WHATS AN UKULELE????? The Ukulele is a small four stringed instrument originating in Hawaii influenced by Portugese immigrants. The first makers of the instrument were from a Portugal and arrived to Hawaii...
I have a few minutes so I will now take the time to explain a little more about ukuleles. Like with guitars, ukuleles can come setup properly or improperly. Many high end ukuleles have the proper setup all the...
What Size is my Ukulele? Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA "songthief" Ukulele, Ukelele, Uke... All common spellings for the same instrument.Yet really there are at least FOUR different sizes of ukes.When...
The ukulele is a stringed instrument resembling a miniature guitar, usually strung with 4 nylon strings tuned GCEA (left to right). The ukulele is a uniquely Hawaiian instrument, although its popularity has...
Photo: Three "vintage" styled ukes by Mele; mahogany soprano (standard), koa "pineapple" soprano and mahogany concert. From 1879 up into the mid 1920's, there was only one size of ukulele, the soprano....
The absolute easiest way to tune a Tenor Uke is with an inexpensive electronic fully chromatic tuner (chromatic means the tuner works on all 12 notes of the scale not just the six notes of a guitar tuner)....
Believe it or not, the ‘ukulele is actually the descendant of a 4-stringed musical instrument called the machéte (also called the braguinha) from Portugal. As the story goes... On August 23, 1879, the...
Did you know that there are lots of different shapes sizes of ‘ukuleles? Some look like little guitars, some look like boat paddles. There are even some that look like pineapples. Others take on all sorts of...
The absolute easiest way to tune a Baritone Uke is with an inexpensive electronic fully chromatic tuner (chromatic means the tuner works on all 12 notes of the scale not just the six notes of a guitar...
The absolute easiest way to tune a Soprano Ukulele is with an inexpensive electronic fully chromatic tuner (chromatic means the tuner works on all 12 notes of the scale not just the six notes of a guitar...