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 mellowfellow
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 Anybody play ukulele? 
#553270 - 05/05/11 12:30 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've wanted one for a long time and after playing my ex girlfriend's (which she never uses  ) I just can't get it out of my head. Finally ordered this guy the other day:
for $99, but it's on back order so I'm till itching to get it in my hands. I play guitar and there's just so many times when my fingers start aching to touch some strings but I'm multitasking and grabbing a guitar isn't always optional whereas a little uke might be.
Any else of you out there play?
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RasJeph
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553273 - 05/05/11 12:38 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't.
But I would totally pay you in beer and buds to come play that while I was chilling on the beach.
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mellowfellow
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: RasJeph]
#553276 - 05/05/11 12:47 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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So.. when are we heading to the beach?
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Steve Buscemi
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553277 - 05/05/11 12:49 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I play a little mandolin...... not a uke but it is a small stringed instrument.
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 Dr. Siekadellyk
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553284 - 05/05/11 01:46 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
mellowfellow said:
I've wanted one for a long time and after playing my ex girlfriend's (which she never uses ) I just can't get it out of my head. Finally ordered this guy the other day:
for $99, but it's on back order so I'm till itching to get it in my hands. I play guitar and there's just so many times when my fingers start aching to touch some strings but I'm multitasking and grabbing a guitar isn't always optional whereas a little uke might be.
Any else of you out there play?
Why didn't you just ask to buy it from her for a discount since she doesn't use it?
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: RasJeph]
#553316 - 05/05/11 04:01 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
RasJeph said:
I don't.
But I would totally pay you in beer and buds to come play that while I was chilling on the beach.
I'd pay him to play while I bask under my lights with the wife holding my straw in the margarita to let me sip.
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RasJeph
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553325 - 05/05/11 04:34 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
mellowfellow said:
So.. when are we heading to the beach?
Whenevers clever 
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OnoLocoMoco
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553380 - 05/05/11 08:14 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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(I don't play lefty.... the image is reversed from my webcam)
I've been teaching myself ukulele for about year and a half. Bought one for myself Christmas 2009. I love it and my wife doesn't mind me practicing all the time either. They're super portable which makes them great for taking to the beach, the park, a concert, any sort of gathering of kind souls, etc.
I've never even picked up a guitar before buying an uke so it's been a great learning experience for me.
This guy has been very helpful in teaching me basic chords, strums, & songs:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicTeacher2010
He's pretty cheesy, but he has simple arrangements of lots of well-known songs.
Here's a site with a lot of tabs for uke:
http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs.html
btw- in case you didn't know..... it should be prounced: "oo-koo-lay-lay" not "you-kuh-lay-lay"
aloha!
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: OnoLocoMoco]
#553382 - 05/05/11 08:16 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Right on,I'm picking the banjo up.
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OnoLocoMoco
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: Flying_Dog]
#553398 - 05/05/11 08:48 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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A housemate one year taught himself the banjo -- it drove me absolutely crazy! There was no place in the house where you could escape the twang when he practiced.
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Flying_Dog
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: OnoLocoMoco]
#553400 - 05/05/11 08:51 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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lmao
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Steve Buscemi
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: Flying_Dog]
#553406 - 05/05/11 09:08 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Banjo is LOUD especially a resonator played by a bluegrass picker. Love it.
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553424 - 05/05/11 11:08 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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If only you mentioned it sooner, I would've let you take home my uke when you came to visit, to compensate for the guitar you left behind.
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mellowfellow
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: nannybooboo]
#553494 - 05/06/11 10:56 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Dr. Siekadellyk said:
Why didn't you just ask to buy it from her for a discount since she doesn't use it?
She just got out of the mental institution a few days ago and I'm kind of trying not to talk to her. 
Quote:
OnoLocoMoco said:
This guy has been very helpful in teaching me basic chords, strums, & songs:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicTeacher2010
He's pretty cheesy, but he has simple arrangements of lots of well-known songs.
Here's a site with a lot of tabs for uke:
http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs.html
Thanks a lot for those links man. I learned a couple chords and made up a couple quick little tunes when I first picked one up, but apparently my strumming technique is wrong since I'm used to playing with a guitar. Gotta learn to strum with the forefinger but it just feels weird.
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nannybooboo said:
If only you mentioned it sooner, I would've let you take home my uke when you came to visit, to compensate for the guitar you left behind.
yeah, never thought about it. Is it of any quality? Why don't you use it more often yourself?
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nannybooboo
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: mellowfellow]
#553564 - 05/06/11 01:20 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Daaaamn, did she get institutionalized as a result from the lake/cop incident?
This thread inspired me to play again. I already learned a song from a while back, but the strings are stubborn when it comes to staying in tune.
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OnoLocoMoco
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: nannybooboo]
#553629 - 05/06/11 07:30 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Try tightening the tuning pegs with a screwdriver, that will help keep it in tune.
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iStoner
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: OnoLocoMoco]
#553817 - 05/07/11 03:39 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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is a ukelele any different than a guitar while playing?
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THEBats
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: iStoner]
#553874 - 05/07/11 09:50 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yes.
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kickin-two-hundo said:
you know what i did in english class? I came to class stoned out of my mind every day, i chugged vodka in the back of class, i put dead fish in the ceiling tiles. i put a gallon of old milk and orange juice in the file cabinet before winter vacation. i brought snakes in a tied up sweater and let them loose during class. i didnt go to school to learn, i went because i had to. i didnt care, and i didn't fucking listen to that stupid bitch. and i still don't fucking care. i tore the pages out of her books and burned them, and threw away all the books in the class, two books per day. 
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iStoner
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: THEBats]
#553875 - 05/07/11 09:51 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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harder/easier?
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Steve Buscemi
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Re: Anybody play ukulele? [Re: iStoner]
#553876 - 05/07/11 09:52 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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different tuning same principles.
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