Anyone play the ukulele?

Paige of Times

Paige of Times

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A co-worker frequently vacations in HI. Made him promise to bring me back a ukulele the other year. It's still safely covered in one of my drawers by a bunch of tops I don't wear anymore. :)

I played folk guitar back in the hippie days, first a 6 string acoustic, then (and still have) a vintage Gibson 12 string. Have not played the Gibson since the 90s. My office mate received a ukulele for her b'day a couple years ago and just started lessons. She's doing pretty darn good for someone who's not musically inclined!

So any guitar / ukulele aficionados on the board that can speak to transferring talents? I'm pretty much a rhythm guitarist, so watching my friend play seems like basic strumming /chord structure and easy to translate my talents from guitar to uke.

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If I remember right, a guitar and ukulele are tuned differently and the cords are different also. But I think there would be an advantage going from the guitar. Mostly because you already have a sense of strumming and fingering cords. That's just a guess, I've played guitar but haven't tried a ukulele.

That ukulele song that Falcon mentioned above is really good!

Welcome to the forum..:)


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I use to play my uke a lot. Still have it, setting in the closet. Bought it from Sears back in the 60s. Bunch of us guys use to get together and play Ukes and guitars. I bought a new one a couple years ago, but it won’t stay in tune. Guess it’s time to try it again.
 
I seem to recall hearing that as well (different tuning). A different co-worker bought me a gadget to tune it. I've not used that either. Imagine that! lol I'd guess the transfer of knowledge/talent from guitar to uke would be fairly minimal just for the reasons you mention.

Haven't watched the video yet, but somehow I think I heard that a couple years ago. Thanks for the welcome. :)

HazyDavey said:
If I remember right, a guitar and ukulele are tuned differently and the cords are different also. But I think there would be an advantage going from the guitar. Mostly because you already have a sense of strumming and fingering cords. That's just a guess, I've played guitar but haven't tried a ukulele.

That ukulele song that Falcon mentioned above is really good!

Welcome to the forum..:)


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So, your uke is in a holding pattern much like my Gibson. Work gets in the way of EVERYTHING (at least for me)! I wonder how much your Sears uke is worth these days? About 8 or so years ago I wanted a ukulele, shopped on eBay - OMG the prices are OUT there!

Pappy said:
I use to play my uke a lot. Still have it, setting in the closet. Bought it from Sears back in the 60s. Bunch of us guys use to get together and play Ukes and guitars. I bought a new one a couple years ago, but it won’t stay in tune. Guess it’s time to try it again.
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^That was impressive, Falcon!

This one makes me giggle. Ukulele by Zooey Deschanel (& Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
It's already spring now, not new year's, but it's all about the ukulele...

 
Paige - -A couple of our daughters play the Uke as do two grand-daughters. We always enjoy a few tunes when the family gets together (which is quite often in our case). One of the daughters owns a cottage in Maine and when up there this summer intends to meet up with a group in Cornish - -right up the road from you. I can PM you with more info if you're interested.

She plays with a local group here in southern Mass. and they travel around the area, performing at different functions. She just retired last year and has more time available ( when not taking care of her grandson-:))
 

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