Anyone here play a Ukelele? What songs do you know?

[MisterLutherMan]

I know none tbh, though I have a bumper gold book of Ukelele songs. My favourites from there are "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash and "Wonderful World". 

[CSN&Y]

I have a Kala uke and so far it plays me more than I play it. The non-linear tuning is a little challenging for me. But I really admire the great uke players and some day maybe I can be one-tenth as good as them.

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

When we were in NAMM in 2016 Nashville there was a OO-koo-LEH-leh dealer. And I tried a few.

hand made from Hawaii,  wife keeps saying "we should have bought it for you"

it was very nice,,   alas no OO-koo-LEH-leh in my stable 

[NeilES335]

7 hours ago, Eracer_Team-DougH said:

When we were in NAMM in 2016 Nashville there was a OO-koo-LEH-leh dealer. And I tried a few.

hand made from Hawaii,  wife keeps saying "we should have bought it for you"

it was very nice,,   alas no OO-koo-LEH-leh in my stable 

A guitar someone left out in the rain...  ?

[MisterLutherMan]

On 10/27/2018 at 10:33 AM, CSN&Y said:

I have a Kala uke and so far it plays me more than I play it. The non-linear tuning is a little challenging for me. But I really admire the great uke players and some day maybe I can be one-tenth as good as them.

I take it you've seen the guy on YouTube who covers The Beatle's song on ukelele? Its incredible what you can do with practise. I look forward to hearing your music, it sounds like you're passionate about playing the Uke

[MisterLutherMan]

On 10/27/2018 at 10:05 PM, NeilES335 said:

A guitar someone left out in the rain...  ?

Thats how the Ukelele was first discovered!

[MisterLutherMan]

On 10/27/2018 at 2:44 PM, Eracer_Team-DougH said:

When we were in NAMM in 2016 Nashville there was a OO-koo-LEH-leh dealer. And I tried a few.

hand made from Hawaii,  wife keeps saying "we should have bought it for you"

it was very nice,,   alas no OO-koo-LEH-leh in my stable 

I've not tried an authentic Hawaiian ukelele, I got one of the cheap ones and put decent strings on it. Makes it sound like a much more expensive uke! 

[Nutty 1]

Hey, I have just bought a couple of ukuleles. The first song that I am learning is 

 According to "Cool Hands" the uke man it is a legal requirement! ?

Did you know that you can put a low G string on it and play Flamenco. That is what I am doing with my 2nd ukulele (it will always be a flamenco ukulele because I had to file the nut slot to get the thicker string in).  I found a course on Udemy that teaches ukulele Flamenco. 

 

[Fretless]

https://i.imgur.com/h9q72uX.jpg

10 months ago I bought this (pic. above) a Kala U-Bass, so it is a ukulele and also it is not! I love it. I mostly play the songs we sing in church as these are songs I at least play regularly, although I play drums at church, not bass.

[Nutty 1]

22 hours ago, Fretless said:

https://i.imgur.com/h9q72uX.jpg

10 months ago I bought this (pic. above) a Kala U-Bass, so it is a ukulele and also it is not! I love it. I mostly play the songs we sing in church as these are songs I at least play regularly, although I play drums at church, not bass.

ohhhhhhh I like that. I think I may have just found my Christmas present! Yay no more soap and socks?

[Fretless]

Here you can get an idea of the bass ukulele's size which is described as baritone ukulele size. The strings have a soft rubbery feel and they enable such a short scale to have such a low tuning. I read a lot of reviews and chose to ignore the under £200 basses for the shortcomings given in the reviews.

This is the video that persuaded me, listening to an upright bass player demonstrate it amplified and unplugged.

 

[Nutty 1]

Thank you @Fretless I see what you mean about the sound. I love the upright bass sound!

[Nutty 1]

I could not stretch to the solid mahogany model because they are out of my budget range here in the UK. I found this video really helpful 

By looking around I managed to get a Kala Rumbler for £299 where many other shops are selling it for £369. I love it!

I will try to use it for the bass line of my next song. Thank you for your advice @Fretless it is much easier to play than a regular bass guitar, especially when my arthritis is playing up.

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by Nutty 1

[K9kaos]

I have a Kala U-bass, a baritone uke, and a cute pink uke (mostly for decoration, lol). 

The Kala U-bass does give an amazing sound. I used it in the past to play bass with a mountain dulcimer group when they asked me to play bass.  Folks were looking around to see where the bass was - it sounded a lot like an upright with the little amp I used. The small scale and no actual frets took me a bit to get used to though (I learned on a full scale 4 string electric bass).

I picked up a baritone ukulele just to play around with, because the chords were similar to guitar chords since the tuning is DGBE. Quite fun to play around with, and I have found some tab and song sheets to play from. 

 

 

[Quilter1958]

I have been playing tenor uke for some years now. I play jazz, Americana, silly uke songs.  If you place a capo on the fifth fret of a guitar and play only the 4 high strings, you’ll get a uke - GCEA.

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

Well just so happens that our local stores Facebook posted group ukulele class starting Jan27 for 10 weeks

Thought $160 for the 10 weeks wasn't bad, and might be "fun" in a beginner group on a Sunday afternoons.

Since our big box store (Long and Mcquade) has great rental programs unlike Guitar Center which has basically none.

2 weeks early from first class they had 1/2 price rental day. (Today Jan12)

Along with a $20 rental coupon they give you for signing up,  the guy started a lot of clicking on the machine, 

I paid $11 to rent a $150 ukulele from today Jan12 to April 12.

So guess I should look at a couple of YouTube videos before class in 2 weeks.

The "downtown " store posted group guitar lessons on Wednesdays but far to hard to get there from work.

So ukulele class it is..

Edited January 13, 2019 by Eracer_Team-DougH

[John Wells]

This is the greatest song ever played on a uke. I always cry a little when I hear the late great Iz play it. Enjoy. Lotsa luck'

 

[Maybellene]

On 1/13/2019 at 7:45 AM, John Wells said:

This is the greatest song ever played on a uke. I always cry a little when I hear the late great Iz play it. Enjoy. Lotsa luck'

 

John, I cry a little too. ?

Edited January 14, 2019 by Maybellene

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

ha ha.. I haven't even started my ukulele group lessons yet. but the wife and I are invited to a Hawaiian party on March 2.. 

I've been volunteered to play Tiny Bubbles and Happy Birthday already

and who knows what else.. 

already playing live to an audience... no pressure

ok.. 30min practice time and first take of Tiny Bubbles on Ukulele recorded from my phone.

 

Edited January 18, 2019 by Eracer_Team-DougH

[Nutty 1]

Wow! Great start @Eracer_Team-DougH. I am still having fun with my ukuleles.

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

sadly only I signed up to "group" Uke lessons.. we've now switched to guitar lessons

 

[Nutty 1]

That is a shame Doug. Don't give up on the ukulele though, there are always online lessons. I an doing a couple of Udemy ones at the moment. As you are an accomplished guitar playing the switch to ukulele will not be a problem, you should still be able to play at the Hawaiian party. Have fun with it. I am loving mine.

[NeilES335]

6 hours ago, Eracer_Team-DougH said:

sadly only I signed up to "group" Uke lessons.. we've now switched to guitar lessons

 

I see JustinGuitar.com has free Uke lessons... Private Guitar lessons = ?