Wiseman_Vaughn
Well-known member
No probs mate - come over and introduce yourself at the next gathering
Ukulele players
- Thread starter Wiseman_Vaughn
- Start date
Druss_The_Legend
Well-known member
https://youtube.com/c/TheUkuleleTeacher this fella is really good at teaching Uke(his singing isn't the best, but neither is mine lol) I was a member of his patreon page and you get a pdf song book with a links to all his videos. I learnt a lot from him but I'm still not George Formby level just yet 
Glover_elbow
Well-known member
Your just jealous your not middle class
Glover_elbow
Well-known member
Is it easier than the guitar to play how is different to play
The Card Cheat
Well-known member
It's much easier than guitar to get started with and you can fairly quickly learn most songs, for most people though it never goes beyond playing it in a simplistic way. It still can be a great instrument.
If you've ever played guitar imagine putting a capo on the 5th fret and playing the bottom 4 strings. That's basically a ukulele.
Randy
Well-known member
If you live local to Great Ayton we usually have a group of ladies and gents who come in to work on a Thursday night to play their ukes. I know they stopped whilst the main meal with a drink rule was been enforced but I'll find out for you this week if they are returning. They sound pretty good and they are a friendly bunch, I'm sure they'd let you join in.
That sounds like fun.
Problem is, I already have three guitars and planning on buying another soon.
The missus would freak out if I were to mention buying two more instruments.
I guess it's small enough to hideaway under the bed.
Ingleby_Flash
Well-known member
Not expensive though. I’ve a bunch of guitars that I play ‘adequately’ I’ve also a Uke, that was a present, but never given it a good go. Same with the mandolin that was a present.That sounds like fun.
Problem is, I already have three guitars and planning on buying another soon.
The missus would freak out if I were to mention buying two more instruments.
I guess it's small enough to hideaway under the bed.
Eaglescliffe Ukes. A group of mainly older people who have recently taken up the uke have formed a band with about ,I would guess, 15-20 members. I know this because my friends wife joined with no experience of the uke. She is in her 70's. I saw a performance of theirs before lockdown last year and it was really entertaining.
It probably is best to keep ukulele players all in one place like that so that they aren't bothering the rest of us.
HarryVegas
Well-known member
I love the way certain instruments are derided by musos. Where I live, it's banjo players who get it. When I was in bands back in the day it was drummers.
Only trying to be helpful BF
Drummers? I though that we were talking about musicians here?
HarryVegas
Well-known member
Fair point, well made. Never trust anyone who likes sitting alone, hitting things. They're in a similar bracket to goalkeepers.
It's not the money that's the problem it's the space.
My wife and I downsized from a four bed house to a two bed apartment and the guitars seem to be everywhere you look these days
unlike the house where i even had plenty of room for a pool table as well as the instruments.
Mandolin is another great shout but I guarantee that within days of purchase I would be playing Losing my wife rather than Losing my religion.
sherlock
Well-known member
I play ukulele.
There are some decent free lessons on YouTube but in my experience the better courses are the paid ones. Artist Works do a good uke course (and often have sales on) and Rockclass 101 is well worth checking out too. Terry Carter (Uke Like the Pros) is quite big on blues stuff as well so check him out. Final one worthy of note is James Hill's Uketropolis.
There are some decent free lessons on YouTube but in my experience the better courses are the paid ones. Artist Works do a good uke course (and often have sales on) and Rockclass 101 is well worth checking out too. Terry Carter (Uke Like the Pros) is quite big on blues stuff as well so check him out. Final one worthy of note is James Hill's Uketropolis.
sherlock
Well-known member
Anyone who thinks that has clearly never seen Jake Shimabakuro (look out his Bohemian Rhapsody cover...astounding), Taimaine Gardner, Feng E, Aldrine Guerrero, James Hill or the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Or seen a uke player accompany a guitar player. Check out this video from just under an hour and 27 minutes in, truly stunning and uke more than holds it's own:
Last edited:
sherlock
Well-known member
Ukes can be very expensive, £2,000+ for some of the Hawaiian K brands!
You may not have noticed mate but my replies on this thread haven't been entirely serious. I don't really think that all ukulele players should be sent to prison camps and I don't think that drummers aren't musicians either. But there is a special place in hell for unicyclists in jesters hats. Especially if they can juggle too.