Post by modernsaint on Nov 28, 2017 12:36:50 GMT -5
So being from the islands, we grew up learning the uke. As I got older, the instrument just wasn't cool enough when one is exposed to band instruments and then the king - the electric bass and guitar. Come full circle 40 years later - low and behold, I bought a uke. Why one would ask with such a past? (Well for those wondering, do you remember learning to play the recorder in grade school? That was the uke to me.) I bought the uke to relearn it as this is where the new generation has gone. The guitar is not as strong as it once was and from my days when I taught guitar and working in the music store at a young age, many found the guitar difficult to play. The tension on the string were tough, the string spacing was nice to small hands. Guitar strings were a mile off of the fretboard....need I go on? Well the uke uses nylon strings which is easier on tender fingers. The fret and string spacing much kinder to younger students. Plus you can travel with the uke a lot easier than with a guitar.
Anyway after studying for a bit the realization of playing the uke came a lot easier. When I was learning to play the Mando, the fingering was upside down which me to learn the fretboard faster. Well the light bulb went off and the uke is a guitar capo'd on the 5th fret, less top two strings and the 4th string up one octave. This made learning the uke so much easier to learn and play. My dog has fleas now no longer exists.....hahahhahahahaha.
FWIW, just wanted to share my experience with the instrument.
Anyway after studying for a bit the realization of playing the uke came a lot easier. When I was learning to play the Mando, the fingering was upside down which me to learn the fretboard faster. Well the light bulb went off and the uke is a guitar capo'd on the 5th fret, less top two strings and the 4th string up one octave. This made learning the uke so much easier to learn and play. My dog has fleas now no longer exists.....hahahhahahahaha.
FWIW, just wanted to share my experience with the instrument.