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@surferjay, that’s quite a collection! Is the bigger one in the back a guitar? I kind of want to know what they all are. 😅
@robinboyd, I see what you mean, I think, how the guitarlele could maybe sort of bridge the gap between the uke and guitar. From what I remember, the guitarlele has four of the same strings as a uke plus two lower strings?For me, there are certain songs I get obsessed with and I view the instruments I have (and the ones I want to get) through that filter. Obviously I’m also very intrigued / tempted by the novelty and cuteness of certain instruments and want to get all of them, which is why I don’t often window shop because I’d lose control. 😅😂
After this live lesson though, “confirmed” that I will at some point get a sopranissimo ukulele, maybe very soon, to go with the John King music book I bought. 😅😂😳🥺 I already was eyeing that size uke for its extra small ‘n’ cute factor but now I see there’s a real practical reason, that such great classical players have used it, including some from the site. So then maybe I won’t have to cry as much about struggling to stretch my hands to reach certain chords even on a soprano uke (like for a simple Chopin song I learned). I still will stretch those boundaries because that can be good but I feel like that’s a physical limitation that’s hard to get passed if your hands and/or fingers can’t stretch. Does anyone else here have that problem?
Like a stretch from fret 2 on the C string to fret 8 on the A string?
@robinboyd, that is really neat!! Well played!
For me the guitarlele seemed like a good idea because I like to play classical music and thought that would lend well to that, but I also do like the ukulele “sound” a lot. The one you have does seem pretty neat though! 🙂
Hahaha oh dear. Someone’s a little confused. 😂
Did you know there’s a thing called a guitarlele, though? Same size as a uke (I think) but it has six strings. Kinda neat!
@annemarie, agreed! Quite lovely!
@madz_about_uke, seriously! Too many great songs to learn! It’s awesome you know 8! I only know 5 complete songs but then fractions of others because I keep getting interrupted by myself. 😉😅I’m so excited for this topic!
I shan’t be able to attend the lesson live, but I do have questions! Probably too many. 🥺
* An elitist guitar player might point out the limited range of the uke compared to guitar. How do you address this without getting into a literal instrument sword fight?
* Does it ever make sense (if you really like a guitar arrangement) to try to “transpose” it to uke? Or is it always better to start from scratch and create a new arrangement of that song for uke?
* If a uke player and guitar player fall in love, how much would it be like West Side Story?
I really look forward to watching the lesson back later!
But also, sorry. 😅
Ohhhh, that’s pretty neat! I didn’t realize that was still a thing but I haven’t looked into that in depth because until now I couldn’t afford to replace my keyboard. For me, I’m interested in getting a full keyboard, maybe even 88 keys, so that I can also use it for playing piano as well. Not sure if that makes sense. While that’s awesome it seems more geared toward………. Creating beats?
But now you’ve got me curious to know if I could get a similar program to what I had back in the ’90’s and the double-o single digies (’00’s). That’s what the cool kids say…
There are too many neat things to try and not enough time. 😅
Quite interesting indeed! I definitely am intrigued by the looper and will invest in one as soon as I can. I definitely will go with the simpler one. 😅
Ideally, I would like to try recording different “layers” like the old MIDI programs. Not sure if you know what that is, but I used to love making up dumb little songs with synthesizers in composing software and my piano keyboard. Trying to figure out how I could do that now but with my uke.
I’m definitely going to start going through the theory course and the recording course on here. I think that will help clarify some things for sure.
Oh intriguing! So, I know basically nothing about jazz or jazz improvisation, but now I feel like I have to try that. If anything my efforts may prove amusing at least. Thank you kindly for the in depth reply!! 😁
@Madz_about_uke, that is so dang lovely!!! That is such a special and sweet song, and you nailed the feeling of it! Well done!
@surferjay, thank you kindly for that!! I really appreciate that. I do feel that way when I’m just relaxing and playing my uke. That really is all that matters, is like you say, losing yourself in the music. Comparison isn’t the best way to look at things, at all, unless it’s inspiring you, which most of the time that is how I feel when I see others play–Inspired.
Hahaha!! Ukes as tinder. Honestly, I feel like you’d get an okay amount of burn time out of them, of course probably only for a fire for one night. Obviously it depends on the type of wood the uke is made out of. You’d have to remove the strings of course or that would be dangerous…
😅😂😅😂😅
How do you add a backtrack to a looper? Is that too involved of a question?
@gi_gi_ oh sweet! It’s good to know that exists! I may peep that at some point until I build the courage to join. ☺️😁@surferjay, that was so dang neat and good!! I’m so jealous of how free you seem to be in your jammin’. Dang, man!
Between that and everyone’s entries in the contest so far this month and the advanced etude…
(Takes my ukuleles, piles them up, and begins dousing them in gasoline, hand trembling with a lit match while sobbing)
Just joking… mostly. 🥺😂
@amybeth, agreed! So good! I… I cried when I listened to it the first time. @surferjay inspired me to get a looper pedal thing (but I haven’t gotten it yet). Clearly my knowledge is also advanced. 😉😅 I’m sure you’ll do great! There’s so much great material on RC101. 😊
Awww thank you kindly, @amybeth! There are other things I hope I can do with it other than make my performance slightly less clumsy. 😉😅
And welcome by the way! 😁
@jbmills07, thank you kindly! ☺️
Congrats, @nelsonlin2021!! Your playing is a beaut and you won a real beaut! 😁
