Baby’s First Restring
Making that first string change can deliver some surprising improvements to your ukulele By Nicolas Grizzle I’m a hobbyist ukulele player. I don’t gig, but I do play for and with friends on occasion. I have one uke, which has…
KAMLOOPS 2019 UKULELE FESTIVAL
By Heidi Swedberg/ Photos by Vic Hamm Who-What-When-Where-Why-How in one sentence: The Kamloops Ukulele Orchestra has wrapped up its fourth annual festival under the waxing spring moon at the Sorrento Centre in British Columbia, Canada, to the delight of about…
Uke Tales: Finding a Jewel
A White Elephant Martin 5K By Sandor Nagyszalanczy Uke Tales is a regular series exploring ukuleles with an interesting story, a personal connection, or simply gorgeous instruments. I’d previously written about my first “good” ukulele, a Martin Style 1, gifted to…
Ukulele Lesson: Daniel Ward Shows You How to Duet With Yourself
Practicing duets with yourself on ukulele can help with playing pop songs as instrumentals, jazz arrangements, taking a solo over chord changes, and more.
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How to Tune a Ukulele By Ear
Here's how to start weaning yourself off “tuning by eye” with a digital tuner on ukulele and start tuning by ear with a tuning fork, which will help train your ears.
Learn To Play “Woodpile Waltz,” a Fingerpickin’ Tune for Baritone Ukulele
In this ukulele lesson, learn how to play 'Woodpile Waltz,'a fingerpicking tune for baritone ukes.
Ukulele Lesson: Practice With A Metronome to Tighten Up Your Timing and Focus
The metronome is an incredible tool for playing in a solid rhythm on ukulele, and also for building speed and “looping” small sections of music you are working on.
Ukulele Review: Ohana’s ‘Baritone-Tenor’ BKT-70G, 6-String CK-70-A6, and Marcy Marxer Signature BK-35CG
The concert 6-string and the tenor/baritone are novel in the sense of unusual and the Marcy Marxer signature baritone is a solid take on a standard baritone, but with a cutaway.
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Ukulele Review: Farida KAS-3 NC soprano, KAC-5 NC concert, and KKT-6 NC tenor
BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINE Farida Old Town ukuleles follow the model of Chicago-based instrument manufacturers of a century ago, who put great-sounding, solidly built, affordable ukuleles into the hands of millions of…
The Resonator Uke That Never Came to Be
Since vintage resonator ukuleles were both rare and expensive, I had an idea: Why not build my own wood-bodied resonator uke?