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| Hi I am new to this site and to the Uke | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 1st, 2004 02:06 pm |
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Hi. I am an Army soldier currently stationed in Vicenza,Italy. I just bought a Uke. I will be deploying to war in the next few months so I bought a Ukulele in hopes that I could learn how to play it on any down time that I may have while deployed. I have only had it for two days but have been stumming away. My fingers are sore. I am looking for a good book for a beginner, can anyone please provide some feedback for a good beginner book. I have no background in music but I seem to have a decent knack for it. I have already learned 4 chords and can switch pretty quickly and smoothly between them. I also just bought an electronic tuner because my new Uke does not sound right. I think it may be out of tune. It is a Oscar-Schmidt OU2. thank you for this great web site, Army
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| Posted: Wed Sep 1st, 2004 02:34 pm |
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The uke is a great stress reliever so in your position I think it will serve you well. I'm glad to hear you've got a tuner. Go to the ezFolk uke tuning page and listen to the MIDI file that shows you how your uke should sound. Try to get close to that on your tuning then use the tuner to get it exactly right. Here's the address for the tuning page... http://www.ezfolk.com/uke/Tuning/tuning.html There are quite a few books available. Pick one that has songs you like. You can find a list of uke books here... http://www.ezfolk.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?type=search&mode=books&keyword=ukulele If you have access to the Internet you can just visit some different websites and print out different songs that you like and practice those instead of buying a book. Here's a list of some uke sites from the ezFolk Link Directory... http://www.ezfolk.com/links/ukulele.html Good luck with your playing and with the Army... keep us informed on how it's going! Richard
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| Posted: Wed Sep 1st, 2004 03:56 pm |
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 Personally, I think Buddy Griffin's Happy Time Ukulele Method is a great beginner book. It is a method book, so it includes many refrains of folk songs, but not complete songs. I have purchased this book for a few friends and family, and they're still friends and family.Jumpin' Jim also has a Tips'n'Tunes book with lots of good information in it. Unfortunately for me, I find old folk songs trying on my ears, so the songs in these books are lessons only. Fortunately, there are lots of chord sheets available to suit any style all over the internet, from Beatles to Bach. And at least one of the many Jim Beloff books is bound to satisfy at least some need. And of course this website right here is one of the best resources; good lessons, lots of material, samples of excellent performances that one can almost aspire to, and an above the call of duty friendly and helpful administrator. Ukulele is the most enjoyable past-time I have found, ever. I wish I discovered it about 20 years earlier. May you enjoy a lifetime of ukulele happiness. Last edited on Wed Sep 1st, 2004 04:27 pm by bydl |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 2nd, 2004 12:27 pm |
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ArmyUke Approved
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Thank you both for the advice! Army
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| Posted: Wed Sep 8th, 2004 06:17 am |
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Abbooot Approved 
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I have a OU-3 and recieved the advice to lower the action (and due to not being able to find a luthier to do it I haven't done yet) and change to Aquilla Nygut strings which I think have made a huge (positive) change in how it sounds. But I am pretty new at it too so I dont have a lot of things to compair to. I have found doing a web search for "Insert Song name Here" Chords gives me plenty of things to doodle around with everything from Jimmy Buffet to AC/DC, they are all over the place ("You Shook Me" is really easy to play). Keep strummin and keep safe. Doug Brown Last edited on Wed Sep 8th, 2004 06:18 am by Abbooot |
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