Renaissance-Man
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I was introduced to bluegrass at my first position after college. One colleague in particular would spend one lunchtime per week teaching bluegrass. That went on for two glorious years. I still run across him now and then, and I always make it a point to thank him again for what he gave us.
You're not going to sit in with a traditional bluegrass jam, but there's nothing wrong with playing bluegrass tunes on ukulele. I like playing fiddle tunes on ukulele, and my two dogs don't mind it either. They strongly object to my actual fiddling, even with the bridge mute. One of my favorite pastimes is to play random tunes from "Kaufman's collection of American fiddle tunes for flatpicking guitar" on a ukulele. It's no longer in print in this huge 400+ page format. That book is a treasure.
You're not going to sit in with a traditional bluegrass jam, but there's nothing wrong with playing bluegrass tunes on ukulele. I like playing fiddle tunes on ukulele, and my two dogs don't mind it either. They strongly object to my actual fiddling, even with the bridge mute. One of my favorite pastimes is to play random tunes from "Kaufman's collection of American fiddle tunes for flatpicking guitar" on a ukulele. It's no longer in print in this huge 400+ page format. That book is a treasure.
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