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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 10/20/2012 : 03:09:02 AM
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Iaorana! / Aloha!
For any of you who may not have read my occasional posts here, I'll tell you that I mostly just strum my 'ukulele when I sing Hawaiian songs or any other popular songs that I think sound good on it. I don't really see myself as ever becoming a finger picker, but who knows?
Anyway, as a lot of you might remember, I got the instrument re-strung with a low G string. I had a high G when the instrument was given to me for my birthday and hated it because I prefer having the top string be the lowest note of the chord like Braddah Iz did. No offense to high G strummers.
If I ever want to strum using a Tahitian sound, would I have to completely re-string it so that the three lower strings are an octave up, or will it work to tune them as they are?
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He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 10/20/2012 : 07:01:29 AM
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Hi Alika,
Looking forward to seeing you here in Kona in the near future!
I am no expert on the Tahitian 'Ukulele, but Dennis Lake has a nice one. It's distinctive sound comes not only from the constructions technique (it is more or less a short banjo with a thin wooden head, and an open back), but also from the type of strings that it is strung with. Again, I am only going from things I have read and seen, but all eight of the strings are fishing line. (Abundant in Tahiti, and probably in New England, right?)
This web site has a lot of great info on the instrument, including string information
http://tahitianukulele.blogspot.com/
Aloha,
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 10/20/2012 : 07:09:32 AM
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Originally posted by Konabob
...It's distinctive sound comes not only from the constructions technique (it is more or less a short banjo with a thin wooden head, and an open back), but also from the type of strings that it is strung with.
And the playing technique - the speed and style of strumming is related to the Tahitian drumming beats. |
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berean_315
Akahai
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