prowla Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I'm totally ignorant about them. What's a soprano uke and what others are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 It’s like a small guitar with the E & A strings missing & a capo on the 5th. Then the G string (which would have been the D string) is an octave up. Then the other uke is a bass uke. It’s tuned just like a bass guitar. You also get tenor, concert, super soprano & pineapple ukes, but they’re all pointless unless you’re playing in a ukulele band (which is also pointless). 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 1 hour ago, xgsjx said: It’s like a small guitar with the E & A strings missing & a capo on the 5th. Then the G string (which would have been the D string) is an octave up. Then the other uke is a bass uke. It’s tuned just like a bass guitar. You also get tenor, concert, super soprano & pineapple ukes, but they’re all pointless unless you’re playing in a ukulele band (which is also pointless). I guess that about sums it up! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldo Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 23/05/2019 at 06:33, xgsjx said: It’s like a small guitar with the E & A strings missing & a capo on the 5th. Then the G string (which would have been the D string) is an octave up. Then the other uke is a bass uke. It’s tuned just like a bass guitar. You also get tenor, concert, super soprano & pineapple ukes, but they’re all pointless unless you’re playing in a ukulele band (which is also pointless). Good analogy. The uke will teach one lots about the guitar, for a start they encourage better right hand stuff as they don’t really sustain. I’m a big fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldo Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Apart from the being pointless bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 23/05/2019 at 06:33, xgsjx said: but they’re all pointless unless you’re playing in a ukulele band (which is also pointless). 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 At the music trust I play with I was strongly encouraged to volunteer to play bass for the kids Uke Orchestra. The kids are between 6 and 12 years old. It is not the highlight of my week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 My opinion differs to that of George, in that I think they should be smashed and burned. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Who decided Ukulele + whistling = every advert in 2019 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Don't know . but here is Fab George doing just that at home : 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 There are those irritating little things that, as @ped says, seem to be ubiquitous advert fodder. Then there is the baritone uke... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangotango Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 17/06/2019 at 13:59, ped said: Who decided Ukulele + whistling = every advert in 2019 Ukes & whistling = Albert Hall concert, 16 million YouTube hits https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=uogb+good+bad&view=detail&mid=5A578D25C3BCAA3C7B815A578D25C3BCAA3C7B81&FORM=VIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 17/06/2019 at 13:59, ped said: Who decided Ukulele + whistling = every advert in 2019 Presumably the same group of unspeakable deviants who were confident that the fey cover of Chaka Khan used on that Tui advert wouldn't be a capital offence. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 So anybody got any suggestions on a good value uke that won’t break the bank but also won’t get chucked out after getting the basics? Asking for a friend... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 13 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: So anybody got any suggestions on a good value uke that won’t break the bank but also won’t get chucked out after getting the basics? Asking for a friend... *polite cough* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 On 18/06/2019 at 13:26, ezbass said: There are those irritating little things that, as @ped says, seem to be ubiquitous advert fodder. Then there is the baritone uke... Genius! I love it. Even without the audacious fingering, it would still be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 I bought an Ovation Applause one last weekend. I've learned a few chords for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 On 17/06/2019 at 13:59, ped said: Who decided Ukulele + whistling = every advert in 2019 And 2018, 2017, 2016 2015... Someone who really, really wanted to push someone (who, me?) to pick up a large, sharp machete and hunt them down like the monster they are. Not much actual music triggers my misophonia but this endless, relentless, hateful aural horror genuinely makes me want to kill! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 38 minutes ago, Bassassin said: And 2018, 2017, 2016 2015... Someone who really, really wanted to push someone (who, me?) to pick up a large, sharp machete and hunt them down like the monster they are. Not much actual music triggers my misophonia but this endless, relentless, hateful aural horror genuinely makes me want to kill! Your username could make a catchy headline - was that your plan all along! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 On 17/06/2019 at 13:59, ped said: Who decided Ukulele + whistling = every advert in 2019 They wanted a change from the breathless whispy girl singing some famous hit much slower that they used for every advert in 2018. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 17:29, ped said: Your username could make a catchy headline - was that your plan all along! Just a happy coincidence. Happy for me, that is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Did you know that the fair folk of Madeira claim the invention of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Then they should be burned with the wretched things. To use a uke you have to have 'perfect pitch' , this is so when you chuck it into a skip it doesn't touch the sides.... Sadly we have two friends that are in a ukelele band, even worse for us we've been to a concert, only once mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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