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April 12th, 2007
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guitar and ukulele
well, my parents came back from there hawaii vacation with a ukulele for me. so now im trying to learn it. does anyone know a good place for it?
im getting better playing guitar. i just got a few questions. theres standard tuning [EADGBE (is it lowest string to highest?)]. i came on here some time and saw a topic of clarenet dropped a or something. i was wondering what stadard tuning is. is it like in key of a or what?
i was trying to find proper tuning for the ukulele and found three different ones, soprano (GCEA) | soprano (ADF#B) | baritone (DGBE). is this like guitar?
and mainly, can i use the chords for guitar songs i have, and use the same chords for the ukulele? are guitar and ukulele "related"?
thank you
love my guitar...
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Have you checked Wikipedia? It gives a lot of info on how to identify the type you've got by its dimensions - and gives the common tuning for that type.
Once you know the chord shapes, you can play them on songs just as you do with guitar chords. Chords are chords, whatever instrument they're played on. You just have to learn a bunch of new shapes. Pick your songs carefully, though. A few years ago I saw Paul McCartney play George Harrison's "Something" on Ukulele as a tribute, as George had been a keen amateur ukulele player. I wish he hadn't bothered. (McCartney, I mean, not Harrison)
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You need to go through the mini lessons here.They will answer a lot of your questions.
Brand new to playing the guitar?...read this first.
Brand new to playing the guitar?...read this first. - Guitar For Beginners & Beyond Forum
A Baritone Uke is played in standard tuning.
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April 12th, 2007
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Yeah, that Wikipedia article should help. You should try the ELECTRIC ukelele! I have and it's so fun!
"If we built a ride everyone wanted to ride, that's called an elevator - and that's not an amusement ride." - Stan Checketts, S&S Power
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i met a Welsh gentlemen several months ago here in Chengdu. He was a great player of banjo, ukulele, and guitar (he also built all of his banjos). we set down to talk a bit about the guitar and got off on ukuleles. he said alot of the difference between the two is in your strumming hand, while your fretting hand is more like you'd use with a regular guitar.
Brandon
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