SweetWaterBlue
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Having listened to probably hundreds of YouTube uke comparisons, and having done a few myself, I am always frustrated by the lack of a standard set of pieces to play in such a comparison. It just makes it difficult to compare one instrument to another when on one test the player is playing a rock song, and on the other he/she is finger picking a classical piece.
I belong to a professional organization that has a standard set of input data to test certain software. Whenever people come up with a new version of this type software, they run it through and report how well it did. It makes it easy to compare.
Now, I know its always better to play ukes in person, and that some think science and music are incompatible, but many of us use the internet to screen what we are looking for.
So.. I think we need a standard set of short passages to test ukes with. They should be easy enough for most people who are not virtuosos to play. They should include both finger picking and strumming. They should be recorded without reverb or other effects. They don't need to be over perhaps a minute in length.
It could be i\entitled something like, "Ukulele Underground Standard Ukulele Test Set." OK that would be too geeky, I know lol.
Thoughts?
I belong to a professional organization that has a standard set of input data to test certain software. Whenever people come up with a new version of this type software, they run it through and report how well it did. It makes it easy to compare.
Now, I know its always better to play ukes in person, and that some think science and music are incompatible, but many of us use the internet to screen what we are looking for.
So.. I think we need a standard set of short passages to test ukes with. They should be easy enough for most people who are not virtuosos to play. They should include both finger picking and strumming. They should be recorded without reverb or other effects. They don't need to be over perhaps a minute in length.
It could be i\entitled something like, "Ukulele Underground Standard Ukulele Test Set." OK that would be too geeky, I know lol.
Thoughts?
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