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Comment on Left Handed Ukulele: How Do I Play and String It? by Aaron Paterson

Aaron Paterson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:56:53 +0000

I am a lefty who turned the strings around on both my Ashton Soprano electric Uke and my Tenor Uke, appears to be no problems regard sound, no buzzing etc. I have no problems reading a right-handed Uke Chord book. I still play both right and left handed Ukuleles, yes still a learner but i love playing reggae on my ukes, its as if they were made for that music. Try YouTubing people doing ukulele tutorials like ‘stuck on you’ uku chords come up on the left and you can play and sing along. It’s that easy, i have taught about six kids rangig from 10 to 16 to play ukulele and i’m a beginner myself, everyone on earth should own a uke, but i don’t think there’s enough KOA wood to go round. Also learnt Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ what a sound . Aaron down under

Comment on Buy a Ukulele: What’s Best for a Beginner? by Scarlett

Scarlett — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:01:56 +0000

Thanks so much! asking for a ukulele 4 christmas and these are helpful tips for my mom

Comment on Left Handed Ukulele: How Do I Play and String It? by Lin

Lin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:10:18 +0000

Really confused at why it would hard to read a regular chart as a left-hander. You still put your fingers in the same fret and the same position…

If this is a problem for you though, there is this:

http://www.amazon.com/Left-Handed-Uke-Chord-Chart-William/dp/0786683228/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1323022065&sr=8-5

Comment on How to string a ukulele? by Moni

Moni — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:51:53 +0000

Thanks for this! Like Kiki, I thought I was tuning or playing incorrectly. Now the world makes sense!

Comment on What Ukulele Does Christofer Drew Ingle of nevershoutnever! Play? by Jeff re: ukulele tuning

Jeff re: ukulele tuning — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:15:47 +0000

Nico – it sounds like it’s just the standard GCEA tuning.

Comment on Left Handed Ukulele: How Do I Play and String It? by Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:08:07 +0000

Here is a left handed chord sheet for Ukulele. My partner is left handed and this has been great. Michelle Kiba made the chart, scroll down to the the lefty’s chart.

Comment on Ukulele Chord Chart (With Fingering Suggestions) by Roz

Roz — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:07:10 +0000

I’m a beginner so I need as much help as I can get. Thanks for the kickstart with the chord chart.

Comment on Electric Ukulele: Which is the best buy? by Dave K

Dave K — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:48:21 +0000

Hi,

I can strongly recommend against the Uku’ellie. I’ve had one for 4 years and just recently the bridge tore itself off. Sadly despite being a beautiful little thing, it is badly designed. The tuning pegs are the kind of clunky things you’d expect on a £20 kid’s soprano uke and the bridge is attached in an incredibly flimsy manner which puts the tension of the strings in a way that naturally levers the bridge away from the body (hence the recent death of my own uku’ellie). Other than that it has a beautiful and quite characteristic tone although the intonation is a bit weak once u get to the octave.

Don’t get me wrong, I have loved the instrument dearly. But I’m afraid to say I was ripped.

Comment on What are the best songs to play on the ukulele? by Matt

Matt — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:31:03 +0000

I’m very new to ukulele, in fact just got mine for my birthday a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been playing guitar for a few years. I adapted Are you Gonna be my Girl by Jet from guitar to uke, I think its a great song to play on ukulele. You can watch it here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZDIwHPrwkc, let me know what you think.

Comment on Ukulele Chord Chart (With Fingering Suggestions) by Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:12:20 +0000

This is very very helpful, thank you!