buddhuu
Super Moderator (Retired)
We see the same things being hunted for again and again. As I don't see a thread listing the commonly sought downloads and tools that might help people develop their playing, I thought I'd share a few things I know of.
If anyone knows of more/better ones, please post and I'll consider updating this post to include them.
Mods, if this has already been done before or better, please just delete this thread.
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Downloads - All FREE software unless stated
Slow-Down / Pitch-Shift
Slow-down facility allows you to slow tunes down to hear more clearly what is being played. Very helpful for learning. Pitch-shift allows you to change the key of a tune.
TAB software
Audio Recording and Editing
Video Download Conversion and Playback
For those who would like to have local versions of online video tutorials to keep safe (in case the unthinkable happens to a teacher's Youtube account) there are facilities that allow the download of FLV files (as used by Youtube, Dailymotion etc. There are also free players and converters.
If you do download videos, please continue to view the online versions and to support the channels of those who are kind enough to make tutorials for us.
Online Tools - FREE unless stated
Various
Uke chord charts
Uke chord Flash Cards
UU member anniekate76 set up some handy online flash cards to help you learn your chords : http://www.flashcardmachine.com/p/ukechords
Uke scale charts
Thanks to all the people who make this great free stuff available to us.
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If anyone knows of more/better ones, please post and I'll consider updating this post to include them.
Mods, if this has already been done before or better, please just delete this thread.
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Downloads - All FREE software unless stated
Slow-Down / Pitch-Shift
Slow-down facility allows you to slow tunes down to hear more clearly what is being played. Very helpful for learning. Pitch-shift allows you to change the key of a tune.
- Best Practice - Audio file slow-down and pitch-shift software. Very similar to Amazing Slow-Downer : http://download.cnet.com/BestPractice/3000-2133_4-10794555.html?tag=mncol
- Audacity - Primarily a recording/editing prog, it also features speed and pitch shifting capability : http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
TAB software
- TablEdit - Tab editor and player. Very flexible with great features. A fantastic learning tool. IMHO, more versatile, stable and usable than Power Tab. TablEdit is commercial software, but great value (NFI) : http://www.tabledit.com/index.shtml
- TEFview - Free TableEdit viewer/player. Also a great learning tool, but doesn't allow editing of tabs : http://www.tabledit.com/tefview/
- Power Tab - Free tab editor. Popular tab editing prog : http://www.power-tab.net/
Audio Recording and Editing
- Audacity - Free audio recording and editing prog. If there is a "standard" free recording software, this is probably it : http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Video Download Conversion and Playback
For those who would like to have local versions of online video tutorials to keep safe (in case the unthinkable happens to a teacher's Youtube account) there are facilities that allow the download of FLV files (as used by Youtube, Dailymotion etc. There are also free players and converters.
If you do download videos, please continue to view the online versions and to support the channels of those who are kind enough to make tutorials for us.
- Download Helper - a free Firefox browser plugin that allows you to grab video from many different sites. Downloads are saved as .FLV, but a file format converter feature is available : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
- FLVplayer4Free - a free FLV video player. Also supports other video filetypes : http://www.flvplayer4free.com/
- VLC Media Player - A free media player that can play .FLV video files : http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter - Does what it says on the tin: converts .FLV to .AVI format for players that can't use .FLV. I use this to convert tutorials for playback on my Creative Zen player : http://download.cnet.com/Pazera-Free-FLV-to-AVI-Converter/3000-2194_4-10786669.html
Online Tools - FREE unless stated
Various
- Online song and chord transposer : http://www.logue.net/xp/
- Online ukulele tuner : http://www.get-tuned.com/ukulele_tuner.php
- Online metronome : http://www.metronomeonline.com/
- Online uke chord finder 1 : http://www.sheep-entertainment.nl/ukulele/
- Online uke chord finder 2 : http://www.gootar.com/folder/ukulele.html
- Online uke chord finder 3 : http://4stringchords.com/
Uke chord charts
- http://www.ukefarm.com/chordgen/chordchart_GCEA.php
- http://www.ukalady.com/Images/UkeChart.pdf
- http://www.ezfolk.com/uke/chords/A_major/Am7/am7.html
- http://chordlist.brian-amberg.de/en/ukulele/standard/
Uke chord Flash Cards
UU member anniekate76 set up some handy online flash cards to help you learn your chords : http://www.flashcardmachine.com/p/ukechords
Uke scale charts
- Our own AcousticMonster has done a great job on some scale charts right here on UU : http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9272
Thanks to all the people who make this great free stuff available to us.
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