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I love that there's a Martin Soprano on the cover of He Mele Aloha , A Hawaiian Songbook .

Only one wife?? WTF.

Thank you again for taking the time to post all of this here. I've saved it and intend on making a plan on pursuing these steps. I think...

Welcome to jazz ‘ukulele! As promised, what follows is a summary of my approach to personal expression via re-entrant-tuned ‘ukulele...

Check out Lyle Ritz - well regarded jazz player, high g tuning.

I like thinking about it this way, fit the instrument into the music Yeah I like to look at it this way. It's almost a rabbit hole of...

I don’t directly disagree with Ron nor with @bacchettadavid because I somewhat understand their respective perspectives. Here’s mine...

I come from a jazz background on trumpet and only play re-entrant tuning on uke. I play a lot of solo finger style standard and jazz...

Yes please, that would be much appreciated. It's hard to conceptualize it in my head without having seen some examples. Thanks again!

Wow, thank you so much for typing this all out! I will definitely look into all of this information. I really like the idea of becoming...

Now jazz is only jazz if it is has improvisation. So I never play jazz. But when I take on a "jazz standard", I will always go for high...

Samantha Muir's website, I love classical uke, has some resources for campanella style

Having said what I said in my previous post, linear tuning is likely the path of least resistance for both jazz & blues. Adapting...

I perform and teach jazz, and I employ re-entrant tunings almost exclusively. Having said that, I am going to mostly agree with @ripock...

The only plus to me would be the slightly extended range for melodic work. At the same time, I love the characteristic sound of the...