Excellent! I might want to change a little the last sentence of #8 to: "It's your playing - even if you don't play well - that creates the magic."
I find that the strength of magic varies with the skill of the player, I might produce weak magic but it still gives me much pleasure. If there was an alteration then to my mind ‘it’s how you play and who you play to that creates the magic’ (beauty is in the ear of the listener). Perhaps that caveat would make the message less clear, whatever, to my mind, Baz’s poster hit the spot - well done that man.
Thinking about all the points on Baz’s list reminds me of my Uke Teacher who I heard playing the other day. He plays the best but give him any Uke and it will sing in his hands, before anything else it’s about the player and how they drag the best out of whatever Uke they have in their hands.
Excellent! I might want to change a little the last sentence of #8 to: "It's your playing - even if you don't play well - that creates the magic."
I find that the strength of magic varies with the skill of the player, I might produce weak magic but it still gives me much pleasure. If there was an alteration then to my mind ‘it’s how you play and who you play to that creates the magic’ (beauty is in the ear of the listener). Perhaps that caveat would make the message less clear, whatever, to my mind, Baz’s poster hit the spot - well done that man.
Thinking about all the points on Baz’s list reminds me of my Uke Teacher who I heard playing the other day. He plays the best but give him any Uke and it will sing in his hands, before anything else it’s about the player and how they drag the best out of whatever Uke they have in their hands.
Exactly - and he's been doing that for some time. Phil Doleman, Aaron Keim etc play with picks (as do many of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain). Jake, James H, Taimane etc and literally MOST other professionals play with straps (because it's just a damn sight more practical)... and so on and so on...During the time I've played the ukulele, I have personally learned the importance of #4. And maybe a bit more generally, you should feel free to play the ukulele (or any other instrument) in anyway you want. There's no wrong way to play the ukulele whether it's using a pick, a strap, your index finger, your thumb, strumming, fingerpicking, whatever. The uke is a tool for making music which you utilize how you prefer. As an example, just look at what James Hill is doing in his recent UkuleleX series (found on YouTube). Certainly not the most traditional way of playing the uke, but my god is it cool.
And maybe a bit more generally, you should feel free to play the ukulele (or any other instrument) in anyway you want. There's no wrong way to play the ukulele whether it's using a pick, a strap, your index finger, your thumb, strumming, fingerpicking, whatever. The uke is a tool for making music which you utilize how you prefer.