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5 Best Ukuleles to Buy for Beginners. This ukulele sports a mahogany top, back, and sides. In addition to a concert size, the Cordoba also comes in a smaller soprano size and a larger tenor size. If you have larger hands, go with the tenor so you have extra space for your fingers between the frets. A ukulele is tuned like a guitar with a capo on the 5th fret and the lowest two strings removed except that the 4th string is an octave lower on the guitar. Ukuleles can be tweaked by making the grooves in the nut lower so you don't have to press so hard to hold the strings down. Free Ukulele Lessons. We realize that before making a purchase you might want to try some free ukulele lessons. Below are a few free online ukulele lessons that will give you a taste of our teaching style and production quality. If you like the experience, please visit our store for a.

Posted -: 17:10:29Short answer yes, a ukulele-banjo is identical tuning to a concert or soprano ukulele.However it is a lot louder, which means it may be played rather differently. The neck tends to be a bit wider allowing individual notes to be popped out.The neck may be a trifle longer allowing it to be tuned with a low-D or as a baritone. The constant pinging of the re-entrant d-string can be OTT.Or it can be re-strung as a 15 fret tango-banjo (mandolin tuning GDAae), a short tenor-banjo.

Mine is tuned this way, with a combination of soprano/concert and baritone Nylgut ukulele strings and a guitar A(?) string (it does not sound right strung with metal). This gives it an extended range, the short neck makes it easy to span 7 or more frets. It does tend to yelp.Edited by - jefrs on 17:12:26. Posted -: 09:00:25Ukulele, like guitar, is often strummed by beginners and accomplished players. Like the guitar, it can be used to play tunes and complicated arrangements by players who take the time to work on it. It can be finger-picked, flat picked or strummed with the fingers. The same is true for the banjo uke.Here's a clip of one way a banjo uke might be played.Here's a clip of one way of playing a regular uke:One more:So you see it can be much more than this:Edited by - Jim Yates on 09:16:13.

Posted -: 22:45:25You can, and if striving for tradition, probably should string and tune your UB like the uke that has the corresponding scale as your UB has.That said, I string my old UB1 with light guage steel and tune it to open C, and play it like a 5-string banjo capo'ed up 5 frets (sans what would have been the wound 4th string). It makes a fun little bluegrass banjo, and really barks. It's weight and volume are excellent for those festivals where you end up walking long distances between jams.Best,- Don HergertSweet Tidings Gospel Jam'If you must use your banjo as a snow shovel, do so:only don't wonder if it sounds dull afterwards.' Stewart catalog, 1896. Posted -: 14:47:08Barb -Here are a few more of Banjo Ukers doing their thing in different ways:Remco Houtman Jensen plays in a style like Andy Eastwood's, but with a definitely different feel:Chris Weightman, a George Formby Society member, has a great style, combining a picked out melody with strummed chords:Tessie O'Shea (crikey) favored a bland thumb strum to accompany her vocal, followed by her unique brand of fans strokes and forward and reverse rolls:And then there's George Formby, who was the highest paid entertainer in the UK from '36-'45. He also uses thumb strum, followed by solos that relied heavily on triple, shake, and split strokes, and the occasional fan:I try to play like Formby, but also use a little bit of Chris' technique, and right now, I'm trying to do some Dick Dale surf tunes, which work surprisingly well. What is sales and trading.

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Posted -: 05:53:36Banjo-ukulele uses the same tuning intervals as a soprano or concert ukulele, but it may have a longer scale, it usually requires longer strings because of the tailpiece.String (not scale) lengths:- Soprano ukulele 60cm; Concert ukulele 76cm; Tenor ukulele (deeper body) 76cm; Baritone ukulele 85cm; Banjo-ukulele 85cmA banjo-uke has the same scale as a mandolin, and /can/ be tuned GDAE with the right strings, mine 14-in scale is currently tuned DAEC. (think mini 4-string tenor banjo)Do use nylon or better Nylgut strings - they sound really horrible with steel stringsEdited by - jefrs on 06:08:20.

Posted -: 12:57:06quote:Originally posted by dlcThat 'Two-Ton Tessie' video looks like she's playing a baritone (banjo) uke. It's bigger than a standard banjolele.(By the way, I have a mid-1920s banjo uke for sale at the classifieds section, if anyone wants to get into that style of playing.)A friend of mine owns that particular uke of Tessie's. It may look bigger, but its a UB5, a standard soprano scale ukulele banjo. BTW, do you still have those banjo ukes for sale? I'm always looking for more.:)Edited by - Jrbianchi on 12:57:50. Posted -: 14:20:52quote:Originally posted by jefrsBanjo-ukulele uses the same tuning intervals as a soprano or concert ukulele, but it may have a longer scale, it usually requires longer strings because of the tailpiece.String (not scale) lengths:- Soprano ukulele 60cm; Concert ukulele 76cm; Tenor ukulele (deeper body) 76cm; Baritone ukulele 85cm; Banjo-ukulele 85cmMy Concert uke (Kala) has a 38cm scale length.

My banjolele (Maybelle) has a 35cm scale length. Both my no name soprano uke and my Banjo-ette banjolele have 33cm scale lengths. All of these have concert strings at present, since that was all the music store had. The banjoleles seem to require 7 or 8 cm more string length than the ukes with equivalent scales.

I have not been able to find strings made specifically for the banjolele.