Ukuleles
Robin Bentley
Well, if you were holding your breath, Tuck, you can exhale now cuz I'm
going to ask you questions about ukuleles. I can hear the audible gasp <g>.
I am a guitar player, but have become somewhat bored with it - well,
actually, I haven't done much with the guitar since I was 14 or so, but have
one to play along at our singing days and mess about with.
I originally had a ukulele when I was little, but very few people saw it as
an end in itself, just a step towards a guitar. But now, I'm looking for
something different and am fascinated by both the ukulele and the slack key
guitar from Hawaii. Can you give me any pointers on getting started, good
music (I can read musical notation still, I think) and CDs for the ukulele?
Thanks and hoping for a long-winded post!
Robin B.
going to ask you questions about ukuleles. I can hear the audible gasp <g>.
I am a guitar player, but have become somewhat bored with it - well,
actually, I haven't done much with the guitar since I was 14 or so, but have
one to play along at our singing days and mess about with.
I originally had a ukulele when I was little, but very few people saw it as
an end in itself, just a step towards a guitar. But now, I'm looking for
something different and am fascinated by both the ukulele and the slack key
guitar from Hawaii. Can you give me any pointers on getting started, good
music (I can read musical notation still, I think) and CDs for the ukulele?
Thanks and hoping for a long-winded post!
Robin B.
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From: <tuckervill@...>
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Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] fiddling
> In a message dated 1/11/2003 3:47:32 PM Central Standard Time,
> abtleo@... writes:
>
> > Warning: Long and boring unless you really care about fiddle music!
> >
>
> Ooh, I'd LOVE to have a post like that about ukulele's! But I'm not
holding
> my breath. :)
>
> Tuck
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<<Can you give me any pointers on getting started, good
music (I can read musical notation still, I think) and CDs for the ukulele?>>
I'm just a beginner, myself. I've been enjoying it, though. I don't play any other instruments, although I can play piano by ear some. Music is in my genes, but it never developed in me like it did in my older brother. I think his overbearing personality might have had something to do with that. ;)
There's a cool software program I found that allows you to feed in lyrics with chords and it will spit out uke tabs. It's a little complicated but it works!
http://www.ukester.com/ukulele/ukepix/index.html
I'm on a different computer so I'm having to look up some links again. When I was looking for that page, I typed in www.ezfolk.com, and then clicked on Ukes on the top. It happened to be a page I never saw when I was googling for uke stuff. It's a cool page with lots more songs! Yippee!
I've purchased a couple of fake books so I can feed them into the ukepix software. But I haven't found a music store in Memphis yet that carries uke books. I'll have to look online, I guess.
I chose the ukulele because it's really easy to learn. Four strings and they're nylon (I was afraid steel strings would hurt too much and make me quit...that's why I didn't try guitar.) And, I can take it camping and play along with campfire songs and it won't take up too much space in the truck! I also chose it because you can't play it without a smile in your face. There's nothing serious about it! No one else plays it around here, either.
My older brother received a uke for Christmas one year, instead of the guitar he had asked for. The box was shaped funny and it sat under the tree for a few weeks and no one could ever guess what was in it. My dad had great delight in our guesses. We were all so surprised when it was a ukulele! I don't think I'd ever seen one at all till then. But my dad picked it up, tuned it and sat right there and played a song! I'd never seen him play any instrument (we didn't even have a piano), or even be interested in anything but singing. Yet, he picked it right up and played a song (Of course, his mother is a musician of unschooled proportions, so he came by it naturally!)
So John learned to play it and it was around the house a lot, but I was never allowed to touch it. I thought it was hard, but really cool that my dad could do that, and that John was learning so quickly. But one day his ukulele was lying on the couch next to him, and he called me over to show me something. Being the 7 or 8 yo that I was, I just bounced right down beside him, then did a little hop up to get more comfortable. When I did, the ukulele bounced closer and without meaning to, I sat on it and broke the neck off at the body!
He was so mad! It wasn't my fault, just an accident, but he holds grudges. By the next Christmas he had a guitar from Sears, and he went on to play in a couple of different rockabilly bands.
Breaking that ukulele is one of those things I've never forgotten. I can still remember what I was wearing! So, maybe I'm reliving my childhood by learning it, but I'm still having a lot of fun!
Wordy Tuck
music (I can read musical notation still, I think) and CDs for the ukulele?>>
I'm just a beginner, myself. I've been enjoying it, though. I don't play any other instruments, although I can play piano by ear some. Music is in my genes, but it never developed in me like it did in my older brother. I think his overbearing personality might have had something to do with that. ;)
There's a cool software program I found that allows you to feed in lyrics with chords and it will spit out uke tabs. It's a little complicated but it works!
http://www.ukester.com/ukulele/ukepix/index.html
I'm on a different computer so I'm having to look up some links again. When I was looking for that page, I typed in www.ezfolk.com, and then clicked on Ukes on the top. It happened to be a page I never saw when I was googling for uke stuff. It's a cool page with lots more songs! Yippee!
I've purchased a couple of fake books so I can feed them into the ukepix software. But I haven't found a music store in Memphis yet that carries uke books. I'll have to look online, I guess.
I chose the ukulele because it's really easy to learn. Four strings and they're nylon (I was afraid steel strings would hurt too much and make me quit...that's why I didn't try guitar.) And, I can take it camping and play along with campfire songs and it won't take up too much space in the truck! I also chose it because you can't play it without a smile in your face. There's nothing serious about it! No one else plays it around here, either.
My older brother received a uke for Christmas one year, instead of the guitar he had asked for. The box was shaped funny and it sat under the tree for a few weeks and no one could ever guess what was in it. My dad had great delight in our guesses. We were all so surprised when it was a ukulele! I don't think I'd ever seen one at all till then. But my dad picked it up, tuned it and sat right there and played a song! I'd never seen him play any instrument (we didn't even have a piano), or even be interested in anything but singing. Yet, he picked it right up and played a song (Of course, his mother is a musician of unschooled proportions, so he came by it naturally!)
So John learned to play it and it was around the house a lot, but I was never allowed to touch it. I thought it was hard, but really cool that my dad could do that, and that John was learning so quickly. But one day his ukulele was lying on the couch next to him, and he called me over to show me something. Being the 7 or 8 yo that I was, I just bounced right down beside him, then did a little hop up to get more comfortable. When I did, the ukulele bounced closer and without meaning to, I sat on it and broke the neck off at the body!
He was so mad! It wasn't my fault, just an accident, but he holds grudges. By the next Christmas he had a guitar from Sears, and he went on to play in a couple of different rockabilly bands.
Breaking that ukulele is one of those things I've never forgotten. I can still remember what I was wearing! So, maybe I'm reliving my childhood by learning it, but I'm still having a lot of fun!
Wordy Tuck
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In a message dated 1/13/03 7:38:53 AM, tuckervill@... writes:
<< But my dad picked it up, tuned it and sat right there and played a song!
I'd never seen him play any instrument (we didn't even have a piano), or even
be interested in anything but singing. Yet, he picked it right up and played
a song (Of course, his mother is a musician of unschooled proportions, so he
came by it naturally!) >>
Or he practiced before he wrapped it!
(I would have!)
Sandra
<< But my dad picked it up, tuned it and sat right there and played a song!
I'd never seen him play any instrument (we didn't even have a piano), or even
be interested in anything but singing. Yet, he picked it right up and played
a song (Of course, his mother is a musician of unschooled proportions, so he
came by it naturally!) >>
Or he practiced before he wrapped it!
(I would have!)
Sandra
Robin Bentley
Thanks for the sites - I'll check 'em out. And for the trip down memory
lane, <g>.
Robin B.
lane, <g>.
Robin B.
----- Original Message -----
From: <tuckervill@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Ukuleles
> <<Can you give me any pointers on getting started, good
> music (I can read musical notation still, I think) and CDs for the
ukulele?>>
>
> I'm just a beginner, myself. I've been enjoying it, though. I don't play
any other instruments, although I can play piano by ear some. Music is in my
genes, but it never developed in me like it did in my older brother. I
think his overbearing personality might have had something to do with that.
;)
>
> There's a cool software program I found that allows you to feed in lyrics
with chords and it will spit out uke tabs. It's a little complicated but it
works!
>
> http://www.ukester.com/ukulele/ukepix/index.html
>
> I'm on a different computer so I'm having to look up some links again.
When I was looking for that page, I typed in www.ezfolk.com, and then
clicked on Ukes on the top. It happened to be a page I never saw when I was
googling for uke stuff. It's a cool page with lots more songs! Yippee!
>
> I've purchased a couple of fake books so I can feed them into the ukepix
software. But I haven't found a music store in Memphis yet that carries uke
books. I'll have to look online, I guess.
>
> I chose the ukulele because it's really easy to learn. Four strings and
they're nylon (I was afraid steel strings would hurt too much and make me
quit...that's why I didn't try guitar.) And, I can take it camping and play
along with campfire songs and it won't take up too much space in the truck!
I also chose it because you can't play it without a smile in your face.
There's nothing serious about it! No one else plays it around here, either.
>
> My older brother received a uke for Christmas one year, instead of the
guitar he had asked for. The box was shaped funny and it sat under the tree
for a few weeks and no one could ever guess what was in it. My dad had
great delight in our guesses. We were all so surprised when it was a
ukulele! I don't think I'd ever seen one at all till then. But my dad
picked it up, tuned it and sat right there and played a song! I'd never
seen him play any instrument (we didn't even have a piano), or even be
interested in anything but singing. Yet, he picked it right up and played a
song (Of course, his mother is a musician of unschooled proportions, so he
came by it naturally!)
>
> So John learned to play it and it was around the house a lot, but I was
never allowed to touch it. I thought it was hard, but really cool that my
dad could do that, and that John was learning so quickly. But one day his
ukulele was lying on the couch next to him, and he called me over to show me
something. Being the 7 or 8 yo that I was, I just bounced right down beside
him, then did a little hop up to get more comfortable. When I did, the
ukulele bounced closer and without meaning to, I sat on it and broke the
neck off at the body!
>
> He was so mad! It wasn't my fault, just an accident, but he holds
grudges. By the next Christmas he had a guitar from Sears, and he went on
to play in a couple of different rockabilly bands.
>
> Breaking that ukulele is one of those things I've never forgotten. I can
still remember what I was wearing! So, maybe I'm reliving my childhood by
learning it, but I'm still having a lot of fun!
>
> Wordy Tuck
>
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In a message dated 1/13/2003 12:56:52 PM Central Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
in his life! He was a one-song wonder!
Tuck
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> << But my dad picked it up, tuned it and sat right there and played a song!Oh, right, I mean he did have some experience with a ukulele from somewhere
>
> I'd never seen him play any instrument (we didn't even have a piano), or
> even
> be interested in anything but singing. Yet, he picked it right up and
> played
> a song (Of course, his mother is a musician of unschooled proportions, so
> he
> came by it naturally!) >>
>
> Or he practiced before he wrapped it!
> (I would have!)
>
>
in his life! He was a one-song wonder!
Tuck
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