Aloha,
I bought a soprano uke on Monday (end up with a neat Martin OXK, after an issue with a U'Uku), and have surprised myself by making good progress, in just a week. The left hand will get there but right hand strumming will need much more brain programming (I would have thought it would have been the other way round!).
But to my newbie questions; I've been attempting all the usual beginners pieces and suppose they're in the Key of C (?). However, to my ears, they sound high (uke's in tune). I feel I want to play them lower. Now, this might be just beginner's compromise stuff and things will become better, later, but:
1) Would it be a question of just playing (eventually) closer down the neck? (I see NukeDoc's "sticky" on "uke theory for noobs". It's way ahead of me right now but I see the underlying principle).
2) Would swapping out the higher G for a lower G string assist?
3) Would retuning the uke from GCAE to some other system assist?
4) Am I asking the wrong thing of a soprano and should I have simply bought, all things being equal, a tenor uke?
As I say, all "newbie" questions. I'n not, necessarily, looking for precise practical answers, at this stage, I just need to understand what's going on.
Many thanks
XK50
I bought a soprano uke on Monday (end up with a neat Martin OXK, after an issue with a U'Uku), and have surprised myself by making good progress, in just a week. The left hand will get there but right hand strumming will need much more brain programming (I would have thought it would have been the other way round!).
But to my newbie questions; I've been attempting all the usual beginners pieces and suppose they're in the Key of C (?). However, to my ears, they sound high (uke's in tune). I feel I want to play them lower. Now, this might be just beginner's compromise stuff and things will become better, later, but:
1) Would it be a question of just playing (eventually) closer down the neck? (I see NukeDoc's "sticky" on "uke theory for noobs". It's way ahead of me right now but I see the underlying principle).
2) Would swapping out the higher G for a lower G string assist?
3) Would retuning the uke from GCAE to some other system assist?
4) Am I asking the wrong thing of a soprano and should I have simply bought, all things being equal, a tenor uke?
As I say, all "newbie" questions. I'n not, necessarily, looking for precise practical answers, at this stage, I just need to understand what's going on.
Many thanks
XK50