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Tim M
Aloha
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 Posted - 04/13/2003 : 6:09:21 PM
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CipherMeister
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 04/17/2003 : 11:54:03 AM
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Thanks for the insights everyone. I think I'll have to add some more qualifiers to the coverage at my site, e.g. distinguishing between fingerstyle and chording etc.
I agree that high-G gives the quintisential uke sound, and specifically I think the smaller concert body gives the truest. But I'm wondering, when there's no guitar, and a few or many ukes, whether some bass, some bottum, wouldn't be a good thing. Then the concert would really stand out better, no?
And I agree with Pauline re the "similar sound on up and down stroke" being the key, the charmer, litterally ;')
Thanks again
Roger |
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Mainkaukau
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 04/17/2003 : 12:38:32 PM
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| Is this low "G" string a contemporary thing? I can't recall any ukuleles strung with a low "G" string while growing up here in Hawaii. I do own one though and find playing it quite interesting. |
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Pupule
USA
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Posted - 04/30/2003 : 3:11:21 PM
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I had a really nice email exchange with David C. Hurd of Kawika `Ukuleles in Hilo. What a genuinely nice and knowlegeable guy. You may find this page at Kawika's site interesting.
http://www.ukuleles.com/SetupnCare/TenorTune.html
Has anyone tried "Savarez Alliance" strings on their `ukulele? Kawika tells me he strings up many of his instruments with this brand. Judging by what I see at his site, I assume he has done a lot of testing and evaulating. |
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enr1co
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2003 : 3:26:57 PM
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After attending the excellent workshop with Brian Tolentino and Chris Kamaka last Sat, Ive been anxious to try out playing with
the low G.
Brian prefers the low G as it allows him more versatility in
his playing style, ie jazz chord phrasing, descending chord
patterns. He plays fingerstyle leads as well as rhythmn strumming
and the ukulele "sound" is still retained.
One of the takeaways from the workshop will be to try using
the top four strings from a std classical guitar set of strings
on my Kamaka tenor.
The tone produced by the guitar strings tuned to G (low) C, E. A
sounded much rounder and full.
Brian uses Savarez med tension nylon classical strings and mentioned that Jake Shimabukuro also tunes to low G and uses nylon classical guitar strings on his ukuleles - D'addario Pro Artes.
enrico
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Tim M
Aloha
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Posted - 05/02/2003 : 2:16:30 PM
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Jake Shimabukuro only uses high G tuning. He explains why in a Honolulu Star- Bulletin interview:
"And although Shimabukuro is widely known for his willingness to push the envelope and experiment with distortion pedals and other guitar- based technology, he said that one of the things that made the Paganini piece so difficult was his determination to do it using the standard G-C-E-A (a k a "my dog has fleas") tuning.
"I could have changed the tuning to make some of the parts a lot easier, but I wanted to keep in the the standard tuning because I wanted people to know that you can do this on an 'ukulele. Some people prefer using the low G, but I'm against that because I feel that takes away from the uniqueness of the instrument. The octave high G gives the chord voicing the very unique sound which every one immediately recognizes as an 'ukulele. When you have a low G, the voicing you play can be easily mimicked by a classical guitar. That one string makes all the difference in the world. I know people like to use (the low G) because you get a fuller range, but I truly believe in just working with the instrument and trying to be as creative and innovative as you possibly can. To me that's what makes it special."
Read the full article at: http://starbulletin.com/2002/10/22/features/story3.html
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CipherMeister
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2003 : 9:03:08 PM
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Hi again, (this is Roger, the guy who started this thread)
For what it's worth, I just bought a Tenor Uke yesterday and really love the octave G it came with. Definately gives that quintessential Hawaiian sound. It's also very "Harp-like" angelic, and often Peruvian in sound (to me). I bought a low G to play around with later.
THe Uke is a Lanikai brand, 14th fret meets body, Koa, nice neck, price reduced from $200. to $159. at the last minute ;')
Thanks
Roger |
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