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Hello, I’m a new member, and have only been playing since March.27 (when I purchased my first uke)
I seem to be learning quite quickly, so decided to become a premium member on here as I’ve stumbled across your free lessons on YouTube. This site is great, Andrew you are an amazing teacher and I haven’t been able to put my uke down since I brought it home.
I bought myself a fairly cheap uke – an import kala all solid mahogany concert. I want to buy a tenor when I’m ready to upgrade, but lately, since I started this month’s advanced challenge, I’ve been drawn to the sound of the soprano uke. Is this harder to play due to the smaller size of the instrument? I’m 6’2 but I’ve got smaller hands, the concert is fairly comfortable to me. Any insight from anyone would be awesome, thanks so much!!Some people think so, but it all comes down to personal preference and what you are playing. I personally find sopranos hard to hold, but that’s just me. Stretch chords are much easier on a soprano, though.
I like my soprano best. It feels most comfortable in my hands, and of course stretch chords are easier. I’m not a tiny person. I have large hands for a woman, but no stretch.
Best would be to get your hands on one in a store to try it out, but that’s a challenge right now.
I think it’s helpful to have all the different sizes. Yep, stretch chords are easier on soprano, but playing on 12+ frets is more difficult. Most sopranos only have 15 frets which is not enough for a lot of RC arrangements. Also hammer-ons are very silent on sopranos and difficult to perform, at least for me.
So it depends on the piece you wanna learn, and like Robin said, your personal preferences.Number of frets is a good point when shopping for a soprano. My islander has 17, so I don’t have that problem, but many stop at 12.
I appreciate all the responses. Of course I’d love to try some, but even if we are allowed in the music stores right now, where I live ukulele is not a popular instrument, and therefore there are very limited selection to try.
I think I will eventually get all three sizes. that is a great idea, something I didnt think much about doing before. But as Im doing more reading and watching more youtube vids, im starting to understand that they all have a different sounds and feel.
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