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Ukulele advice
cmalberg:
You want to watch for a solid connection from the neck to the body, solid bridge, and preferably not plastic strings. You can find chords at the links posted below. For beginners, you can get a good Makala tenor for around $60, but I would be hesitant to pay less. It also depends on your style of playing. If you plan on using a pick (and get very, very soft and thin picks) you don't have to worry too much about body reverb in my experience. Give it a little knock, and if it sounds like knocking on a door thats what you want. If you plan on finger strumming, you will have a gentler sound and either need to give it a little more oomph or buy one with a better body sound.
As for stringing, no on transferring from guitar. Chords are significantly different. If you aren't really that familiar with playing fretted instruments, buy a bari (larger frets). If you are comfortable playing frets and can handle smaller spaces without any issues, definitely get a tenor.
And feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
http://nfo.net/usa/uke2.html
mcoo:
one of the biggest differences is that instead of the strings being (low)G,C,E,A they are (high)G,C,E,A I bought my ukulele for about $150 almost a year ago. It was very easy to learn, there are some basic lessons on the internet, but all you really need is a chord chart
ALoveSupreme:
--- Quote from: mcoo on 18 Jan 2008, 11:13 ---all you really need is a chord chart
--- End quote ---
If you've already figured out guitar chords and their proper names, teaching yourself the different chords with their names on the uke should be fairly simple. Not the same, but the process will be there.
dalconnsuch:
ummmm
FUCK the ukulafuck
unless your a jimmy buffet fuck
valley_parade:
Tell us how you really feel.
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