BeCause Everyone Forgets – Simple Ukulele Music Theory
An Introduction to ‘Eine Kleine’ Musical Theory for Ukulele Players I know! Your eyes glazed over just thinking about it and you are thinking “I just want to play the ukulele and have fun, I don’t need to understand any of that theory stuff.” Trust me! This will be pretty painless and will provide some basic tools that will help keep you from going crazy in the future! I’m not going into all the whys and therefores and deep depth dives, this is sort of a top layer ‘here’s enough to make you dangerous’ stuff. How many notes can you play on the ukulele? It is a pretty simple question. Most people readily understand that there are seven notes, A through G in music. Many of us learned the FACE and Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge and the notes found on the basic music scale. That covers all the white…
Umiee Concert Ukulele Mahogany Starter Kit
Umiee Concert Mahogany Ukulele Starter Kit Rating – 4 out of 5! Umiee asked for reviews so I put this together. I ordered the instrument through Amazon on Friday and it was delivered the following Wednesday afternoon. I was concerned about the rough shape of the Amazon box being crushed in, but the interior box was undamaged. The Instrument This set centers around a concert size instrument with a light colored mahogany face. The joints and edges are all tight and clean. There is a clean white binding on front and back with some additional striping on the face of the instrument. There appear to be some flaws in the face along the binding. The finish is a flat finish. The side of the neck is pretty smooth. There are a number of places on curves next to the head and the bridge that are a bit rough. The most…
Can I Decorate My Ukulele? FAQs
This is a question that comes up on a regular basis on the forums and ukulele groups. People want to be artistic with their instruments and decorate them to show off their personal flair. Stickers, paint, ink, carving, etching and even wood burning are all methods people have asked about. The ukulele is a small acoustic instrument. The instruments are designed to provide the optimal tones and sounds for the scale, size, shape, and tuning. On high end instruments, the wood is carefully balanced, shaped, sanded, and braced to give it the distinctive tones that tell us “That’s an ukulele!” Anything you do to the instrument is going to affect that sound. How dramatic a change depends on the quality of the instrument. Your bright pink ukulele or the translucent green plastic uke you got for the beach are not going to be noticeably affected by putting a few stickers…