I am involved in a heated discussion (read: intense escalating argument) with a friend of mine about the ukulele. He posted a status on facebook along the lines of, why is the uke so popular? its an annoying limited instrument. My response of course was, LOL! limited. you wish. Then promptly posted links to several Jake Shimabukuro songs. He then proceeds to rant about how it has less frets and strings then a guitar, less frets then a bass and less neck then a cello/violin. I answer with the fact that my '79 Ovation Custom Balladeer acoustic has 20 frets, while some tenors have 20+. he ignored that, and continued to harp on limited range, and how it can only convey one emotion(meaning happy Hawaiian pop emotion). I kindly directed him to Weeps and several other of Jakes songs, and told him in no uncertain terms if he can watch those and still say it can only convey one emotion, he is clearly insane. He watched Bohemian Rhapsody and a couple others and once again stated that, yes the ukulele can only covey one emotion because there were no songs that are "dark and foreboding." I asked him of the original was dark and foreboding, to which he responded that the vocals were somewhat pained. I, once again, LOL'd. I informed him of the fact that an instrumental, on any instrument, is going to reflect THE MELODY. not the singing style. Then he said something about how it sounded like 90s game boy music.
Can someone provide me with something that will get the self absorbed guitar player to realize that just because the instrument is small does not make it inferior?
Can someone provide me with something that will get the self absorbed guitar player to realize that just because the instrument is small does not make it inferior?