Ukuele

simonmln

Apologies if there is another thread with this, but I didn't see it.

Basically I've been playing guitar for a few years and picked up a ukulele because I hear guitar skills are easily transferable.

Just wondering do many of ye play, where ye get your tabs an stuff.

Its an old enough one I have aswell, so thinking of upgrading, so any suggestions are great.

Thanks.

noby

You can search for specific ukelele tabs, our you can imagine you're playing guitar with a capo on the fifth fret with no E or A string. They're good fun to muck about with.

simonmln

noby wrote: »

You can search for specific ukelele tabs, our you can imagine you're playing guitar with a capo on the fifth fret with no E or A string. They're good fun to muck about with.

Na, I have it tuned to GCEA. Like the sound of it better, and I think it works better with a guitar duet. It is great craic to muck around with alright.

noby

simonmln wrote: »

Na, I have it tuned to GCEA.

Exactly. With a capo on the fifth fret of your guitar, playing the four top strings open gives you GCEA.

simonmln

noby wrote: »

simonmln wrote: »

Na, I have it tuned to GCEA.

Exactly. With a capo on the fifth fret of your guitar, playing the four top strings open gives you GCEA.

Ah ya, missed that. Thanks man.

Squidgy Black

There's a couple of great tab sites like http://www.ukulele-tabs.com and http://www.ukulelehunt.com/tab-chords

Faing

I use http://www.chordie.com/ and change the instrument setting to Ukelele C tuning (GCEA).Chordie also allows you to transpose chords into different keys to suit your voice range.Beware though, these critters are very very addictive.

WoundedRhino

I started messing around with uke recently, it's fairly easy to pick up if you already play the guitar, it's just a matter of re-learning the chords. I have a really cheap one though, I just bought it to see if I would stick with it, I was playing around with some more expensive ones in a store last week, sounded heavenly.

Jambo221

They're nice for a bit of portable practice, but cheap out and it will only be good for practising one thing...tuning!! :P

Seriously though, wrap a towel around the neck and it'll do the same job as this :P
http://images4.thomann.de/pics/n.gif
Great for messing about while staring at the TV.

Ghost Buster

WoundedRhino wrote: »

I started messing around with uke recently, it's fairly easy to pick up if you already play the guitar, it's just a matter of re-learning the chords. I have a really cheap one though, I just bought it to see if I would stick with it, I was playing around with some more expensive ones in a store last week, sounded heavenly.

Ah but dont regard it as 'a little guitar' or if you do then as 'a little Spanish guitar'. Strum with the index finger not a plec and suss out ukulele strums on you tube which will be impossible if you only ever use a plec. Addictive isnt the word. i now own six of the wee buggers having taken it up 3 years ago. My pool auld guitars are gathering dust.

simonmln

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Ah but dont regard it as 'a little guitar' or if you do then as 'a little Spanish guitar'. Strum with the index finger not a plec and suss out ukulele strums on you tube which will be impossible if you only ever use a plec. Addictive isnt the word. i now own six of the wee buggers having taken it up 3 years ago. My pool auld guitars are gathering dust.

If I was looking to get a new one, I suppose for around 70/80 euro, what would you recommend?

Faing

A cheap intro is the Mahalo U30G (around 25 yoyo) the best 25 quid uke in the world imho. But if you are a bit more serious about taking up uking look at the Lanikai LU-21C concert sized uke with a reasonable sound for around 90 yoyo.A good starter instrument.Be aware though that all ukes take a week or so of string bashing before they settlte down and stay in tune. Get into a music shop and try before you buy, internet and cheap ukes don't mix unless you know what you want.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/lanikai_lu21c_concert_ukulele.htm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=ukulele+mahalo&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=10038222541&ref=pd_sl_9fz7ecw66e_b

http://youtu.be/D1Azwzs78d4

Ghost Buster

Faing wrote: »

A cheap intro is the Mahalo U30G (around 25 yoyo) the best 25 quid uke in the world imho. But if you are a bit more serious about taking up uking look at the Lanikai LU-21C concert sized uke with a reasonable sound for around 90 yoyo.A good starter instrument.Be aware though that all ukes take a week or so of string bashing before they settlte down and stay in tune. Get into a music shop and try before you buy, internet and cheap ukes don't mix unless you know what you want.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/lanikai_lu21c_concert_ukulele.htm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=ukulele+mahalo&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=10038222541&ref=pd_sl_9fz7ecw66e_b

http://youtu.be/D1Azwzs78d4

simonmln wrote: »

If I was looking to get a new one, I suppose for around 70/80 euro, what would you recommend?

The Dublin Guitar Centre is good if you are in that neck o the woods. Powells , shop street galway or Allegro Music, Clonakilty, Cork or if you aint near any of these try www.strings.ie.
If you spend 80 euro on a Ohana, Lanakai, kala, makala or such you cant go far wrong. Look for in a uke what you would in a guitar namely a good set up action wise with good intonation up the neck. personally all the ukes i own spoke to me in the shop with a wee plaintive 'take me home' voice. Look out for that....dont make eye contact.

Faing

Don't know if this will interest anyone round Dublin but the UKuhooley monthly meet up is tomorrow 21st Jan, (not the second saturday as advertised)

The Ukuhooley Monthly meetup happens at 12pm on the second Saturday of every month at 2 Eden Park, Sandycove, County Dublin.
Want to brush up your uke skills? The UkuHooley Meetup is a great place to get some pointers and join in the uke jams with other ukulele enthusiasts. You can also showcase some of your own tunes – if you want to, (No pressure!)
Beginners Class: Begins @ at 11am
The beginners class is an hour long and is run under the guidance of genial Sonny Parks. Its suitable for beginners and anyone wanting to brush up their skills.

http://ukeireland.com/eden-park-stags-head-meetups/