I'm new to the guitar/ukulele and have a limited musical background. I really liked the sound of the uke, so I picked one up thinking I'd be able to find tons...
I bought some felt picks and they turned out stiffer that a piece of steel. They don't give me that "mellow" sound I want out of my baritone. I would like to...
Jim: Roy Cone at www.ukuleleworld.com has the best selection I know of. He will make exchanges if you don't like the picks you picked (sorry, couldn't resist)....
I have made some picks myself out of old piano hammers. They¹re two sided, one soft felt and another wood, which ends up sounding kind of like a classical...
Anybody have a uke arrangement for the Johnny Mercer song "Goody Goody?" I've tried to figure it out, but my ear isn't developed enough yet. Thanks, Jim Nelson...
Hey all. Just a note to let you know that I've started a Uke site with a new message board (woo hoo! another board!), songs with Uke chords (woo hoo! more...
... Your site looks great! Do you use some kind of special software to write your uke tablature on? I'm going to enjoy singing "Pencil Thin Mustache." :) ...
Hi: I am interested in trying to tune a uke like a piccolo banjo. It would be tuned to DGBD an octave higher than a normal banjo. Is this possible and what...
hal, i personally dunno the answer to your qs. you might want to try the banjulele group, too. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/banjulele later gator, uke jackson...
... This is the same tuning as the braguinha, one of the two forerunners of the ukulele (the rajao being the other, more significant parent). My braguinha uses...
where might one best procure a braguinha? saw one on ebay a while back, but didn't have the fortitude (or the plentitude) to stick it out. e ... [Non-text...
Dan: Dan: Thanks so much for the information. The piccolo banjo is normally a 5-string, with a neck the size of a uke and 7" pot. It was used to play the...
In a message dated 04/21/2003 12:15:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I have a vary nice braguinha I have never realy played, but I bought it new three years...
You can use Cavaquinho strings. The cavaquinho is also tuned DGBD and its scale size is the same of a soprano uke, so i suppose it'll work fine. Rafael ... ...
... The cavaquinho player in the group Band D'Alem from Madeira tuned his instrument GGBD when he played at the World's Fair in Lisbon. The two Gs were in...
Hey ukulelemadness: I've got a gallery of people and/or their ukes on, around or near their local "landmarks" at the Uke World section of my Uke Boogaloo...
hi all, i'm looking for contributions to the june issue of my free you-must-be-18 ezine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakeduke the june issue will be all reso....
Hy All ! I live in area, where is no place to get Uke strings. Can I use guitar strings and if m then what size ? I have reguar uke wit G C E A tuning thanks ...
Yo, Tommy, Go to http://www.juststrings.com and look at the ukulele strings there. They have sets from several manufacturers, and you can see what sizes they...
I found two "standard" tunings tu uke ! Both are G C E A, but one has low G, other higher G. Do they sound very different and which one is better ? Tommy ...
I like the sound of the low G better. Listen to Iz's "SomewhereOver the Rainbow." I don't think that intro would sound as good with a high G ukulele. ... ...
Hello I am new to the uke and did not know of there were two c tunings How do you get a high and low G. THANKS PETER--- In ukulelemadness@yahoogroups.com,...
Hello Tommy, I can't find Uke strings either, so I use guitar strings. I think they sound fine...not as good as proper ones I suppose, but I think they're fine...
Hello Peter, I'm not too far advanced a player myself but I have all three of my ukuleles tuned to a low G. You have to get low G strings to accomplish this. ...
... The ukulele has re-entrant tuning, in other words, the G string is an octave higher, then the C, E and A strings work their way back up. The tuning with a...
Tommy - I just want to make sure you mean Classical Guitar Strings made of nylon...steel guitar strings would not be a good idea. The tension would be too high...
Hy ! Ofcourse classical :-) I tuned my ukulele with low G using guitar strings by dŽaddario and the uke sounds great. Somewhy I like the low G sound...
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