Hi, I'm Jason from the UK - arriving late in life to learning anything musical, but I have been inspired by a friend's playing one evening after a few G&Ts to have a go. Currently, I'm working through Bernadette's 30 day Ukulele Challenge as a start - "Have You Seen The Rain" has just crashed my progress . I'm looking forward to getting to know the instrument better, making a tune that sounds like one and learning how to strum a pattern and sing at the same time - how do you do THAT????
I played guitar for about 7 yrs. before I picked up a tenor uke last spring and fell in love. It seemed like I learned to play it overnight and finally got some style going on. I played rhythm guitar like everyone else, no style points there. But I never felt comfortable with a pick in my hand so maybe that’s why the uke is for me. All I did was get a chord chart and let my rhythm hand do what felt natural. After I learned all the basics I went and looked up how a uke should be played because it is different than how we play a guitar and I didn’t get any bad habits. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it won’t replace a rhythm guitar in a bluegrass band. (No low notes) So now I have a guitalele tuned E to e. For the band. Go for it, ukuleles are the bomb!!!! I bought super cheap lunas and I love the tenor. As long as it has Aquila red strings. The guitalele came with a bad neck but what do you expect for a hundred bucks. Gonna buy a good one, but really happy with the tenor Luna. It’s pretty awesome for cheap instrument!Hello. Uhm. So i'm still developing an interest in playing the Ukulele. I've been planning to buy one since last month but i dunno how to choose between good/bad sounding Ukuleles. I've been playing the guitar for at least 5years now and Ukuleles are far different from guitars when it comes to tune and stuff so yea. I tried playin' my friend's ukulele before and it's pretty easy actually. Hopefully i'll get tips and stuffs on buying ukes.
Welcome!I played guitar for about 7 yrs. before I picked up a tenor uke last spring and fell in love. It seemed like I learned to play it overnight and finally got some style going on. I played rhythm guitar like everyone else, no style points there. But I never felt comfortable with a pick in my hand so maybe that’s why the uke is for me. All I did was get a chord chart and let my rhythm hand do what felt natural. After I learned all the basics I went and looked up how a uke should be played because it is different than how we play a guitar and I didn’t get any bad habits. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it won’t replace a rhythm guitar in a bluegrass band. (No low notes) So now I have a guitalele tuned E to e. For the band. Go for it, ukuleles are the bomb!!!! I bought super cheap lunas and I love the tenor. As long as it has Aquila red strings. The guitalele came with a bad neck but what do you expect for a hundred bucks. Gonna buy a good one, but really happy with the tenor Luna. It’s pretty awesome for cheap instrument!
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