I play only classical. Sorry, but you need both.
That was the answer I was expecting actually and that’s very doable. I will keep my concert Ukes in re-entrant and leave my tenors in linear.
I play only classical. Sorry, but you need both.
I would appreciate opinions from those who play classical music (and I don’t mean Elvis or Chuck Berry) on their Ukes as to which is the preferred string setups.
The ‘you need both’ statement is doubtless correct and I do not question it. However, to my mind, it does not address the original question which, by my very possibly flawed interpretation, asked for a preference (eg. either high g or low g but not both. I don’t know but other suitable stringing options might be available to select as your preferred string setup instead.).
I’m very much at the start of my journey in fingerstyle and ‘classical’ type playing but virtually all the music I find is for hi g. As far as I know the likes of Sam Muir and John King use/used hi g so my inclination and preference is to follow the crowd of expert players and commonly available music. Having said all that I’m minded to have one of my spare Ukes fitted with a low g for occasional use and experimentation, but that’s not choosing between one or the other but rather having the option available to play, as best I can manage, whatever suits the music before me best.
You're right. Saying "you need both" technically doesn't answer the question. But, it does correct the question for the questioner.
If your search hasn't found you any linear classical transcriptions or arrangements, you haven't looked very far. Uke Jordi, Chief Noda, and Craig Brandau have lots of stuff. There are many others. I've done a few, myself.
Definition from Wikipedia: The major time divisions of classical music up to 1900 are the Early music period, which includes Medieval (500–1400) and Renaissance (1400–1600) eras, and the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1820) and Romantic (1810–1910) eras.
I think anyone playing Bach (baroque) through Debussy (late romantic) is playing classical style.
Classic rock is very different from classical. The words are related, but the music isn't.
Definition from Wikipedia: The major time divisions of classical music up to 1900 are the Early music period, which includes Medieval (500–1400) and Renaissance (1400–1600) eras, and the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1820) and Romantic (1810–1910) eras.
I think anyone playing Bach (baroque) through Debussy (late romantic) is playing classical style.
Classic rock is very different from classical. The words are related, but the music isn't.
That’s a comprehensive definition of what I was thinking when I originally posted. Mainly I am interested in the baroque style and 18th/19th century Scots/Irish, what I call, traditional, as in The Child Ballads. The majority of my playing will still be rock/contemporary but I am looking at expanding my repertoire. Once, 55+ years ago, I played trumpet in my school orchestra. I knew how to read notation but that was before Woodstock and I have recently been taking formal music lessons instead of depending on the ad hoc method I usually use to learn new pieces of music.
Once again the broad range of knowledge of UU members, and their willingness to share, is providing me with the support I was looking for to continue my journey. Thank you all!
BTW, there is a lot of diversity in bluegrass, too, unless you're just focused on traditional bluegrass. Offhand, I can't think of an established bluegrass musician who uses a ukulele for bluegrass, but next time I fall down the YouTube rabbit hole, maybe I'll see if I can find something. Could be fun.
I am not asking this to put anyone on the spot or be judgmental, and I do not want to force anyone to justify themselves, because they do not have to. I'm a believer that people can do whatever they want and that they do not need a reason to do it. The thing that I wonder is why one would choose a ukulele to play classical music, which in all likelihood was not in any way composed with ukuele in mind. Ukulele just isn't a classical instrument. Is it the challenge, the novelty, or that one does not feel confident learning to play an instrument more associated with classical music? Is it that one is called to legitimize the ukuele as an instrument more associated with classical music? I am asking this because I myself am conflicted. I'm becoming more and more interested in bluegrass music, and I am seriously thinking about concentrating on an instrument more associated with bluegrass instead of making a futile attempt to some how make the the ukuele fit into bluegrass. So I ask the question to find out why one would go this route. Perhaps it would help me decide which fork in the road to take in my own journey.