they are the best on most but not all instruments. On a few of my ukes I've found othere strings I like better, but the Nylguts are always what I...
Mike
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May 10, 2006
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When a tenor is tuned GCEA, is it tuned to the same pitches as a soprano in GCEA (unless you tune the G to a low G)? Or are all four strings tuned an octave...
Jersey Jeff
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May 10, 2006
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Same notes, same pitch. ... SPONSORED LINKS Ukulele sheet music <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Ukulele+sheet+music&w1=Ukulele+shee ...
O'hAonghusa, Sean
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May 10, 2006
2:02 pm
2213
... yes...
Dan Scanlan
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May 10, 2006
5:57 pm
2214
Interesting....so "tenor" and "soprano" in ukeland only refer to size and maybe loudness....
Jersey Jeff
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May 11, 2006
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Before there were tenor, concert or baritone ukuleles, there existed only the ukulele. No one called the standard uke a soprano until after the concert and...
Dan Scanlan
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May 11, 2006
3:33 pm
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I would love to get a baritone, but don't particularly wish to deviate from the GCEA tuning I'm accustomed to. What's the best way to do this - is it a big...
Dean T. Lake
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May 11, 2006
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What I have done for students is take the highest string (i.e., the E string on a baritone) and move it to the top position (it becomes the G string). Then I...
Dan Scanlan
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May 11, 2006
5:41 pm
2218
Aquila has a special set of strings specifically made for GDEA re-entrant tuning on Baritone ukes. These have the advantage of being all nylgut, no wound...
Kevin Crosson
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May 11, 2006
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... wrote: Make that GCEA. If I could type I would be dangerous! ... entrant tuning on Baritone ukes. These have the advantage of being all nylgut, no wound...
Kevin Crosson
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May 11, 2006
7:17 pm
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I keep my concert uke tuned to GCEA, but I like to tune my tenor and baritone ukes to DGBE like the last 4 strings of a guitar. That way when I play with other...
Jim Kielma
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May 11, 2006
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Maybe a dumb question, but does this mean that any four string guitar sold at my local music shop could be potentially tuned reentrant? I wouldn't mind having...
Dean T. Lake
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May 12, 2006
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