This song right here meant a lot to me ever since I first heard it and ever since it was the entire reason I wanted to play ukelele in the first place. Just so soothing and peaceful, what are your guys songs that influenced you to start learning how to play?
Post the song that motivated you for playing!
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This song right here meant a lot to me ever since I first heard it and ever since it was the entire reason I wanted to play ukelele in the first place. Just so soothing and peaceful, what are your guys songs that influenced you to start learning how to play?
Poul Hansen
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I bought a Banjolele to play "Does your chewing gum..." and "Windowcleaner"
A ukulele to play "mele kalikimaka"
A ukulele to play "mele kalikimaka"
And now that I can play it, I really need to keep digging into slack key, I just haven't had the motivation between teaching and my 1 year old son actively going through a sleep regression.
Oldscruggsfan
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still working on Mele kalikimaka but have always loved this one, along with Christmas Island and Al Jolson’s Hello My Baby.
Not the first ukulele song I heard, nor the first I tried to play, but this one grabbed me early on and really fired my interest. Still a favourite.
This was the performance that convinced me to take up the ukulele. After I saw how expensive Baroque guitars were!
This was my first exposure to Gaspar Sanz. Once I saw that his music worked well on the ukulele, I decided to play the ukulele.
This was my first exposure to Gaspar Sanz. Once I saw that his music worked well on the ukulele, I decided to play the ukulele.
I started playing tenor uke in mid 2013 when I was 63 after playing rhythm guitar for almost 50 years. I attended a Los Angeles Music Center Summer Ukulele Play Along series, three 6 hour Saturday seminars (I attended before on guitar). After the first day, I got online and discovered Jake, plus I knew Iz's version of Over the Rainbow from the movies Finding Forrester and 50 First Dates. After the second seminar, I joined Cali Rose & The CC Strummers uke group of 35 people.
My sister-in-law (my identical twin brother's wife) loved Iz's version, so I decided to learn it. The first thing I did was use the correct lyrics (Iz recorded it in the middle of the night on a whim, but muffed the lyrics). I couldn't get the strum pattern Iz used and finally put it aside. A few weeks later, after playing various songs with the group, I gave Rainbow a try and to my surprise, I had it.
My sister-in-law (my identical twin brother's wife) loved Iz's version, so I decided to learn it. The first thing I did was use the correct lyrics (Iz recorded it in the middle of the night on a whim, but muffed the lyrics). I couldn't get the strum pattern Iz used and finally put it aside. A few weeks later, after playing various songs with the group, I gave Rainbow a try and to my surprise, I had it.
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Mike $
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When I was a young banjo picker, this guy would post videos on the Banjo Hangout playing the uke. It sounded amazing and looked like a lot of fun, so I saved up and got me a uke and never looked back.
about2
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Well - it's a piece I've been working on for about 2 years....getting there. He's the master. Daniel Ho - Amis Rondo
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