Drew Bear
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At around the 3:00 mark on this video, Jake Shimabukuro talks about why he plays and practices with only one ukulele. Although I am a new uke player with minimal experience playing various ukes, this concept/philosophy made sense to me. Has anyone tried this? Observations & comments?
I've only tried a handful of ukes, but consider the variables in switching from uke to uke: shape of the neck, width of fretboard, height of action, tension of strings and probably more that experienced players could list. Those are not insignificant for me since I'm still trying to produce clean, nice-sounding, in-tune notes along the fret board. Add barre chords and fast chord changes while strumming and the seemingly minor differences between instruments add up to make learning to play the uke even more challenging...at least for me.
http://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/online/interview-ukulele-great-jake-shimabukuro
I've only tried a handful of ukes, but consider the variables in switching from uke to uke: shape of the neck, width of fretboard, height of action, tension of strings and probably more that experienced players could list. Those are not insignificant for me since I'm still trying to produce clean, nice-sounding, in-tune notes along the fret board. Add barre chords and fast chord changes while strumming and the seemingly minor differences between instruments add up to make learning to play the uke even more challenging...at least for me.
FJ: Are you a collector of ukes?
JS: No, I'm not a collector. I have about four or five instruments at home…
FJ: Compared to many uke fanatics, that isn't many at all.
JS: Yeah. But I just have my main one that I tour with, play, practice on, record with. That’s my Kamaka four-string tenor.
http://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/online/interview-ukulele-great-jake-shimabukuro
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