Gloria, I use the brown worth baritone strings ....they are all nylon much better and sound great! Give them a try. Steve PP. PP's Surf Art & Stuff ...
I discoverd Chordie soon after I got my uke (last summer). It's basically how I've learned to play. When I was a kid and took guitar lessons, the teacher had...
OK ... I got my Washburn made Vinci concert uke back together. What I had to do to it was, move the nut closer to the first fret, move the saddle away from the...
Hello! Snowing outside like crazy. Need to play some island music. Does anyone have tabs/music for the old Hawaiian song "Song for the Islands", or know where...
I paid $99 for a OU5 without the pick up and love it. I recommend changing the srings asap though. Check out www.themusicmotel.com They have the OU5E on sale...
I'm very new to uke, but have played guitar since I was 10. From following this group's messages and from browsing written materials for uke I get the...
Greetings and welcome to ukulele madness ! Solo on the uke is not only possible but just about any style of playing is used. Fingers, picks, even frailing...
... Great! Flamenco techniques - particularily rasguedo - can be applied very successfully on the uke. I use them in addition to the usual thumb rolls and...
Indeed, it is not for the faint of heart. Many of us play and sing. Most folks who do not sing play chord solos. I found this book by doing word search, but...
OH if only....... yes I once dreamed a dream oh when I was young (read 16) I took classical Guitar and played a beautiful Martin she is still with me even...
I highly recommend Rigk Sauer`s book though it is advanced. Introduces chord and single note soloing. Tab and notation. The page on creating chord inversions...
Just listen to James Hill on www.ukulelejames.com He'll just blow you away. Susan Borgersen Nothing Quite Like It: www.gloriousmud.net Winner, National Novel...
Hello, Im designing a ukulele web site for a client and was hoping I can find valueable info in your group. I'm looking for the demographics of Ukulele buyers....
I am a 53 year old woman in California In a message dated 2/8/2007 6:14:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, anthonys191@... writes: Hello, Im designing a...
The uke club that I belong to has active members ranging in age from the 40's to the 70's. Last year, at the NY Uke Fest, there were people there ranging from...
Hi Anthony, My brother and I are surfer/artists on the west coast of England,we are in our late thirties and early forties. The local schools in our county...
Anthony - I have replied to you directly with my personal info. "Nova Scotia is considered the 'Cradle of the Ukulele' in Canada, thanks to J Chalmers Doane."...
I am sure I would love to see the site but any way I am a 53 year old woman Office manager amature photographer mother and grandmother of one that escapes...
Hi. I'm 53, male, empty-nester, environmental writer by trade, frustrated musician until I took up the uke at age 50, now play in a band and own eight ukes,...
Have you checked the flea market directory for other players in your area? ... From: Nancy Adkins To: ukulelemadness@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 09,...
Yes but so far none that I know of we live rather remote in Winter better in summer (it is a tourist area. At least I get to Hawaii a couple of times a year....
Aloha Steve, That is so exciting to hear that the kids in England are learning ukulele. I have a small group of high school students who started beginning...
Aloha Anthony, Is this a commercial site? Is the info for marketing purposes? I would be interested in seeing it. It might be useful if you would specify...
Ok my turn . Paul Moore born UK but lived in Israel last 25years my age 56. ukulele player since 1976 full time performer /musician/ entertainer and also...
Joyce Flaugher wrote:Hola, Don. Como esta? Did you get your kids' group going with the spanish books? Joyce Hi Joyce, A friend of mine here has opened up a...