I hope this isn't an old topic. I can't believe it hasn't been discussed before. But I couldn't find anything with the search function.
I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods, but whenever I go to the many ukulele dealers here in California (and we have a lot), the most numerous size you'll find hanging from the walls is the tenor. After that, you'll find concerts. Sopranos and baritones are getting hard to find.
As I understood it, the soprano was the standard. But many of today's popular performers (and I should probably add "younger") are appearing with tenors. Has that changed the concept of what many new ukers think of as the standard size?
This isn't meant to be a discussion of "what's best" (so don't turn it into one). I'd like it to be a thoughtful discussion of how the uke and its image is evolving.
It may also be an interesting discussion of future ukulele trends. Shop owners have told me that prospective baritone players have instead been going to guitaleles which are tenor-sized. Production offerings of baritone ukuleles are being trimmed. (Maybe we should blame Yamaha, Daniel Ho and KoAloha? ) Might even guitaleles become a full-member of the ukulele family between the tenor and the baritone?
I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods, but whenever I go to the many ukulele dealers here in California (and we have a lot), the most numerous size you'll find hanging from the walls is the tenor. After that, you'll find concerts. Sopranos and baritones are getting hard to find.
As I understood it, the soprano was the standard. But many of today's popular performers (and I should probably add "younger") are appearing with tenors. Has that changed the concept of what many new ukers think of as the standard size?
This isn't meant to be a discussion of "what's best" (so don't turn it into one). I'd like it to be a thoughtful discussion of how the uke and its image is evolving.
It may also be an interesting discussion of future ukulele trends. Shop owners have told me that prospective baritone players have instead been going to guitaleles which are tenor-sized. Production offerings of baritone ukuleles are being trimmed. (Maybe we should blame Yamaha, Daniel Ho and KoAloha? ) Might even guitaleles become a full-member of the ukulele family between the tenor and the baritone?