Ukulele's can be cool!

Quattroste · 26-09-2006 8:36am #1

This impressed me so much that I have to have one. On Ebay now!

http://www.break.com/index/worlds_best_ukulele_player.html

Beecher · 26-09-2006 9:23am

FTW.

NeMiSiS · 26-09-2006 10:03am

Deadly, now show me Cemetery Gates played on a Lute!
TK

fish-head · 26-09-2006 1:36pm

Go buy one in Waltons for 20 euro. They're decent. I love mine! Bought it last year, it's lucid tones continue to charm me.

Only thing is you have to tighten all the machine heads to **** or it wont stay in tune.

Quattroste · 26-09-2006 4:01pm

20 euro :eek: What's the story with the tuning? Is it EADG or DGBE or what?

fish-head · 26-09-2006 5:08pm

Can't remember.. I just know how to sing the tuning.

'My dog has fleas!'

JamesM · 27-09-2006 10:53pm

fish-head wrote:

Can't remember.. I just know how to sing the tuning.

'My dog has fleas!'

'My dog has fleas!' is EADG

That's how I remember it 50 + years ago
Jim.

!_Brian_! · 28-09-2006 3:00am

Never heard of "My Dog Has Fleas" before but my friends mother, whos husband was called Derek and who's son was called Eric came up with, "Eric And Derek Got Big Ears" as a wa to remember the stiungs tunings when she was learning guitar years ago. It stuck with me since I learned to the point I used it all the time when I use to teach guitar myself! Really handy!

JamesM · 28-09-2006 8:20pm

JamesM wrote:

'My dog has fleas!' is EADG
That's how I remember it 50 + years ago
Jim.

I should clarify EADG. The E is the E on the 4th (D) string of a guitar. A is the 5th string. D and G are the 4th and 3rd strings. The bottom string is actually a higher note than the next one up.
Jim
THIS IS WRONG -SEE BELOW !

Quattroste · 29-09-2006 9:16am

JamesM wrote:

I should clarify EADG. The E is the E on the 4th (D) string of a guitar. A is the 5th string. D and G are the 4th and 3rd strings. The bottom string is actually a higher note than the next one up.
Jim

That's confused me even more.

JamesM · 29-09-2006 10:21pm

Quattroste wrote:

That's confused me even more.

If you had a guitar and wanted to tune a Ukulele, you would use the notes I have listed on the guitar.
Jim.

vengeance52 · 29-09-2006 10:46pm

Beecher wrote:

FTW.

Nice

Quattroste · 30-09-2006 2:02pm

JamesM wrote:

If you had a guitar and wanted to tune a Ukulele, you would use the notes I have listed on the guitar.
Jim.

Right. Got you now.

JamesM · 30-09-2006 3:17pm

Quattroste wrote:

That's confused me even more.

Sorry Quattroste :eek: :eek: I'm more confused than you

I've got it wrong

:mad:
It has been so long since I tried to tune one - and then I just did it by ear.
The usual tuning is DGBE - BUT the G is and octave down and a heavier (thicker)string than the D.
Jim.

Ukulele's can be cool!

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