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anybody on here play banjo or Ukulele
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my brother in law plays the banjo pretty well.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8(somebody had to do it......)
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I was talking to one of the blokes in Cranes music store in Cardiff recently and apparently, ukeleles are selling like hotcakes. Can't mention ukeleles without posting a bit of Jake Shimabukuro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5kPosted 11 months ago # -
GREAT im thinking of learning to play
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Got a ukelele but I hardly ever play it. Feels like too much of a toy compared to my full size guitars. It's quite fun though, and has a nice laid back sound to it.
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i love the banjo, great sound.
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tom is the ukelelee hard to play??
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=waMam5OLi_AThe are hard to play well, mollski, but you can pick up the basics very quickly.
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o my god thats my sister lol
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Reminds me of the best t-shirt slogan I have seen (while at a bluegrass festival in the states) - 'paddle faster... I hear banjo music.' Led to an adapted version for mountain biking Wales Real Ale Wobble t-shirt 'pedal faster...'. You never know in Llanwrytyd.
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I have a Ukelele and it is fun.
Basically it's the D, G, B and E strings from a guitar - but D is an octave higher.
So in theory you can play guitar chords on them and get a half decent tune out (if you know your guitar chords). BUT - there are specific Ukelele chords that sound better.
They come in different sizes so go and try. I have tree frog fingers so needed a fairly big one.
Having said all of that - I prefer my guitars.....
But - they do make an amusing aside (and they're cheap).
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I play 5 string banjo in the frailing style. I just couldnt get to grips with the picking scruggs way of playing.
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I've been playing a soprano uke (the smallest, with GCEA tuning) for nearly 3 years. It's a fun instruments and quite easy to make some good sounds quite quickly. I'd never played an instrument before and had heard it was one of the easiest to learn, and I think that's probably true.
I'd really recommend the Hal Leonard books as a starting point. They cover the basics and give you some recognisable songs to play. I've worked through those and have just picked up a fingerstyle book by Mark Nelson for a bit of variety.
The best bit about the uke is how small they are, it's so easy to take it everywhere with you (much to the annoyance of my friends I suspect!).
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2orangey4crows thanks for the above,great bit of info
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