Wah-Wah Technique and Effect on the Ukulele-ENJOY

keliiyama · Jan 18, 2013

Aloha Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a great "Aloha Friday"

Did you know that you can do a Wah-Wah on the ukulele? It is really easy and you can do it on the first try. Its a fun little trick to add to you quiver of playing effects.

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF-pnSToHTk

Mahalo nui loa!
Keli'i

PeteyHoudini · Jan 18, 2013

Interesting you used the forearm.

I learned the wah-wah from the book "Hints & Tips for Advanced Ukulele Players (Hawaiian Style)" and I use the base of the thumb. One also has to find the ukulele's sweet spot for making the wah-wah work best. The wah-wah seems to work better on larger ukes (i.e. tenors).

cheers,

Petey

dnewton2 · Jan 18, 2013

Nice to put this out there. I had learned about this a while back. liveukulele.com did a similar thing. I am able to get the effect out of my concerts, I aggree it whould probably work better on larger ukes but I dont have anything larger than a Concert to try it on.

Thanks.

PeteyHoudini · Jan 18, 2013

dnewton2 said:
Nice to put this out there. I had learned about this a while back. liveukulele.com did a similar thing. I am able to get the effect out of my concerts, I aggree it whould probably work better on larger ukes but I dont have anything larger than a Concert to try it on.

I've tried it on my sopranos and it's tricky and not as loud to maintain the sustain. I'm sure it'll be better on concerts. On my Martin style 2 tenor, it works like a charm.

UkuEroll · Jan 19, 2013

I used this technique when I played guitar, but IMHO Ukuleles are a much more delicate instrument and I don't think it would be good for them in the long run.

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