I had some fun this past Saturday. I attended my first ukulele class, which was led by Geoff Davis of the Blue Stone Folk School of Noblesville, Indiana. Including myself, there were 8 students in attendance. I had an exhausting 7 minute drive to the studio where the class was held, but one person drove [...]
There are many ways that a person can tune a ukulele. It can be tuned by ear, tuned to itself using harmonics, tuned using a pitch pipe, tuned using a digital tuner like the Intelli IMT-500 or eNote and even tuned with the help of a PDA or smartphone. That’s right, you can use the [...]
Here are the entries for the Play it forward video contest to win one of three FLEA ukulele packages.
More info about the contest is located here.
1. Chris Kaiser - Ukulele Chord Progression instruction
2. Arvin Reyes (NukeDOC) - Strap button install video
3. Dominic Pieranunzio (Dominator) - George Harrison’s Something (part 1)
Dominic Pieranunzio [...]
No, I’m not asking about your favorite chromatic tuner that helps you get your ukulele to sing a perfect my dog has fleas. I’m asking about the actual tuning machines inserted into the headstock of your instrument. Maybe you prefer open or enclosed ‘ear’ style geared tuners. Or perhaps you are a traditionalist and don’t [...]
Why do I love the ukulele? Let me count the ways…
1. Ukuleles take up less space than a standard sized guitar. Below you see the case for my Collings OOO2H in the background and my Pono concert sized ukulele in the foreground. The Collings is a small body guitar, so as you can see, you [...]
My buddy Mr. UPS man dropped a box on my porch this afternoon. The ‘fragile’ stickers all over it told me it was my new uke! I didn’t waste anytime opening the box. By the way, who else hates styrofoam peanuts as much as I do? After digging around in the packing material, I [...]
Do you need some inspiration to practice your ukulele? If so, spend a few minutes watching some YouTube videos of some great artists. If these people don’t get you to open that case or gigbag, then you’re doomed…
Ever since I became interested in the ukulele, I’ve become more than a little obsessed with YouTube. I have created a bookmark that searches for the latest videos that have the word ukulele in them and check that link a couple of times a day.
This morning I decided to do a search on ukulele Christmas [...]
Before I became interested in the uke, I didn’t even question the way that I was pronouncing the word. Living in Southern Indiana (Columbus), I’d always heard it pronounced as: yoo-ka-lay-lee. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I have been saying it wrong all these years The correct Hawaiian pronunciation is actually: [...]