The most amazing ukelele playing you will ever see
Demented Hamsters
27-03-2006, 17:24
Something nice for this forum, and pretty bloody amazing (even if it is a cavaquinho and not a ukelele!).
http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=79
And I always thought those silly little guitars were an annoying joke!
Bodies Without Organs
27-03-2006, 17:28
Something nice for this forum, and pretty bloody amazing (even if it is a cavaquinho and not a ukelele!).
http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=79
And I always thought those silly little guitars were an annoying joke!
Not working on my machine. Is it Jake Shimabukuro?
Demented Hamsters
27-03-2006, 17:35
Yep.
Wonder why it's not working?
Try going to http://www.videosift.com/ and from there scrolling down the page to the Top Ten on the RHS and clicking 'all top voted videos'. His should come out on top.
'Little guitars' can be quite stunning. You should see some of the charango masters at work!
Shotagon
27-03-2006, 17:40
I saw a really good video of some band from the UK playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on ukeleles. It was awesome.
Not working on my machine.
Indeed, same here.
Pure Metal
27-03-2006, 17:52
fucking awesome!
Bodies Without Organs
28-03-2006, 01:37
I saw a really good video of some band from the UK playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on ukeleles. It was awesome.
That would probably be the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain - they have been going for years and years, and used to knock out a pretty respectable version of Born To Be Wild. Having said that, I think their emphasis on ukes as novelty instruments is somewhat misguided.
Shotagon
28-03-2006, 04:44
Yup, that's them. It was awesome though; I mean, all these guys with their tiny ukeleles headbanging to Nirvana... :D
Infinite Revolution
28-03-2006, 04:57
just like playing a normal guitar only a higher octave and easier to strum. not saying i could do the same (i can't do strumming, finger picking all the way) but i bet my guitar teacher could - and ive seen better more tuneful ukelele playing. the dude's good but not the best i ever saw. sorry to piss on your parade and all (or whatever the expression is) but thats the facts.
Bodies Without Organs
28-03-2006, 05:00
just like playing a normal guitar only a higher octave and easier to strum.
Apart from the fact that the strings are arranged differently: you have a high string at the top, then a bass string, then a middle string, and then another high string. So, not like playing a normal guitar then.
Infinite Revolution
28-03-2006, 05:14
yeah, yeah, i know ive played both. its just a matter of getting used to the string arrangement then its plain sailing. fair enough i found ukelele harder but then ive been playing classical guitar for nigh on 12 years and ukelele only 6 months (on and off).
Bodies Without Organs
28-03-2006, 05:23
yeah, yeah, i know ive played both. its just a matter of getting used to the string arrangement then its plain sailing.
Of course, having the high string close to you also lets you approach the uke as an instrument suitable for clawhammer, thus again unlike the guitar.
Infinite Revolution
28-03-2006, 05:35
ya wha? i just play away ye know. is that some technical term for a technique or are you being obtuse? ive not had lessons in ukelele so i wouldn't know about these things. clawhammer sounds damaging :eek: .
btw, still stick by comment that i have seen better. sorry no recordings for proof. *shrugs, and makes 'oh well' sort of face*
Bodies Without Organs
28-03-2006, 05:47
ya wha? i just play away ye know. is that some technical term for a technique or are you being obtuse? ive not had lessons in ukelele so i wouldn't know about these things. clawhammer sounds damaging :eek: .
btw, still stick by comment that i have seen better. sorry no recordings for proof. *shrugs, and makes 'oh well' sort of face*
Clawhammer is a style of five-string banjo playing. To simplify it down to its bare essentials:
- on the first beat you play a note by striking down on a string with the back of your fingernail (normally either the index or middle finger)
- on the second beat you then strum across the strings with the back of the same nail again with a downward motion
- on the half beat between the second and thrid beats you play the drone string (ie. the string closest to you) with the pad of your thumb
-repeat for the third and fourth beats and so on
Thus a bum-titty sound is created. It is also possible to play various different melody lines and runs and the like by use of alternated back of the nail strikes and thumbed notes.
The uke is appropriate for this kind of playing as the high string close to you acts as a drone string, like the drone string on a 5-string banjo, whereas a conventionally strung and tuned 6-string guitar does not have such a string, and attempting to play by this method just gives a bum-tithump sound.
Infinite Revolution
28-03-2006, 06:24
Clawhammer is a style of five-string banjo playing. To simplify it down to its bare essentials:
- on the first beat you play a note by striking down on a string with the back of your fingernail (normally either the index or middle finger)
- on the second beat you then strum across the strings with the back of the same nail again with a downward motion
- on the half beat between the second and thrid beats you play the drone string (ie. the string closest to you) with the pad of your thumb
-repeat for the third and fourth beats and so on
Thus a bum-titty sound is created. It is also possible to play various different melody lines and runs and the like by use of alternated back of the nail strikes and thumbed notes.
The uke is appropriate for this kind of playing as the high string close to you acts as a drone string, like the drone string on a 5-string banjo, whereas a conventionally strung and tuned 6-string guitar does not have such a string, and attempting to play by this method just gives a bum-tithump sound.
thanks :) im gunna try that next time i get my hands on a uke. how long does ns preserve posts? cuz it may be a while.